6 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 10
The battery and other essential
technology is housed in a separate
component connected through a wire
that is always on show, so it's not an
ideal solution.
They are foldable, though, which
makes them more portable than those
from Google and Sony.
The same goes for the SmartEyeglass,
which is the least attractive option with clunky
and honestly rather ugly frames that still require
an external component wired up to the glasses
themselves.
The Sony SmartEyeglass attach, on the other
hand, is just a small device that will be able to attach
to glasses that the consumer already owns. This
means that, not only is it portable, but you also don't
need to commit to wearing it all day. It's reasonably
small, but the prototype we tried does require a wire
leading to an external component.Features
When it comes to functionality, the various
smartglasses listed here can help you achieve
many of the same things. Sony SmartEyeglass,
Sony SmartEyeglass Attach and Google Glass all
have cameras built-in for features such as taking
photographs and apps including facial recognition.
Toshiba has left out the camera for now, but
there's no reason the company won't decide to add
one at a later date.
Of the four devices, Google Glass is the only
one that really seems to have got interaction down
pat. There's a touchpad built-in to the outer edge