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The Internet search giant on Wednesday took the wraps off a project to create digital ''augmented reality'' glasses designed to take photos, display directions and let the wearer have video-chats with friends, among other things. Credit: Reuters/Google/Handout Related News Google proposes Android revenue for Oracle: filing Wed, Mar 28 2012 Mandela archives, letters and notes go online Tue, Mar 27 2012 U.S. regulators push for online "do not track" system Mon, Mar 26 2012 Windows Phone struggles to break catch-22 as app makers hold off Mon, Mar 26 2012 Facebook touts success in revamped pages for brands Tue, Mar 13 2012 Analysis & Opinion Why Google, and Simple, love TxVia Counterparties Related Topics Tech » Media » By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO | Wed Apr 4, 2012 9:02pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is getting into the eyewear business with a pair of thin wraparound shades that puts the company's Web services in your face. The experimental "augmented reality" glasses - from the same team that is developing self-driven cars - can snap photos, initiate videochats and display directions at the sound of a user's voice. The prototype digital glasses, unveiled on the company's Google+ social network on Wednesday, are still being tweaked and tested, and are not available in stores yet. "We're sharing this information now because we want to start a conversation and learn from your valuable input," Google wrote in a post on a Google+ page devoted to Project Glass. The spectacles are being developed by Google, the secretive group working on advanced research projects such as self-driving cars. The Google+ page featured a 2-1/2 minute video, shot from the perspective of someone wearing the glasses. The wearer goes about his day walking through New York City while speaking commands to the glasses to do things such as take a photo and post it to Google+, get block-by-block directions and weather conditions and get a pop-up alert when a friend is nearby. The Google posting is intended to show "what this technology could look like," the company said. Mock-up images of the glasses on the Google+ page depict a stamp-sized digital display that seems attached to a pair of glasses and sits at the top corner of one of the lenses. The post asks people to submit their suggestions for what they would like to see in the glasses. Google, the world's No. 1 search engine, is famous for letting its employees work on ambitious projects that don't always have a direct relation to its business. Those projects have not always sat well with investors, who worry about Google's spending on projects with uncertain returns. Google Chief Executive Larry Page has cut down on many of the projects and products underway at the company since taking the reins a year ago. But he has defended Google's commitment to working on "speculative" projects that could one day turn into "billion-dollar businesses," though he has stressed the company isn't "betting the farm" on such efforts. The glasses could provide a way for Google to more closely entwine its advertising-supported online services, including Web searches, maps and email, into people's daily lives. The glasses also could help Google match some of the buzz that rival Apple Inc has generated with its latest iPhone and the built-in Siri digital assistant, which takes spoken commands to do such tasks as schedule calendar appointments and get weather forecasts. A Google insider said it is unclear when the glasses might be commercially available, but noted that the philosophy of Google group is to develop technologies that can be used in a relatively short period of time, rather than dreaming up creations that won't be possible for 10 or more years. The glasses, under development for two years, will be tested in public by members of the Google team, according to the Google insider. Shares of Google, which reports its first quarter financial results next week, fell about 1.2 percent to close at $635.15 on Wednesday amid a broad market sell-off. (Reporting By Alexei Oreskovic; Editing by Richard Chang) Tech Media Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. 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