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Dubai police will be using augmented reality in the near future

10/09/201410/07/2014 Jesse Collins

Law enforcement turns to Google Glass to help identify suspected criminals Law enforcement in Dubai are about to get very high-tech. The city’s police will soon be equipped with Google Glass, an upcoming augmented reality device that aims to change the way people see the world around them. The excitement surrounding Glass has diminished somewhat over the past year, but the device aims to be one of the most revolutionary AR headsets in the world, once t is eventually released. AR is gaining traction in the field of law enforcement…

Google Glass has been adopted by staff members of the Edinburgh Airport

10/02/201409/30/2014 Julie Campbell

As wearable technology rapidly becomes more popular, these types of devices are turning up in all new places. It has become quite commonplace for passengers travelling through the Edinburgh Airport – or virtually any other airport, for that matter – to see staff members from customer service to security equipped with walkie talkies and cell phones, but Google Glass has now become the next step in technology that is being carried around, or worn, by these employees. It won’t be long before staffers will be wearing these augmented reality glasses…

Google Glass as distracting as texting behind the wheel

10/01/201409/29/2014 Julie Campbell

Google Glass augmented reality games and phone technology

A recent study has found that this wearable technology is as dangerous as other smartphone uses. The results of the first scientific study that has been performed in order to compare the use of Google Glass to that of a typical smartphone have now been released and has shown that this wearable technology headset is just as hazardous to drivers as texting behind the wheel on a cell phone. This comparison research on the augmented reality glasses was conducted at the University of Central Florida (UCF). What was found was…

Wearable technology is highly desirable to 16 to 24 year olds

09/30/201409/27/2014 L. Green

Within that age group, a study has shown that 71 percent would like to own some form of wearables. A recent survey conducted by GlobalWebIndex has revealed that among consumers within the age group of 16 to 24 years of age, 71 percent would like to own some form of wearable technology device. This category was defined as anything from Google Glass to a smartwatch or a smartband gadget. The research indicated that among all of the survey participants which represent internet users from around the world, 64 percent had…

Google Glass assists in surgeons with better patient monitoring

09/23/201409/20/2014 Julie Campbell

A recent study has shown that this augmented reality technology allows doctors to more easily watch vital signs. In a pilot study conducted by Stanford University, surgical residents who wore Google Glass augmented reality devices in order to be able to monitor the vital signs of their patients during simulated surgeries were capable of identifying complications more quickly and acting to address them more rapidly than the surgeons who did not have this wearable technology. The study used a simulated surgery performance of bronchoscopies and thorascotomy tube placements. The residents…