Are Google Glasses the Beginning of the End of Gadgets?

In late February, the New York Times reported that Google will release its Android-powered, heads up display Google Glasses before the end of 2012. Different stories exist around the functionality and look of Google Glasses, being built in the secretive GoogleX offices. But thanks to observations from people like 9 to 5 Google blogger Seth Weintraub and the New York Times’ Nick Bilton, we think they’ll have these characteristics:

• Small camera providing real-time data about a person’s environment (also takes pictures)
• Head tilting-driven navigation system
• Non-transparent heads up display on one lens
• Voice input and output capabilities
• The downside? Google Glasses are rumored to look more like “terminator glasses” than everyday eyewear.

Why are Google Glasses a big deal? Because they may be the beginning of the end of gadgets.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/julietbarbara/2012/03/03/are-google-glasses-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-gadgets/