Unit 23 - D1 - Evaluate the impact of a potential future development in HCI on the economy

Unit 23 - D1 - Evaluate the impact of a potential future development in HCI on the economy

The most obvious way that Project Glass could positively impact the economy is by boosting the productivity levels of people using the glasses. An example of boosting productivity levels is by reducing the amount of time it takes to do things, that's because the headset will be voice controlled you will be able to perform tasks, make calls, save files and other things as quickly as you can say them, and if you don't want to talk you can make simply head movements and gestures to interact with the glasses which could potentially be a lot quicker than typing or scrolling through menus to find or open things. Another reason is that it completely frees up the users hands so they can easily multitask whilst still using the glasses to send emails or perform other tasks. Admittedly, these reasons may not save a great deal of time, however, across an entire business or work setting, the small amount of time saved could produce a lot of difference.

This video shows through live demonstration how quick and easy it is to use the functions on the glasses, such as the videos, which you can see would be much quicker than having to take a phone out of your pocket and set up the video.