Current Use

Currently, smart glasses are not widely used outside of the general public.  For the lucky few who have acquired the glasses through the Google lottery or through Beta purchase, the glasses are generally used for entertainment and "life-blogging" purposes.  The built in camera allows for pictures or videos to be taken with a simple voice command.  Chris Kluwe, former professional punter in the NFL, would wear them while practicing field goals and punts during practice times.  He would then upload the video onto his cloud storage, and then share it with his Twitter followers.  The glasses have several built-in apps, as well as apps that can be downloaded onto the device, and provide the wearer with lots of options.  They can be used as a GPS, an overlay of information about a sports game being watched, or movie watching while waiting at the doctor's office.

            While the main use is just general entertainment, the technology has been implemented in small ways in various professional areas.  Some healthcare systems around the world, such as in the United Kingdom, have implemented them for health record use.  The wearer can pull up a patient's health record, and it will be displayed right in front of the wearers view (Google Glass & Medopad: Rich and Dan Tell Their Story, 2014).  A few journalists have also used them during live broadcasts to give the viewer the perspective of the journalist, and to give the feel of being there in the moment.  Even though the technology has not been implemented widely as of yet, the future uses are broad and exciting.