UPDATED 17:22 EDT / JULY 09 2013

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Get Groceries and Sink Some Ships (Virtually) with Google Glass and GlassBattle

Google’s much anticipated Google Glass is slowly entering our lives and the augmented reality applications this wearable device can bring to life are expanding. Although Google Glass is not yet open to the public, we are already seeing many developers creating applications that allow web browsing, check the updates of Reddit and post Facebook updates.

Mobile app developer Brick Simple is now building a multi-player “Battleship-like” game that you can play on Google Glass. The game, called GlassBattle, is a Battleship-like multiplayer game where two players wearing Glass compete head-to-head in turn-based battles.

Founder of the game Det Ansinn revealed over the weekend that GlassBattle is a two-player Google Glass game implemented using the Mirror API. It provides turn-based gameplay with synchronous updates over the Internet. This isn’t a mock-up or concept. It’s a fully functional glassware application.

“Due to Mirror API quota limitations, we can’t yet share this app with a wider audience. Under the current quota, we can accommodate only a few players per day. As soon as the quota gets lifted, we will open up the gates. Thank you for your patience,” he added.

The three minute demo video shows how the game sits in the corner of your vision as you shop in a supermarket or walk around a park. Game players simply need to put vocal commands to call out the grid positions of their attacks. The moves then sent to an opposing player, who sees the hits or misses register on his or her own board.

The application is currently still in development but it is already interesting to see how the game will work with Google Glass. With Google Glass, players can play this game, control positions, and throw blows to the fleet of the enemy. It works great and game developer would like to expand to a wider audience. GlassBattle is available to date only to a very small number of players.

Potential is Unlimited

Thanks to apps and games like GlassBattle, the potential of Google Glass may explode in the coming months. The New York Times has created a Google Glass app that simply display trending topics or read you headlines out loud right in front of you. GlassTesla is another app that let you remotely control and monitor your electric sedan. The app let car driver to start and stop charging, check battery levels, remotely lock doors and monitor and adjust the vehicle’s temperature controls.

Google encourages developers to unlock more features of Google Glass, but the lack of more robust APIs has limited the development of games for the device. At Google I/O this year, Google presented new APIs that will allow developers to run code natively on Glass. It is only a matter of time before game developers will start creating more gaming experience for Google Glass.


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