Development Of A Social Media Application For Google Glass

John McElvenny

School Name

South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics

Grade Level

12th Grade

Presentation Topic

Math and Computer Science

Presentation Type

Mentored

Mentor

Mentor: Steffen Hess, Information Systems Development, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE)

Abstract

Google Glass is a cutting edge piece of technology that if developed correctly could become very powerful. The objective of this project was to learn more about the development process for Glass by developing an application for it and exploring its features. Snapchat for Glass, or just SnapGlass, is an application that communicated by sending “snaps” to other users. This idea was excellent for Glass, since it communicated by sending pictures, rather than text and it took advantage of Glass’s unique features. SnapGlass was designed using a java-based Snapchat API, and several different android activities to allow the user to seamlessly send and open snaps from smartphone users. The development process for Glass is similar to that of an android application since the Glass SDK is based off the android SDK. However, because of its lack of a keyboard and pointing device, Glass has a design process that entails different types of applications than that of a smartphone. SnapGlass takes advantage of Glass’s features and can function without a keyboard. SnapGlass was an effective way to differentiate between the development process of Google Glass and that of a smartphone .

Start Date

4-11-2015 9:00 AM

End Date

4-11-2015 9:15 AM

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Apr 11th, 9:00 AM Apr 11th, 9:15 AM

Development Of A Social Media Application For Google Glass

Google Glass is a cutting edge piece of technology that if developed correctly could become very powerful. The objective of this project was to learn more about the development process for Glass by developing an application for it and exploring its features. Snapchat for Glass, or just SnapGlass, is an application that communicated by sending “snaps” to other users. This idea was excellent for Glass, since it communicated by sending pictures, rather than text and it took advantage of Glass’s unique features. SnapGlass was designed using a java-based Snapchat API, and several different android activities to allow the user to seamlessly send and open snaps from smartphone users. The development process for Glass is similar to that of an android application since the Glass SDK is based off the android SDK. However, because of its lack of a keyboard and pointing device, Glass has a design process that entails different types of applications than that of a smartphone. SnapGlass takes advantage of Glass’s features and can function without a keyboard. SnapGlass was an effective way to differentiate between the development process of Google Glass and that of a smartphone .