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Google Glass API Documentation

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Re: Google Glass API Documentation

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This is... pretty seriously disappointing, if it's supposed to be the whole thing (or close to the whole thing). I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that they're going to publish the rest later, and not deliberately hobbling it to prevent the public from getting creeped out by the hardware's capabilities.

Plenty of the awesome things you can do with android weren't available when it came out. Everything new needs to start small.

Re: Google Glass API Documentation

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This is so exciting. Just how a completely new user experience paradigm was uncovered when high quality touch screen devices like iPhone etc. first launched, this is yet another milestone in how we will continue to interact with the petabytes of data that we as mankind have digitized. It's worth pondering how significantly new I/O devices change the game -- the first tty, the commercial keyboard & mouse, the touch sc…

You do realize that wearable computers are over 30 years old right? See Steve Mann: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mann

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Client libs for Java, Python, Go, PHP, .NET, Ruby, Dart but no JavaScript?

Go? This is awesome to hear. Unlike Android, Glass will be an instant win for us Gophers. ( Well, once they have crossed 1m+ devices-sold so that the potential audience for hackery becomes actually interesting )

This could be a chance for Go to become more mainstream, if there wasn't so many languages supported, but I guess is not Google's agenda to disseminate their own lang.

Re: Google Glass API Documentation

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post #2

This is so exciting. Just how a completely new user experience paradigm was uncovered when high quality touch screen devices like iPhone etc. first launched, this is yet another milestone in how we will continue to interact with the petabytes of data that we as mankind have digitized. It's worth pondering how significantly new I/O devices change the game -- the first tty, the commercial keyboard & mouse, the touch sc…

You do realize that wearable computers are over 30 years old right? See Steve Mann: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mann

Can you go out and buy a pair at a store right now?

Re: Google Glass API Documentation

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Is anyone else having issues accessing the API? https://code.google.com/p/google-glass-api/issues/detail?id=...

Yeah, having the same issue. Initially, I thought it was US only, but even with a VPN and fake US account it doesn't work.

As per the update to that issue, the API is currently only available to developers with physical access to Glass. It is a shame they didn't make this clearer on the developer documentation page itself...

Re: Google Glass API Documentation

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post #45

Client libs for Java, Python, Go, PHP, .NET, Ruby, Dart but no JavaScript?

Go? This is awesome to hear. Unlike Android, Glass will be an instant win for us Gophers. ( Well, once they have crossed 1m+ devices-sold so that the potential audience for hackery becomes actually interesting )

I believe the Go library is automatically generated off the API, effectively just extending the existing Go/Google API client library. Which is not to necessarily down play it in any way (I love Go!), but just that it's not vastly exciting.

Re: Google Glass API Documentation

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This is so exciting. Just how a completely new user experience paradigm was uncovered when high quality touch screen devices like iPhone etc. first launched, this is yet another milestone in how we will continue to interact with the petabytes of data that we as mankind have digitized. It's worth pondering how significantly new I/O devices change the game -- the first tty, the commercial keyboard & mouse, the touch sc…

> It's worth pondering how significantly new I/O devices change the game -- the first tty, the commercial keyboard & mouse, the touch screen, multi-touch trackpads, and voice activated smartphones.

This comment actually explains my complete disinterest in Glass :)

I don't see how voice-activated smartphones have changed the game yet, IMHO they're in the same league as Glass - "this might be worth it later" (especially dubious for Siri). I use two touch-screens and a trackpad every day and yet I could probably go back to only a keyboard and die happy.

What has changed my life was connectedness, and Glass does not do more than a smartphone in that area.

Re: Google Glass API Documentation

#60

Is anyone else having trouble enabling the Mirror API in their developer console? It doesn't show up in mine after creating a new project for it.

It doesn't actually show up as a service yet - follow the instructions on this page [0], see "Getting started".

Basically, create a project in API console, create an OAuth 2.0 client id, add [1] to the valid JavaScript origins and then paste your client id ({number}.apps.googleusercontent.com) into the playground [2].

[0]: https://developers.google.com/glass/playground-usage

[1]: https://mirror-api-playground.appspot.com

[2]: https://developers.google.com/glass/playground

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