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Google Glass is being tested by GM

08/07/201408/05/2014 Jorge Gonzalez

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The automaker will be testing out the augmented reality glasses in an exploration of possible uses. General Motors Co. is now conducting a number of tests to look into the potential uses for Google Glass at two of its auto making facilities that are located in Michigan. The company has looked into trying out the wearable technology in a series of different kinds of operations. According to the North America manufacturing president of GM, Cathy Clegg, the employees at the Warren Technical Center and the Orion Assembly have been trying…

Google Glass theft video goes viral

08/04/201408/02/2014 Julie Campbell

A man took off with Mike Geller’s wearable technology and live streamed the rest of his day. One of the Explorers of Google Glass, Mike Geller was recording his day as a tourist in New York City through the use of the device, when a stranger asked him if he could try on the wearable technology. Immediately, the thief took off with the augmented reality glasses, unaware that he was streaming the full day. While Geller’s Google Glass device recorded the thief’s movements throughout his entire day through the LiveLens…

Wearable technology used by Minnesota Vikings in camp

07/31/201407/28/2014 Julie Campbell

The team is using Google Glass to help to provide itself with a competitive edge heading into the next season. The Minnesota Vikings are now looking to the world of wearable technology to help them to be able to gain a bit of an edge as they take their first steps toward the 2014 NFL season, and they have decided to use Google Glass as their tech of choice. The team will be using Google Glass for their practices while they are at camp, this summer. This will mean that…

Google Glass was banned from certain Comic-Con program rooms

07/30/201407/28/2014 Julie Campbell

In an effort to keep super secret screenings from leaking, the augmented reality glasses were not permitted inside. Comic-Con has now added itself to a growing list of locations that has created a ban for the Google Glass augmented reality headgear – at least when it came to certain parts of the event’s experiences. The event organizers for Comic-Con felt that it was necessary to ban the augmented reality device from some screenings. This is not at all out of the ordinary. Owners of Google Glass are finding that the…

Google Glass creator drawn in by Amazon

07/17/201407/17/2014 L. Green

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Following the launch of the online marketplace’s first smartphone this wearable technology expert has been lured in. The expert at the head of the wearable technology development project for Google Glass is now moving over to one of the company’s direct rivals, Amazon, following the release of their Fire Phone smartphone. One of the Google X directors, Babak Parviz, posted about the move on his Google+ page. Parviz had been one of the heads at the secretive research lab where Google Glass was first born. He is leaving the search…