如何在工作中使用谷歌眼镜？

    最近，可穿戴技术吸引了众多眼球，例如苹果（Apple）最新推出的智能手表，与此同时，一些初创公司也引起了人们的注意，他们将谷歌眼镜（Google Glass）进行自定义，用于特定的工作场所，比如油井、手术室，在中国，它还被应用在工厂里。但如果你是一家普通公司的员工，谷歌眼镜能否让你的生活变得更容易？更确切地说，售价是普通智能手机两倍的谷歌眼镜是否能做一些智能手机目前还无法完成的事情？

    雷•尼古拉斯是美国威斯康辛州麦迪逊软件公司Widen Enterprises的开发总监兼产品经理，他决定一探究竟。几个月前，他开始每天佩戴谷歌眼镜上班。他发现谷歌眼镜的主要优势在于：右眼前方有一个屏幕可以解放你的双手。他说：“你不需要拿起一台设备，便可以拍摄照片和视频，收取电子邮件提醒和各种其他信息。”

    到目前为止，尼古拉斯已经体会到了谷歌眼镜能够给办公室生活带来便利的其他方面。首先，因为这款眼镜集成了Gmail、谷歌日历和一部安卓智能手机，“你在一个地方便可以浏览来信、来电和日历提醒，不需要切换背景。”此外，谷歌眼镜在开会时也很有用处。一款名为Refresh的应用可以对预计会出席会议的人进行背景调查（或者在面试的时候使用），然后将数据显示到屏幕上，这样“你就可以提出恰当的问题。”

    尼古拉斯尤其喜欢一款名为Yourshow的谷歌眼镜应用，该应用可以在演讲者的眼前显示演讲稿或演示稿的提示。他说道：“你可以用谷歌眼镜查看幻灯片的预览，避免让自己看起来不关注听众，甚至按一下眼镜就可以切换到下一张幻灯片。”唯一的缺点在于，虽然演讲者更少分心，但有时候听众却会分散注意力。“他们会注意到你佩戴了谷歌眼镜，而这将成为他们唯一关注的东西。”

    现在有许多员工在远离总部的地方工作，一款名叫LiveStream的应用可以让他们感觉与公司的联系更紧密。尼古拉斯说道：“戴着谷歌眼镜参加会议或其他团体活动时，如果使用LiveStream，就像把自己变身为一台超级便携摄像机。”这会让远程办公的员工更容易体会到身临其境的感觉。

    Wearable technology like Apple’s new smartwatch has gotten plenty of attention lately, as have startups that are customizing Google Glass for specific workplace uses from oil rigs to operating rooms and factories in China. But if you work in an ordinary office, can Glass make your life easier? More to the point, at about twice the price of the average smartphone, can Glass do anything a smartphone can’t?

    Ray Nicholus, lead developer and product manager at software firm Widen Enterprises in Madison, Wisc., decided to find out. A couple of months ago, he started wearing the glasses to the office every day. The main advantage he’s found: Having a computer screen in front of your right eye leaves your hands free. “You can shoot photos and videos, and get email notifications and all kind of other information, without having to pick up a device,” he says.

    So far, Nicholus sees several other ways Glass makes everyday office life easier. First, because it integrates with Gmail, Google calendar, and an Android smartphone, “you can glance at incoming emails, phone calls, and calendar reminders all in one place without switching context,” he says. Glass is also useful for meetings. An app called Refresh can do background research on everyone who’s expected in a gathering, or at a job interview, and put the data on the screen “so you can ask the right questions.”

    Nicholus especially likes YourShow, a Glass app that makes notes for a speech or presentation available in front of the speaker’s eyes. “You can see a preview of your slides without losing focus on your audience, and even advance slides just by tapping your glasses,” he says. The only drawback is that, although the speaker is less distracted, the audience sometimes isn’t. “They do notice you’re wearing Glass, and it can be the only thing they focus on.”

    With so many employees now working in places far from the home office, an app called LiveStream could come in handy for making them feel more connected. “Someone wearing Glass in a meeting or other group event, using LiveStream, serves as an ultra-portable camera,” Nicholus says. “It’s an easy way to give remote employees a better sense of being in the same room.”