????最近，可穿戴技術吸引了眾多眼球，例如蘋果（Apple）最新推出的智能手表，與此同時，一些初創(chuàng)公司也引起了人們的注意，他們將谷歌眼鏡（Google Glass）進行自定義，用于特定的工作場所，比如油井、手術室，在中國，它還被應用在工廠里。但如果你是一家普通公司的員工，谷歌眼鏡能否讓你的生活變得更容易？更確切地說，售價是普通智能手機兩倍的谷歌眼鏡是否能做一些智能手機目前還無法完成的事情？

????雷?尼古拉斯是美國威斯康辛州麥迪遜軟件公司W(wǎng)iden Enterprises的開發(fā)總監(jiān)兼產(chǎn)品經(jīng)理，他決定一探究竟。幾個月前，他開始每天佩戴谷歌眼鏡上班。他發(fā)現(xiàn)谷歌眼鏡的主要優(yōu)勢在于：右眼前方有一個屏幕可以解放你的雙手。他說：“你不需要拿起一臺設備，便可以拍攝照片和視頻，收取電子郵件提醒和各種其他信息?！?/p>

????到目前為止，尼古拉斯已經(jīng)體會到了谷歌眼鏡能夠給辦公室生活帶來便利的其他方面。首先，因為這款眼鏡集成了Gmail、谷歌日歷和一部安卓智能手機，“你在一個地方便可以瀏覽來信、來電和日歷提醒，不需要切換背景。”此外，谷歌眼鏡在開會時也很有用處。一款名為Refresh的應用可以對預計會出席會議的人進行背景調查（或者在面試的時候使用），然后將數(shù)據(jù)顯示到屏幕上，這樣“你就可以提出恰當?shù)膯栴}?！?/p>

????尼古拉斯尤其喜歡一款名為Yourshow的谷歌眼鏡應用，該應用可以在演講者的眼前顯示演講稿或演示稿的提示。他說道：“你可以用谷歌眼鏡查看幻燈片的預覽，避免讓自己看起來不關注聽眾，甚至按一下眼鏡就可以切換到下一張幻燈片?！蔽ㄒ坏娜秉c在于，雖然演講者更少分心，但有時候聽眾卻會分散注意力?！八麄儠⒁獾侥闩宕髁斯雀柩坨R，而這將成為他們唯一關注的東西。”

????現(xiàn)在有許多員工在遠離總部的地方工作，一款名叫LiveStream的應用可以讓他們感覺與公司的聯(lián)系更緊密。尼古拉斯說道：“戴著谷歌眼鏡參加會議或其他團體活動時，如果使用LiveStream，就像把自己變身為一臺超級便攜攝像機?！边@會讓遠程辦公的員工更容易體會到身臨其境的感覺。

????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.”