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It gives us a glimpse of what we might look like in a few years if smart glasses are a hit.

One of the most popular smart glass applications is as projection screens.

Smart Glass, as its called, allows for buildings to balance their energy usage and save money in the process.

We can expect wearable devices such as smart glasses to lead to changes in behaviour.

Imagine dining out wearing the company's latest innovation - its smart glasses.

Smart glass has been used in some small-production cars.

Epson is also involved in the smart glasses business.

The effect is of a smart glass cap.

For high-rise buildings, smart glass can provide an alternative.

Gone are the old sliding plastic shutters and in comes “auto-dimming” smart glass, what Boeing call “electronic curtains”.

In that sense, smart glasses are a logical next step in personal computing.

The same type of smart glass has also been proposed for use in hospital settings to controllably provide patients with privacy as needed.

Fresh details about Google's eagerly-anticipated smart glasses have been released by the company.

And this is one of the key advantages of smart glasses in an industrial context.

The producers used the camera feature of the smart glasses to shoot a "point-of-view" movie.

And Google has a pair of smart glasses in the pipeline that would display information on a built-in screen.

Another low-cost alternative to electronic smart glass is Smartershade.

The technology giant, known for its printers and projectors, is trying to be a leader in the emerging smart glasses market.

As with many Google projects, privacy is reportedly a concern with the smart glasses project.

Smart glass using one of the aforementioned technologies has been seen in a number of high-profile applications.

Sun roof tops and rearview mirrors of the cars are lucrative applications for smart glass.

- sales failed to take off and the company has decided this version of its smart glasses were not so smart after all.

He said surgeons, warehouse workers and technicians are all currently testing Moverio smart glasses.

Smart glass is used with high-rise buildings.

The space is surrounded by "smart glass" that can be frosted by pressing a button.

The company's prototype uses what they call Switchable Glass technology.

These windows are electrically switchable glass that change light transmission properties with an applied voltage.

The innovative use of 'Privalite' (switchable glass that turns opaque at the flick of a switch) was included to emphasise the high tech product for sale.

In the media, the updated set for the Seven Network's Sunrise program features a Smart Glass background that uses liquid crystal switchable glass.

Although the device is currently a hardware prototype, and therefore does not yet run any software, Polytron claims its "Switchable Glass" technology could be launched to consumers by the end of 2013.

Switchable Glass: A possible medium for Evolvable Hardware, NASA conference on Adaptive Hardware Systems, IEEE CS Press, pp 81-87, 2006.

Smart glass or switchable glass (also smart windows or switchable windows in those applications) is glass or glazing whose light transmission properties are altered when voltage, light or heat is applied.

Smart glass was used to launch the Nissan Micra CC in London using a four-sided glass box made up of 150 switchable glass panels which switched in sequence to create a striking outdoor display.