MIT Researchers Bring JavaScript To Google Glass 70
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."
Headache (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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I got a GREAT BIG COCK
Yeah and tell it to stop crowing at 6am or I'm gonna shoot it and deep fry it.
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Speaking of headaches, TFA didn't bother linking to the website of what we're all talking about
http://www.wearscript.com/en/latest/ [wearscript.com]
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My heart goes out to all "Glassholes" (From my readings I believe that is what they prefer to be called) and the exquisitely priced fandanglery they prefer to wear on their futuristic heads.
The evil that JavaScript will unleash upon their world will be terrifying and its effects widespread - the limited power of their Glasshole devices will be naught a match for the mighty appetite of the beast that is known as JS.
Mark my wor
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I don't like MS at all. It is highly likely that I did not like MS before you did. (and that I initially liked it before you also when it was not what it is today)
And the only hate I see here is in your post...
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Well, in this day and age, you don't need to love MS to hate Google, ya know...
I'm strictly neutral on the issue. I think both have turned into something we'd be better off without.
Re:Headache (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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Wow, that opens a up a whole world of dontgiveadam (Score:4, Funny)
Flash will be next.
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I'm betting on Python Eyes (Score:1)
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MIT researchers? (Score:4, Informative)
At least this time we can blame Network World for the crappy headline, and not someone here at Slashdot. We can just blame them for not bothering to read the summary, much less the article.
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Welcome to the world of PR and marketing. If there is any kind of involvement from a famous party, no matter how small the involvement, the famous party always gets the credit. MIT is more famous than University of Maryland so they get the credit.
Note that I have no clue how much each person contributed to this particular project. But if it is done by somebody famous (or at a famous entity), it becomes great, if you had done the same thing, nobody would talk about it.
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Somebody tell them (Score:2)
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What misconcenptions or ignorance? Google Glass users are predominately self-obsessed assholes. Maybe you Google fangirls need to get your panties untwisted just because not all of us want to deepthroat Sergey Brin like you?
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Yes, its a shame that the predictable result of an over priced waste of materials is that only pretentious pricks are the only one who use it.
Its of course also entirely predictable.
I do know at least 2 people with Google Glass that don't fall into that category strictly ... but they pretty much thing Google Glass is retarded since they used it for a few days.
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Actually, I was looking forward to getting affordable HMDs. The idea that they will just very likely not be "mine" at all is kinda discouraging, though.
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The idea that they will just very likely not be "mine" at all is kinda discouraging, though.
That should be completely revolting to you.
Now it's doomed (Score:3)
So how long is it going to be before someone writes some sort of java script that blinds the user?
Re:Now it's doomed (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?
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Begone and don't tempt me, Satan!
Re:why all the javascript hate? (Score:4, Informative)
A better question would be: What has javascript done that's GOOD?
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Um...what? How is Javascript even remotely implicated in flash/java applet exploits?
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Often, the vulnerability will be in a Java or Flash applet and the exploit will be via JavaScript. A vulnerable applet just sits there being vulnerable until a bad guy takes control of it via script. That's why this setting exists:
1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click the Tools menu and then click Internet Options.
3. Click the Security tab, click the Internet icon and then click Custom Level.
4. Scroll down to the Scripting section. Under Active scripting, select the Enable option. Then, under Scripting of Ja
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Because it's responsible for all the things people hate about web pages. Pop-up ads, pop under ads, floating ads, flash ads, flash exploits, java exploits.... A better question would be: What has javascript done that's GOOD?
Says the man who's never used jQuery ... you can't be serious.
Yes, with great power comes great responsibility. But don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. (And I have more cliches where those came from!)
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Says someone who assumes that a supposed misuse of JavaScript equates to faulty language.
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Notice how this whole pages doesnt need to reload every time you click something?
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Mine too!
But then again, I'm in IT-Security. I endearingly call it "part of the job security package".
Dork^2 (Score:2)
We attach something to the thing we attached to our glasses.
Ph.D.? (Score:1)
I didn't know soldering some electronics together and porting a language to a platform is Ph.D. level work.
Re:Ph.D.? (Score:5, Interesting)
I didn't know soldering some electronics together and porting a language to a platform is Ph.D. level work.
Agreed. This is my research http://scholar.google.com/cita... [google.com] . WearScript is a tool that helps us in our current research (which is an extension of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com] ). When you do research you can either use tools that already exist or you can take a detour and invest in making better tools so you can do more effective research, that's what this is.
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Well, now maybe the PISA results start to make sense?
Give it another 20 years and you'll probably get your Ph.D. for being able to assemble a computer (and of course write a 100+ page essay about it).
PISA == Flawed test used only to bash US. (Score:1)
The only way that PISA results can ever make sense is if you understand their primary flaw: they do not control for admissions standards and thus penalize more open admission systems (like the US), versus more closed admissions systems (about everywhere else, namely Europe and Asia).
As for assembling a computer from the parts up, it would require a lot more than one might think.
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Well, technically the admission standards in the US are not more permissive, just different. Brains don't matter, just money does.
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Well, technically the admission standards in the US are not more permissive, just different. Brains don't matter, just money does.
Some of the features of the US system that make it more permissive:
Highly permeable education tracks - moving between each is performance based(and sometimes not even that), not specifically test-based.
Three named tracks exist(Honors/AP,Regular,Remedial), but all provide the same opportunity to access post-secondary education.
Post-secondary options provide the same opportunity to all participants - a 4 year degree.
In short, one test score at one point in your life won't determine the
The lengths we go to (Score:2)
"The Glass - it does nothing!" (Score:2)
With Javascript on Glass, can malware be far behind? Would affected users be stumbling around blinded? Would IT-conscious Glassholes get tired of having to say "OK, Glass: Yes to the umpteenth fucking Java update dialog today!"
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Well, considering we just had a story today how texting is one of the leading causes of accidents, I dare predict that Glass users won't really need JS to stumble around blindly...
Nice, but useless until available for all. (Score:1)
When Glass is available in a full and free form for the Rest of Us, then maybe some of this might be of good use. It seems like about every interesting use is being removed from it until it is turned into something that pales in comparison to the developer units.
Of course, some Glasshole (or a few of them) would take that as a personal offense instead of responding to the top shortcoming of Glass - lack of general availability.