Terminator glasses will let users Google on the go

Google is set to present information right in front of your eyes with a set of hi-tech Terminator-style glasses.

Rumoured to go on sale at the end of the year, the glasses will provide users with real-time information about their surroundings and communicate with Android-based devices.

The eye device can let you scroll information by tilting your head and may feature a 3G or 4G data connection, GPS functionality, motion sensors, and digital camera.

Technology blog 9to5Google reports that the glasses are similar in appearance to Oakley’s Thumps.

“These glasses, we heard, have a front-facing camera used to gather information and could aid in augmented reality apps,” the blog said.

“It will also take pictures. The spied prototype has a flash, perhaps for help at night, or maybe it is just a way to take better photos. The camera is extremely small and likely only a few megapixels.”

Google is reportedly using head tilts to control the prototype glasses, a user input method the blog said “becomes second nature and almost indistinguishable to outside users”.

Technology companies are investing more money and resources into new user input methods (like gesture, proximity, and voice control) as consumers spend increasing amounts of time with their devices.

During the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this year, Motorola showed off a head-mounted mobile PC called the Kopin Golden-i headset. The headset has a virtual 38cm display and is driven by speech and head gesture control.

Google’s glasses are still a long way off but the company is reportedly considering a pilot programme to gauge consumer demand. A Google spokesperson refused to comment.

The futuristic glasses would likely work with a number of existing Google products, such as Google Latitude, Maps, and Goggles.

To buy one would cost around the price of current smartphones, a source told The New York Times.