It's been a busy week for Google Glass. On Monday the company announced that the smart headset can now be worn with specially designed prescription frames and now Google is trying to highlight Glass's capabilities as a gaming device.
Although a number of popular apps such as Evernote have made the jump from smartphone to smart headset, Google Glass is so far lacking in gaming apps.
Google hopes to change that by showing developers how the headset's array of sensors can be used to bring new elements of emersion and interactivity to gaming, whether though voice commands, head tilts or hand movements. As Google says in a post on its developers' site: "We hope our experiments inspire you to take a closer look at the Glass platform and build awesome Glassware."
In all, there are five mini games that will give Glass-wearers and games designers some sense of the possibilities. They include:
Tennis
How long can the player maintain a rally simply by using head movements to mimic racket movements and swings?
Balance
This game turns the stereotype of attending a European finishing school for young women into a virtual reality. To play, the wearer needs to keep an imaginary pile of books perfectly balanced on his or her head.
Shape Splitter
A game that will seem familiar to anyone who's played Fruit Ninja. The idea is to swing or "slice" your hands in order to cut shapes that appear on the device's screen in half.
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