Media companies looking at video creation, dissemination, and display will discuss Google Glass and other new technologies at the International CES, which opens on Jan. 7 in Las Vegas.
Google Glass is a new breed of wearable technology that will figure prominently at CES. Glass embeds a camera for taking still images and video, a battery, and a microphone. It operates by voice activation and is connected by Wi-Fi or Bluetooth to the internet. Data is streamed from the internet and displayed in a portion of the spectacles glass.
Jeff Eddings, a director with Turner Broadcasting's Emerging Technologies Group, told The Hollywood Reporter,"We are looking at sporting use cases where we think there are some interesting possibilities for using Google Glass so that coverage of an event is not limited to the high-end multi-camera setup of the broadcaster, but widened to dozens, if not hundreds, of fans with the Glass," he said.
Sales of wearable technology has soared in recent years, and smart phones and watches will also be featured at CES. Wearable computers and augmented reality have been developed for decades, according to Variety.
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