Google公司Project Glass負(fù)責(zé)人Babak Parviz在日前舉行的國際固態(tài)電路會議(ISSCC)上表示，Google公司正準(zhǔn)備為應(yīng)用程序(app)開發(fā)人員發(fā)布Google眼鏡原型版本，邀請開發(fā)人員為Google眼鏡編程，為智能眼鏡的發(fā)展鋪路。
“我們預(yù)計(jì)很快地將會與開發(fā)人員們同共分享這些原型，也期待有些人實(shí)際展開作業(yè)，并在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上發(fā)布任何的新發(fā)現(xiàn)，”Parviz在ISSCC一場探討2020年將出現(xiàn)哪些殺手級應(yīng)用的小組討論會上載著Google眼鏡出席。
至于Google眼鏡中將采用什么處理器？Parviz表示，Google公司并不會透露目前原型版本的具體內(nèi)容，但其中將會包括一個(gè)顯示器、攝影鏡頭、音頻輸入與輸出、陀螺儀、加速度計(jì)、藍(lán)牙、Wi-Fi、GPS以及相當(dāng)于一臺筆記本電腦的運(yùn)算能力。
此外，Parviz也呼吁多學(xué)科領(lǐng)域的系統(tǒng)設(shè)計(jì)工具加入應(yīng)用。
“這些都不再只是簡單的電子設(shè)備了──他們涉及了聲學(xué)、光學(xué)、機(jī)械與電氣工程等領(lǐng)域。目前并沒有適當(dāng)?shù)墓ぞ邅肀O(jiān)控跨多學(xué)科領(lǐng)域的設(shè)計(jì)，而未來還將出現(xiàn)更多設(shè)計(jì)領(lǐng)域，”他說。
Babak Parviz展示以Google眼鏡進(jìn)行拍照、聽取以及回復(fù)口語問題。
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與討論小組的其它成員一樣，Parviz說，在降低功耗水準(zhǔn)上，設(shè)計(jì)人員還需要在在更低的功率水平上提升更高處理性能──尤其是在繪圖方面。有趣的是，ARM公司總裁Simon Segars表示，在實(shí)現(xiàn)這方面的要求時(shí)，3D芯片堆棧是最重要的技術(shù)之一。
此外，Parviz也讓現(xiàn)場采訪的記者試戴他的Google眼鏡。他發(fā)現(xiàn)，Google眼鏡雖然在眼睛旁與耳后都帶有電子封裝，但載起來輕如普通眼鏡。
在展示過程中，Parviz說，Google眼鏡并未采用Android系統(tǒng)，而是一款獨(dú)立且具挑戰(zhàn)性的新軟件堆棧。
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編譯：Susan Hong
參考英文原文：App developers to be given Google Glasses，by Rick Merritt
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App developers to be given Google Glasses
Rick Merritt
SAN FRANCISCO – Google is preparing to release a prototype version of its Google Glasses to application developers, said the lead of the project in a panel at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference here.
"We are hoping in the not too distant future to share these with developers, and we expect some people will open them up and post what they find online," said Babak Parviz of Google who wore a version of the glasses to an evening ISSCC panel on what the killer applications will be in 2020.
The comment came in a response to a question about what processor the glasses use. Parviz said Google is not disclosing contents of the current prototype except to say it includes a display, camera, audio in and out, a gyro, accelerometer, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS and the equivalent computing power of a laptop from "a few years ago."
Separately, Parviz called for multi-discipline system design tools.
"These are not simple electronics devices anymore – they involove acoustics, optics, and mechanical and electrical engineering," he said. "We don't have proper tools to monitor design across these multiple disciplines, and there are more [design] domains coming," he said.
Babak Parviz demoed his glasses taking a picture and hearing and answering a spoken question.
Like other panelists, Parvis said designers still need much more processing power at lower power levels – especially in graphics. Interestingly, Simon Segars, president of ARM, said 3-D chip stacks are one of the most important enabling technologies on the horizon.
Separately, Parviz let this reporter try on his Google Glasses. He found they are as light as regular eyeglasses, despite electronics packed next to the eye and behind the ear.
During the demo, Parviz said the glasses do not use Android, but a separate and challenging new software stack.
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