America
Learn and groove with Google Glass soon
New York, March 30
Those who think the eye
wearable device Google Glass is dead, be ready to shake a leg with the
device. According to media reports, Google Glass will come with a new
technology that will teach you some funky dance moves in real time.
In
the popular interactive video game "Dance Dance Revolution", users are
prompted to make certain dance moves indicated by the programme
controlling the game.
The wearable headset plans to bring a
similar concept by installing the ability to recommend dance moves to
users who can hear the beats and rhythm of a particular song, Tech Times
reported. The company has already filed a patent indicating it is
developing such technology.
"The content identification module
may provide information associated with a content of the media sample,
such as identification of the song and the dance, to the wearable
computing system," the copy of the patent read.
"The wearable
computing system may determine dance steps corresponding to the content
of the media sample and may generate a display of the dance steps on the
HMD [head mounted display]," it continued.
The patent means that
Google Glass will have an ability to determine what particular song is
playing in the background before suggesting dance moves from a possible
library of moves stored in its database.
The device may also show
the user a video of other people dancing to the same song in order to
help them understand what moves they should be doing.
In a recent
interview to the Wall Street Journal, Google's executive chairman Eric
Schmidt admitted that Google Glass will be making a "triumphant return".
Glass is "a big and very fundamental platform for Google", Schmidt said.
The
firm's decision to stop selling the initial version of the
controversial gadget gives Google the opportunity "to make it ready for
users", he added.
The $1,500 Glass eyewear, which was unveiled in
2012, was first offered to so-called "Explorers" -- developers who
intended to do something interesting and appealing with the technology.
Google
started selling the smartglasses to the public in May 2014. In January
this year, Google said it would stop offering Glass. A new version of
Glass could arrive later in 2015.