ISSUE 10 • ANDROID ADVISOR of the component on the side of the glasses that
can detect swipes, taps and double taps. The
smartglasses can also be controlled using head
movements and by speaking to it. To activate the
speech recognition, users simply need to say "OK
Glass, and then issue commands such as "take a
photo" or "Get directions to".
Sony's SmartEyeglass has a touchpad on the
puck-shaped attachment that is wired but to the
glasses. It also o ers voice control.
There's less information out there about how the
Sony SmartEyeglass Attach would be controlled, as
the prototype on display at CES 2015 was hooked
up to a repeating demo. There doesn't seem to be a
touchpad, so it could be limited to just speech. The
same goes for the Toshiba Glass, which was also
limited to a looping demo at CES.
Each of the four devices requires a smartphone
in order to work.
Google Glass uses bone conduction technology
to provide sound, which worked brilliantly during our
testing. The speaker in the Sony SmartEyeglass is