Google Glass' negative reputation stems partly from the fact that it doesn't offer enough practical applications, but a new concept video shows how the device could transform the way law-enforcement agencies and the military operate.
TrackingPoint, a maker of precision-guided firearms, created a concept video that illustrates how Google Glass would be used to give the shooter a safer vantage point from which to aim and fire.
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Shotview, the company's app for iOS and Android, has the ability to send live images from TrackingPoint's networked tracking scope to Wi-Fi-enabled devices such as smartphones, tablets and a range of wearable devices. However, the demo shown in the video just a look at what could be in the near future.
"We have not developed any apps for Google Glass that are consumer-facing, only for our own development," TrackingPoint spokesperson Oren Schauble told Mashable. "We showcase Glass here simply as an example of wearable technology in eyewear form; this concept could work with any wearable, goggles etc. Eyewear is the most compelling for tactical purposes."
"The app is ready … It works on any smart device that runs [iOS or Android]," Schauble added. "We were just shooting from a smartwatch today."
An example of how ShotView already works in real life with an iPad can be seen in an earlier video from the company, below:
Giving shooters what they call "augmented marksman ability," a live video stream for Glass would make Google's much-critiqued wearable-computing device a must-have for marksmen.