Questions tagged [google-glass]

Google Glass is a project to create a commercially-viable, next-generation wearable smart device in the form of a pair of glasses featuring a head-mounted display. The product allows users to interact with the device via voice and allows other smartphone-like functionality. Google Glass runs on Android with additional APIs for developers.

Google Glass is a research and development program by Google to develop an augmented reality head-mounted display (HMD). Google Glass runs and displays information in smartphone-like format hands-free and interacts with the Internet via natural language voice commands. The prototype's functionality and minimalist appearance (aluminium strip with 2 nose pads) has been compared to Steve Mann's EyeTap. (from wikipedia)

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TWO_SWIPE_DOWN TAP unable to catch on Google Glass GDK (XE16)

In Google Glass XE16 GestureDetector can detect several gestures like LONG_PRESS, SWIPE_DOWN, THREE_LONG_PRESS, TWO_SWIPE_DOWN , TWO_TAP & SOME OTHER GESTURES. In glass TWO_SWIPE_DOWN is like shortcut option to cancel everything and go to black…
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Calling openOptionsMenu() in XE16 causes WindowManager.BadTokenException

I have a GDK app that worked fine in XE12 but now crashes in XE16 after transitioning to GDK:19. In particular, calling openOptionsMenu() in an Activity (in this case, to open an options menu on a Live Card) causes BadTokenExceptions. Logcat…
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How can we enable debugging mode on google glass for testing an android app on google glass?

I am develop an application for google glasses but I dont know How we enable debug mode in google glass and how we change setting on google glasses ?
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How do I create a dark Google Maps image for Google Glass?

I need to create a dark/inverted map image for use on Google Glass, since the standard Google static maps image is too bright when displayed on the screen. How can I customize the map theme to look good on Glass?
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Open a url from a gdk card or invoke the browser

I'm trying to select a url from a card to be opened by the glass browser. Is there a way to set or invoke this? The Card API for 'getting a uri' from my examination is for rendering images.…
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Android Studio || GDK 'hello word' || import com.google.android.glass.app.Card || Cannot Resolve Symbol 'google'

What I am trying to do with my google glass is pretty simple: create/display a hello world card for google glass issue is:: when i add this: import com.google.android.glass.app.Card I get This: Cannot Resolve Symbol 'google' I did this: Minimum…
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Using zxing on Google Glass

I´m trying to use the zxing on the google glass, however i´m receiving the error above. I using the zxing 2.2 core.jar I also receive this error message on the device display "Sorry, the android camera encountered a problem. You may need to restart…
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GDK is released. Where is the Emulator?

Google Glass Development kit was released yesterday. But, I can't find any emulator. Where is it? Is there any emulator like an android emulator out there, where we can test these native google glass apps?
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Is there an Intent for READ_ALOUD action in GDK?

I would like to read some text to the user, just like it's possible in Mirror API. Is that possible in Google Glass GDK via Intent?
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Lot of delay in receiving timeline cards

In my case, the Glassware is inserting a jpeg image as a timeline card as a response to User's Voice query using "Take a note" Voice command. I keep waiting sometimes 10-15 mins before I see that timeline card on Glass. Sometimes, I see the inserted…
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How do I add the "View Website" action to a timeline card?

As of firmware update XE7, Glass adds a "View Website" action to search results. How do I add this action to my own timeline cards, such that it will open the Glass Browser with an arbitrary URL?
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Can you allow a user to REPLY to a card and not have a card appear with their response text in the timeline?

When I have a bundle (perhaps this also occurs with a single timeline card) with a REPLY action and the user executes that action, with lets say "peanut butter and jelly sandwich", a new timeline card appears with white text on a black background on…
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Alternative to ImageIO class on GAE?

My Working example in normal J2EE application: // decode the image InputStream inputStream = new File("/images/test.png"); BufferedImage barCodeBufferedImage = ImageIO.read(inputStream); if (barCodeBufferedImage != null) { …
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Google Mirror API Video

What is the roadmap for video on the google glass mirror API? Will the API allow for streaming video to or from the device as shown in the glass demo video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1uyQZNg2vE ?
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Native function to scan QR code

I'm trying to figure out how to scan a QR-code with the google glass. I was able to dig up some questions about this and they all refered to other libraries and they where quite old(year or even older) I found that google accepted a issue to make…
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