6 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 10
passers by and the whopping price tag of £1,000
just to fi nd a slightly speedier route without using
my smartphone? Or beating my jogging time record
because of the fear of getting eaten by zombies?
Not really.
But my fi rst experience of Google Glass did
make me think: this could actually be the future.
If adoption becomes widespread enough that
wearing smartglasses doesn't make you feel silly,
they could be far more useful than smartwatches.
After all, smartwatches still o er very similar
capabilities as smartphones, just in a more
convenient place. Smartglasses, on the other hand,
could change the way we view the world and the
way we interact with it.
During CES 2015, I had the opportunity to try
three new pairs of smartglasses: Toshiba Glass, Sony
SmartEyeglass and Sony SmartEyeglass Attach.
I came away from them feeling excited. One of
the apps being shown o by Sony was a speech