Shopping with Voice on Google Glass - Live Demo!

Google’s new wearable computer, Google Glass, is shipping to testers and journalists who are trying all manner of things with it. The Verge recently drove around in a car using one! How will shopping look on this new device? I wrote a basic shopping app to find out!

The app is called VoiceBuyer for Amazon. If you have a Google Glass you can install off the web site and follow along! It allows you to submit a voice request for what you want to buy while wearing the Google Glass:

Results are sent back to the Glass so you can swipe through a few options and add one to your cart right then and there!

Here’s a video demo:

Testing out the app has been pretty fun! You actually can buy whey protein while standing in front of your kitchen cabinets, buy an HDMI cable while plugging in a new game console at your TV and realizing you need a second one, etc.. No more forgetting what I need to buy or rushing to write down a shopping list somewhere.

If you are in a store and think a retailer is ripping you off on price, well you are just a couple quick taps on your wearable from checking! In the future, bar code reading and one tap check out may even be possible.

What do you think about the future of shopping? Let me know below! Thanks for reading.