

Still, Ring and Clearview AI have faced scrutiny over privacy and consent issues. Ring spokeswoman Che’von Lewis said in a statement that Ring does not use facial recognition, and that customer privacy and data security is “foundational” for the Amazon-owned company. Her email address is more by Sharon Gaudin on Clearview AI representative did not respond to requests for comment. Follow Sharon on Twitter, at and on Google+, or subscribe to Sharon's RSS feed. Sharon Gaudin covers the Internet and Web 2.0, emerging technologies, and desktop and laptop chips for Computerworld. The deadline for applying to be an explorer has passed, and Google has not yet said when it will announce the winners. The people who are accepted to be explorers will be required to shell out $1,500 a piece for a test device, and they will have to pay to attend a special "pick-up experience" in New York, San Francisco or Los Angeles. Called "explorers," the testers were asked to tell Google how they would use the technology. "The 5 Point is officially a No Google Glass zone."Ī few weeks ago, Google put out a call for people to apply to be part of a group of a few thousand who will initially test Glass.
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"If you're one of the few who are planning on going out and spending your savings on Google Glasses - what will for sure be a new fad for the fanny-pack wearing, never removing your bluetooth headset-wearing crowd - plan on removing them before you enter The 5 Point," the cafe wrote in a blog post. On Monday, a Seattle cafe announced that anyone wearing Glass headpieces will not be welcome in the establishment. Google's Glass project has already created some controversy, even though an official release date for any Glass-based product is probably still a long way off. Once in Skitch, a notification is sent to his tablet where he is able to mark the image with arrows, shapes and text. He also showed the audience that he could take a photo with Glass, then share it with the Skitch app. "With these input options - voice, touch on the side, and some basic head gestures - I can control Glass in about any situation," Jordan said. Jordan also showed how the Glass interface can be turned on and off by a simple nod of the head. When Glass sends email, it delivers both audio and text versions of the message to the recipient.

Glass then showed a transcript of his reply and offered him the choice to edit it or send it. Jordan also used Glass to access Gmail, replying to an email by using voice dictation. You notice I don't have anything in my ear so I can hear all the ambient audio around me but I can also hear Glass." "You didn't hear it because it was audio just for me.

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"It also said to me how to pronounce arigato," Jordan told an audience at SXSW. Jordan demonstrated that Glass also responds to touch and head gestures.Īnd after showing how Glass can be used to do a Google search for an English-to-Japanese translation of the phrase "thank you," Jordan said he could hear the translation through the Glass audio feature. Google had previously noted that Glass uses voice control.
