Google announces Work Certified Partners for Glass
18 Jun 2014
Google has announced its first round of Glass at Work Certified Partners who would deliver enterprise solutions for Glass, even as the tech giant looks for more developers and enterprises for its eye wear.
Included in list are APX, Augmedix, Crowdoptic, GuidiGO and Wearable Intelligence.
"We've been searching for developers who are creating Glassware to help businesses reach their goals. We heard from hundreds of enterprise developers and today we're excited to announce our first round of Glass at Work Certified Partners. Congrats to APX, Augmedix, Crowdoptic, GuidiGO and Wearable Intelligence," stated the Google Glass Google+ post.
The post also featured a link to allow people to see what Augmedix along with Dignity Health were working upon that would make doctors spend more time with patients.
It was reported last week that Drchrono, a Mountain View, California-based electronic medical record company had developed a new application for Google Glass. It is claimed to be the first "wearable health record."
Doctors registered for the Drchrono app for Google Glass can use it for recording a consultation or surgery with the permission of the patient.
The app allows storage of videos, photos and notes of the patient's electronic medical record or in Box, a cloud-based storage and collaboration service that could be shared with the patient on request.
Meanwhile, a new Google Glass application would allow virtually anyone to become an instant star. With the new application called Livelens users can live stream their lives and charge others to view it.
This app would be available with Google Glass, iOS and Android.
The Google Glass version, which comes with social features that allow users to comment or ''like'' videos, works for the head-mounted display on the wearable device. However, according to commentators, the battery power of Google Glass was not very good, and it would be impossible to do an all-day video.
According to commentators given the numerous enterprise applications of Google Glass, the device may be a bigger hit with businesses rather than the general public, at least initially.
Many companies are already experimenting with Glass technology, including Australia's Westpac Bank, Beth Israel Deaconess medical center and Virgin Airlines.
