JetBlue Shows Us The Google Glass Enhanced Future Of Travel

by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) on Mar 3rd 2013 at 8:00AM

jetBlue's vision of Google Glass for travelers

Since its recent public unveiling, Google Glass has continued to generate a lot of buzz amongst the gadget obsessed, many of whom are looking forward to the release of the high-tech headset. The device, which pairs with a smartphone to collect data, provides a host of information on a tiny LCD screen that is suspended in the peripheral vision of the wearer. In the demo video that Google released we saw that screen provide directions, translate simple phrases and take photos and video. It was inspiring enough for us to speculate about the benefits of Google Glass for travelers as we envisioned a world of automated language translation, mobile social networking and augmented reality.

It seems we weren't the only ones to get caught up in the concept of how Glass could potentially benefit travelers. Someone at JetBlue decided to put together their mock-ups of what they would like to see Google's new gadget deliver and posted those images on the JetBlue Google+ page. Their ideas are simple, but definitely something that most of us can appreciate, including giving us visual cues on the current capacities of airport parking garages, updates on when to expect our luggage at baggage claim, real-time flight information and more.

The concepts shown in the JetBlue designs are definitely intriguing and give us a glimpse of what we can expect from Glass when it finally arrives. The consumer version is still a number of months off but the real-world potential is starting to become much clearer.

[Photo Credit: JetBlue]

Gallery: jetBlue Google Glass Mock-Ups

Filed under: Arts and Culture, Learning, Photos, Airlines, Airports

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Courtney H. Mar 6th 2013 5:14PM

Google Glass is very intriguing, although users should keep in mind that any raw machine translation software isn't capable of detecting subtle linguistic elements like humor or sarcasm. Local slang would also fly right over the device's "head," since only a human--and a human who is native to the foreign country in question--can understand such things. Here is a good article on this subject: http://www.sajan.com/blog/humans-vs-machines-and-other-machine-translation-trends-you-should-care-about/

brant Apr 16th 2013 10:13PM

At first I liked the idea of having GG show me the number of available parking spaces, but on second thought, don't I already get that info from a display outside the lot? Now if GG could show me where I left my car! That would be valuable.

We have yet to fathom all the ways Google Glass will transform the travel industry, but for five ways I can think of, see this post:

http://branthuddleston.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/five-ways-google-glass-will-transform-the-tourism-industry/

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