The ultra-connected prototype glasses pull up maps, directions, events notifications, and locations of nearby friends, right in the wearer's line of sight.
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In a new video, Google reveals plans for a futuristic ultra-connected augmented reality that displays nearly every Google product in a pair of glasses.
Project Glass, as Google calls it, is the company's prototype of a hands-free system that can pull up maps, directions, events notifications, and the locations of nearby friends right in a wearer's line of sight.