Showing posts with label Google Glass Apps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google Glass Apps. Show all posts

Saturday, July 27, 2013

TheGlassLog: When an App isn't an App: How Google #Glass Really Works and How it Doesn't Run Apps

[caption id="attachment_13117196078" align="alignright" width="224"]Your humble TheGlassLogger learning how to shoot video by navigating the bookshelves of Glass at Google's "Glass Store" on the 8th floor above the Chelsea Market. Your humble TheGlassLogger learning how to shoot video by navigating the bookshelves of Glass at Google's "Glass Store" on the 8th floor above the Chelsea Market.[/caption]
Let me explain how Google has decided we should use Glass. Imagine you are standing next to a book case, perpendicular to it. It'a a book case that has one shelf and that shelf is exactly to the right of your head. When you tap the touchpad that is the side of the Glass device, itself, one of the books on the shelf slides out so you can see it. Google calls each of these "books" cards, but that's confusing to me for reasons that will become clear in a bit. So, I'm going to stick with calling them "books."


Swipe forward on the touchpad and the book is replaced by what ever book is behind you on the bookshelf. Swipe backward on the touchpad and what ever is in front of you on the bookshelf becomes visible. Just imagine each swipe is pushing those books forward or backward on the shell. The default book is always the Home Screen which displays the time and the phrase "ok glass" (you know, just in case you forget o_O).

C'est ne pas une App