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What is Google Glass?

Google Glass is an attempt to free data from desktop computers and portable devices like phones and tablets, and place it right in front of your eyes.

Google Glass (styled "GLΛSS") is a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display (OHMD) that is being developed by Google in the Project Glass research and development project.

Essentially, Google Glass is a camera, display, touchpad, battery and microphone built into spectacle frames so that you can perch a display in your field of vision, film, take pictures, search and translate on the go.

 According to Google the display is "the equivalent of a 25-inch high definition screen from eight feet away".

Directions become more intuitive (although it sounds like there is no GPS on board so you will have to pair it with your Android phone), you can view real-time translations or transcriptions of what is being said, and you can scroll through and reply to messages.

Google Glass can also provide sound, with bone-induction technology confirmed. This vibrates your skull to create sound, which is both more grisly sounding and much less cumbersome than traditional headphones.

Specifications

The built-in camera is a 5MP snapper that can film at 720p.

Battery life is apparently a day, which probably excludes a lot of videoing.

There's 16GB of flash memory built into the device, although only 12GB will be available for user storage. The device will sync to your Google Drive in the cloud

Bluetooth and WiFi will be built in, but no GPS chip - so the Glass will probably work best alongside an Android phone, although you can pair with any Bluetooth enabled phone.

The Google Glass Explorer (the developer version being sent out now) costs $1,500 - around £985 or AU$1,449.

So start readying your letter to Santa!!