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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Google Glass: Select "Cancel" or "OK" from Dialog Box

How can I move from the options of a system dialog box like this for example with Google Glass XE16? With XE12 I was able to move from the options swiping forward and back. but after the update to XE16 it doesn't work anymore. I'm only able to…
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PreferenceFragment cannot scroll up/down on XE16 (worked fine on XE12)

I have a few user preferences, mostly simple check-boxes, in my Glass GDK app. I could not find a glass specific preference paradigm, so I used PreferenceFragment and it worked fine on XE12. FYI: When I implemented it, it initially looked bad, but I…
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Camera zoom Google Glass XE16

I'm working on an application for Google Glass which relies on scanning various QR codes during the setup phase. Prior to the XE16 version, the custom autozoom function I'd created worked flawlessly. The camera would zoom in as long as the user's…
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How do you update a Glass CardScrollView programatically in XE16 (KitKat)?

How do you update a Glass CardScrollView programatically in XE16 (KitKat)? I have a CardScrollView of cards that display photos from url's. I download the photos from the url's in a background thread and then I want to "refresh" or update the…
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How to enable scrolling on a simpleadapter on Google Glass's firmware X16

After updating my Google Glass up to XE16 my listview, which I have built by using a simpleadapter, is not able to scroll anymore. Is there a way to manually enable scrolling nonetheless with the GDK or fix this issue?
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Recording from AudioRecorder while another MediaRecorder is recording

I am attempting to add custom voice commands to a glass app by using AudioRecorder to grab input from the microphone and do speech recognition on that. Everything is working great except for the command to "stop recording", where I need to grab the…
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Transfer data between iPhone and Google Glass

I am looking to connect my phone to my Google Glass and transfer data (photos, text, etc.) between the two. I was thinking of using Bluetooth LTE but as I understand it, Glass does not support it because it is only running version 4.0.3 (or similar)…
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Playing a local video on Glass

I'm trying to play a local video (mp4) on Google Glass using VIDEOPLAYER. My code is: Intent i = new Intent(); i.setAction("com.google.glass.action.VIDEOPLAYER"); i.putExtra("video_url", "android.resource://" + getPackageName()…
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Extend Video recording time in Google Glass

Is there a way we can extend the default video recording time on glass. The current recording time is only 10 seconds and we have to extend it manually by pressing the camera key for one second or by tapping and choosing Extend Video option. So i…
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Using both a CardScrollView and a ScrollView

I have a CardScrollView with multiple cards. Swiping left and right moves between the cards. Some of the cards have a lot of content on them. I used a ScrollView so the user can scroll through the card to see the content. Glass doesn't know…
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Google Glass GDK - When to use Activity vs Cards?

Up until now, I have been using just the Mirror API. I have started going through Google's docs on the "Sneak Peek" version of the GDK so that I can begin building a bit more complex apps. Now here's where I am having an issue. I see that as a…
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SpeechRecognizer insufficient permissions error with Glass

I am building an application with the GDK sneak peek and am having trouble getting speech recognition working in an immersive app. This is my first android project. I tried to follow this: How can I use speech recognition without the annoying…
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What is android:immersive attribute in Android manifest file?

I was developing an app for Google glass and i was facing a problem with my activity. They ended when i didn't interact with them for 7 to 10 seconds. After the screen turned off and i tapped my glass to wake it up again, my activity would disappear…
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GDK - keep screen from dimming on a live card

I have a high frequency live card published and I would like to keep the screen from dimming when the user is looking at the card. I realize that this is a duplicate question to this one GDK / APK for Google Glass - Keep screen from dimming but the…
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How would I call a web-service from Google Glass

I was exploring Google glass. From the dev guides it is clear that to call web services I need to Mirror Apis. But mirror APIs seems to me a platform that helps inserting cards into Glass timeline from remote location. Can Mirror API help me to get…
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