A first look at Google's augmented reality glasses

The visor-like interface design: A bit Geordi La Forge?

Googles "Project glass" video (above) allows you to see through the eyes of  a man spending a relaxed Saturday morning  wearing Google's augmented reality glasses, to see what it will be like like first person.

Although the glasses are not yet available, they were recently tested on the streets in San Francisco,   and Google is expected to release them for sale later this year. The glasses aren't intended to be worn continuously, but used as needed, as you would a smart phone, and have many of the same features available in an Android phone; such as taking photos, getting GPS directions, calling and social networking, etc all seemingly projected transparently on the space in front of your face. Issues of safety are bound to be raised and I'm confident that driving with these glasses will soon be banned on those grounds.

Near invisible Contact lens based computing
expected next

Further out in the future, serious research is moving forward with a contact lens embedded system that would have smart phone features, but also allow for full computing by using cloud data storage. 

 Issues of safety are bound to be raised and laws will have to play catch-up as they have with cell-phone use and texting.

Google's project glass and Google self-driving car:
 Kismt or  good corporate planning?

It seems inevitable (however ill-advised)  that some people will attempt to use these while driving until it's specifically outlawed for safety reasons. Fortunately, (and perhaps not co-incidentally) Google has also developed the self-driving car , which is well advanced and has already logged over 200,000 miles on California roads. California is following Nevada's lead in drafting guidelines for the safe operation of driverless cars in anticipation of their potential popularity.