Google Glass: A Look To the Future

Introduction

The Google glass is a wearable technology that was first revealed in the summer of 2012. Developed by Google, this device is essentially a headworn technology that can enable people to perform the same function that they perform on their personal computers and mobile phones. Worn just like the normal eye spectacles, the glasses allows you to access "your emails, calls and other notifications so you don't have to miss a beat" (Butow and Stepisnik, 2014). The glasses received a lot of speculations, with many wondering why people would want to wear a computer on their face. This paper delves into such matters, whereby it will be discussing the Google Glass technology in details. The paper first gives a background of the technology, explaining recent developments in the IT field and the inspirations behind the innovations. It then goes ahead to explain the technology and its benefits. As any innovation out there, there must be some legal and ethical concerns fielded, issues that will be delved into by this paper. Security has also been a concern about recent technological developments and thus this paper will be determined to highlight some of the security concerns that have been raised up concerning this technology, as well as its effects in the social spheres, since this device is to be used by people who live in societies. The general purpose of this paper is to analyze this development critically for the benefit of its users and developers.