Last night, a police officer caught Google Glass pioneer Cecilia Abadie speeding.
He also cited her for a secondary infraction- having a monitor visible to the driver. A.k.a. wearing Google Glass while driving.
Little did he know— the next day, Cecilia was scheduled to teach a workshop on Google Glass design at Cross Campus. Co-taught with Jamie Levy, the workshop invited designers and digital pioneers to explore creating applications for Google Glass.
During the event, news crews showed up to explore the newly excavated legal ground of driving with augmented reality.
Although Cecilia’s glass was off at the time, the incident has sparked a debate regarding whether augmented reality devices should be allowed worn while driving.
Google Glass projects an image, about the size of an index card, on the upper right hand corner of a viewer’s field of vision. Some say it’s safer than looking down at a mobile phone or GPS, while others argue you need your entire field of vision to drive.
Check out the breaking news story with ABC reporter Elex Michaelson:
[video:https://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=9307678]
Also: check out photos from last night’s event: digital pioneers playing with glass.
