First Look: How The Google Glass UI Really Works

What is Google Glass actually like to use? Finally, we know. And there’s no augmented reality to speak of.

Google Glass has arrived like a piece of sci-fi memorabilia sent from the future. But with all the talk about wearing the Internet on your face and whether or not these glasses can ever be fashionable, the most obvious and important story has gone untold: What is Google Glass actually like to use?

In a 50-minute presentation at SXSW, Google’s Timothy Jordan walked developers through what the Google Glass “Mirror” API and interface looks like today. And if we were to sum it up in just a few words, it’s a multimedia twitter feed for your eyeballs. Here’s how that actually plays out:

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P.L.A.N. is an app meant for planning your daily social outings easily with your friends, family and colleagues. It makes planning easier whether it’s for a dinner, drinks, movie, football, poker, house party or anything else. No one really has the time to call & coordinate everyone every time there’s a little change in the plan.Works on Facebook: Your Facebook friends are synced with the app. People who are using the application will be first on top of your friends list and will be marked as P.L.A.N. users. Don’t worry you can invite people who don’t have the app as well as we’ve made sure they can respond to invitations through our website.How It Works:1. Enter what, where & when2. Select who you want to invite3. Decide what you want to allow your friends to suggest.4. Set a deadline/quorum/max number people if you want to.5. That’s it! Now just go with the flow! P.L.A.N. is an app meant for planning your daily social outings easily with your friends, family and colleagues. It makes planning easier whether it’s for a dinner, drinks, movie, football, poker, house party or anything else. No one really has the time to call & coordinate everyone every time there’s a little change in the plan.Works on Facebook: Your Facebook friends are synced with the app. People who are using the application will be first on top of your friends list and will be marked as P.L.A.N. users. Don’t worry you can invite people who don’t have the app as well as we’ve made sure they can respond to invitations through our website.How It Works:1. Enter what, where & when2. Select who you want to invite3. Decide what you want to allow your friends to suggest.4. Set a deadline/quorum/max number people if you want to.5. That’s it! Now just go with the flow!

P.L.A.N. is an app meant for planning your daily social outings easily with your friends, family and colleagues. It makes planning easier whether it’s for a dinner, drinks, movie, football, poker, house party or anything else. No one really has the time to call & coordinate everyone every time there’s a little change in the plan.

Works on Facebook: Your Facebook friends are synced with the app. People who are using the application will be first on top of your friends list and will be marked as P.L.A.N. users. Don’t worry you can invite people who don’t have the app as well as we’ve made sure they can respond to invitations through our website.

How It Works:
1. Enter what, where & when
2. Select who you want to invite
3. Decide what you want to allow your friends to suggest.
4. Set a deadline/quorum/max number people if you want to.
5. That’s it! Now just go with the flow!

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