google glass’ applications for smart home - changing the game of user interaction
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Flash Insight
April 2013
– For Public Release –
Google Glass’ Applications for Smart Home Changing the Game of User Interaction
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Google Glass brings technology closer to the peoples’ senses enabling digital interaction via a head-mounted display. Google Glass: Key Facts
Key Facts
Technical Information
Processor: Dual-core OMAP processor
Software: Android
Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS
Display: 640 x 360 px resolution
Camera: 3.1 megapixel
Controls: Button at the side; voice control
Sensors: Gyroscope, magnetometer, accelerometer
and possibly an eye-tracking camera
Weight: ~36 grams
Battery life: 2-4 hours at constant usage
Launch and Pricing
Closed field trial: 8.000 users @ 1.500 USD
Launch: expected Q4/13 - Q1/14 @ ~500 USD
Usage
Voice commands via microphone
Transmission of sounds via bone conduction speaker
Interaction by saying „ok glass“
Google Glass is a wearable computer with a head-mounted
display which can be attached to compatible glasses.
Product Design
Source images: www.google.com/glass/start/what-it-does/
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Google will open new ways of interacting with smart home devices via Google Glass through automatic recognition and interaction. Google’s Patent Application for Contextual Interaction with Smart and Connected Devices
Sources: USPTO, engadget, MS&C analysis
Description Impact
Google Glass provides the ability to interact with any IP-
connected device
Direct interaction with connected smart devices through a
general protocol and interaction rules
Currently addressing interaction challenges of single
connected devices only
Currently lacking easy control and regulation of cross-
device usage scenarios
But future potential for controlling and regulating more
complex cross-device usage scenarios
Challenges and Potential
Automatic recognition of controllable devices through:
Visual identification, RFID,
IR (Infrared), Bluetooth, QR codes
After recognition automatic download of information related
to the device: Status information, control interface etc.
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Within the domestic environment, there is a great variety of realistic use cases for Google Glass. Smart Home Use Cases
Kitchen
Look at your fridge and see content
without opening it
Receive recipe suggestions based
on the food you have
Shop groceries directly while
cooking
Entertainment
Control your TV and stereo remotely
Receive the latest news directly onto
your glasses
Buy movie or concert tickets while
watching the commercial
Car
Receive real-time traffic information
telling you to leave early for work
Use geo-fencing to turn electricity
and heating automatically on and off
Office
Read and dictate your e-mail
without using your computer or
phone
Manage your calendar
Do video calls with no need to
hold your phone
Lighting
Adapt lighting color and intensity
to your personal ambient conditions
Illuminate areas you are
currently looking at
Health
Use Google Glass as a
hearing aid
Track if your elderly fall
with an integrated falling
sensor
Let Google track, analyze
and improve your eating
habit
Source: MS&C analysis
Energy Control
Control your heating radiator by simply
looking at it
Turn connected appliances on and off
using nothing but your eyes and voice
Home Automation
Grant access to locked rooms just
by looking at the door
Close shutters by looking at a
window and nodding
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Google Glass enables a completely new way of interaction with the user’s surrounding – it becomes easier and much faster. User Interactions (Possible Scenarios)
Your heat is set to
21°. Turn it up to
24°?
Want to
watch TV?
Lighting is set
to „dinner“. Welcome home!
Unlock front
door?
Source: www.tischlerei-lamm.de/raumgestaltung/eingangstuer/eingangstuer_
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Source: www.deko-ideen.net/wohnzimmer-design/09/wohnzimmerbeleuchtung-
ideen-erstaunliche-lichtlosung-in-dem-wohnzimmer.html
Further usage scenarios: Video of
Google Glass experience
Further concepts: Sight
Contextual device recognition as
basis for presenting status
information of the device
Automatically loaded control
interfaces allowing controlling and
regulating device
Smartness of interaction depending
on capabilities of the device
Bottom Line
Further Information
Energy Control
Lighting
Entertainment
Home Automation
Source: MS&C analysis
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Google Glass has the potential to enable an entirely new approach of interaction. Consumer’s acceptance will be a critical issue. Google Glass – SWOT
Strengths Weaknesses
Threats Opportunities
Intuitive, easy and fast control of connected devices
Context-based delivery of information when and where it is
needed
Elimination of media switching for interacting with connected
devices
Open platform providing maximum flexibility to consumers
and developers
Short battery life (2-4 hours at constant usage)
High price at market entry
New and uncommon design
Dependency on smartphone and internet connectivity
Increases the interactivity between the user and his
surrounding environment
Broad acceptance of developers and manufacturers
resulting in a great number of new apps and devices for
Glass
Intensive competition of developers and manufacturers
facilitating innovation around Glass
Connecting niche and pointed solutions through Google’s
platform to a comprehensive smart home solution
Security concerns of consumers and manufacturers
Risk of unauthorized access to connected devices
Consumer’s fear of sharing private data with Google
Consumer’s rejection of using Google Glass in public life
Unclear how the configuration of scenarios will be
implemented
Source: MS&C analysis
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Google Glass provides a new interface; therewith equalizes the advantages of today’s platform solutions and unifies pointed solutions in a central hub. Consumer and Market Perspective
Source: MS&C analysis 1 Ambient Assisted Living
Inconsistent user experience across different use cases
No coordination or collaboration of individual services
Currently
Platforms: Comprehensive ecosystems
Lighting Security AAL1 Heating
Comprehensive ecosystem for each solution
Variety of use cases within one system
Consistent user experience
Pointed Solutions: Solitary solutions for single use cases
Lighting Security AAL1 Heating
With Google Glass
Platforms: Do platforms lose their added value?
Lighting Security AAL1 Heating
Lighting Security AAL1 Heating
Pointed Solutions: With added platform capabilities?
Central hub for internet of things
Threatening any existing platform and
opening opportunities for pointed solutions
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Google Glass and its supportive services have the potential to revolutionize the smart home industry. Consumer and Market Perspective
Opening new opportunities especially for providers of
pointed solutions, e.g. Philips hue, nest
Potentially threatening any existing platform by taking
away their central need: Enabling interoperability of
devices from different manufacturers
Google possessing the knowledge, network, and resources
to build up a completely new and independent eco
system
Open access to the Mirror API necessary for app
development for the developer community
Releasing new market dynamics by offering an open and
universal versatile platform to any developer and
manufacturer
Positioning Glass as the central hub for the internet of
things
Why and What Google Glass Is Changing
If you would like to discuss the impact of
Google Glass on your business, please get in
contact with:
Michael Mücke
Managing Partner
Source: MS&C analysis