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Old June 7th 13, 01:06 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Craig Funston[_2_]
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Default Google Glass in the cockpit?

On Sunday, May 26, 2013 12:26:10 PM UTC-7, son_of_flubber wrote:
This is funny, but it gives a good idea of the Google Glass point of view.



http://mashable.com/2013/05/25/googl...-photographer/



Will we all want to be wearing these in the cockpit three years from now?



Not shown is the ability to interact through voice commands and receive information via a synthetic voice. That seems to have potential above the sunlight readable display angle.



Anyone working on an XCSoar port to Google Glass?


It looks like HUDs are here for sport aviation.
http://www.patavionics.com/index.php/en/

As for Google Glass, here's an article about learning the fly the Apache helicopter which has a monocle for one of the pilot's eyes. http://blogs.airspacemag.com/daily-p...ardest-to-fly/
Suffering with headaches while trying to integrate information from multiple sources simultaneously doesn't sound like a fun way to fly.

Craig