The launch of three new apps designed to enhance living in Toronto may position the city to be the most Google Glass-friendly metropolitan in the world, according to an article that appeared on Techvibes late last week.
The apps allows "Glass Explorers in Toronto" to get restaurant suggestions via Yelp's
Glass Eats app, check TTC transit times via
Stay Glassy TTC, and find bike rentals at nearby BIXI stations via
BikeShare. These apps are part of a dream of Tom Emrich, "who has been wearing Glass for about two months now."
"When I first put Glass on, I was overwhelmed with the potential this device has in changing our everyday lives," explains Emrich in a press release that was summarized by Techvibes. "I had a dream to make Toronto as compatible with Glass as possible so that when this thing hits the market, people will really understand why wearable technology is the next step in our technological evolution."
Emrich created the Yelp and TTC Glass apps, "both first-of-their kind in the space. He worked with digital agency,
SplitElement to develop the applications using the Mirror API provided by Google to create Glassware for the device,"
Techvibes writes.
Glass Eats was "originally conceptualized as part of the Canadian Google Glass Hackathon which took place last month." It uses Yelp's APU "to generate its results making this app useful not just for Toronto, but for any location in North America."
"Transit and restaurant recommendations are two must-have features for Glass which were missing before these apps," says Emrich in the article. "It's great to be able to bring these apps to the Explorer community to add to the rapidly growing directory of Glassware for Glass."
"Fellow Canadian Google Glass Explorer and independent game developer,
Macy Kuang" created the BIXI app.
"Emrich and Kuang are two of only ten Canadian Google Glass Explorers in Canada," the article states.
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