A Google Glass Explorer Story: Into The Wild
Vishal Khan
May 15, 2014
Of all the official videos on the page, this is perhaps one of the more inspiring ones. A partnership of Google Glass with WWF, this video shows an Explorer Story in search of rhinos through the jungles of Nepal. Bringing to light the fact that Google Glass can be used as a tool for research as well, this short film was created by Anomaly in New York.
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WWF Nepal
The clip gives you a better understanding of the behavior and survival of rhinos in the deep Nepalese jungles, as seen through the eyes of Sabita Malla, a research officer of World Wildlife Fund, Nepal. As Malla progresses on her daily routine of tracking rhinos and tigers, she shows hoe the Glass can be used to take photographs and record important info hands-free.
A Glass Explorer
The term ‘Glass Explorer’ has been used by Malla in the clip to describe her, and this is a result of program. WWF is among five other non-profit organizations (Samasource, GiveDirectly, DoSomething! And charity:water) that are part of the program, and are offered the chance by Google to use the Glass technology in their work.
A Product Demo
Although the film is themed around the wildlife of Nepal, it is in reality a product demo of sorts for Google Glass, and does a very good job at it. A setting so different from the urban environment product demos are usually shot in, the jungle gives you a whole new perspective to understand the many features and uses of Google Glass.
Future Applications
As Google Glass is still fairly new, it may be hard to picture the many different fields it could find applications in. The wearable smart glasses could be used by field researchers to take hands-free notes and store info about an animal’s habitat, activity, location, condition and other data. This info could then be uploaded on the cloud to share with the rest of the research team.
