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MIT Researchers Bring JavaScript To Google Glass

colinneagle (2544914) writes "Earlier this week, Brandyn White, a PhD candidate at the University of Maryland, and Scott Greenberg, a PhD candidate at MIT, led a workshop at the MIT Media Lab to showcase an open source project called WearScript, a JavaScript environment that runs on Google Glass. White demonstrated how Glass's UI extends beyond its touchpad, winks, and head movements by adding a homemade eye tracker to Glass as an input device. The camera and controller were dissected from a $25 PC video camera and attached to the Glass frame with a 3D-printed mount. A few modifications were made, such as replacing the obtrusively bright LEDs with infrared LEDs, and a cable was added with a little soldering. The whole process takes about 15 minutes for someone with component soldering skills. With this eye tracker and a few lines of WearScript, the researchers demonstrated a new interface by playing Super Mario on Google Glass with just eye movements."

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  1. Headache by Dan+East · · Score: 5, Funny

    the researchers demonstrated a new interface by playing Super Mario on Google Glass with just eye movements

    Followed by the researchers demonstrating how to try and relieve a headache by massaging their temples with their thumbs.

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    1. Re:Headache by Mashiki · · Score: 5, Funny

      First two things showing up on Google glass after JS showing up:
      Popup ads.
      The second? UR PENIS TOO SMALL! VIAGRA CHEAP!!!!111!

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  2. Wow, that opens a up a whole world of dontgiveadam by BrendaEM · · Score: 3, Funny

    Flash will be next.

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  3. Re:Wow, that opens a up a whole world of dontgivea by Hsien-Ko · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't think anyone would want to flash a glasshole...

  4. Re:Now it's doomed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So how long is it going to be before someone writes some sort of java script that blinds the user?

    There are other kinds?