Concept Video Shows Google Glass Used as a Targeting Display

Google Glass' negative reputation stems partly from the fact that it doesn't offer enough practical applications, but a new concept video shows how the device could transform the way law-enforcement agencies and the military operate.

TrackingPoint, a maker of precision-guided firearms, created a concept video that illustrates how Google Glass would be used to give the shooter a safer vantage point from which to aim and fire.

Shotview, the company's app for iOS and Android, has the ability to send live images from TrackingPoint's networked tracking scope to Wi-Fi-enabled devices such as smartphones, tablets and a range of wearable devices. However, the demo shown in the video just a look at what could be in the near future.
"We have not developed any apps for Google Glass that are consumer-facing, only for our own development," TrackingPoint spokesperson Oren Schauble told Mashable. "We showcase Glass here simply as an example of wearable technology in eyewear form; this concept could work with any wearable, goggles etc. Eyewear is the most compelling for tactical purposes."

"The app is ready … It works on any smart device that runs [iOS or Android]," Schauble added. "We were just shooting from a smartwatch today."

An example of how ShotView already works in real life with an iPad can be seen in an earlier video from the company, below:
Giving shooters what they call "augmented marksman ability," a live video stream for Glass would make Google's much-critiqued wearable-computing device a must-have for marksmen.