Cyborg Cops, Googlers, and Connectivism [Leading Edge]
Alexander Hayes · IEEE Technology and Society Magazine · 2013
The paper mentions that Project Glass is a research and development program by Google to develop an augmented reality head-mounted display (HMD). The intended purpose of Project Glass products is the hands-free display of information available to most smartphone users, allowing for interaction with the Internet via natural language voice commands. Given that Project Glass connects wearers en-mass and ostensibly ensures that they can continue with physical activity hands-free, it creates arguably one of the largest known veillance vehicles into previously unmapped territories that humans already frequent. A hands-free, fashionable, and constantly connected technology positions the product well among the seemingly unending array of Google's seamless and integrated services.