Google Glass Code Would Let Users Snap Photos by Winking

If a geek wearing Google Glass winks at you, he might also be snapping a picture for posterity, according to code unearthed by a developer using the Reddit user name Fodawin. The code indicates that the eyeglass-shaped computer may soon support integrate gestural controls, including allowing users to take a photograph by simply winking.

If a geek wearing Google Glass winks at you, he might also be snapping a picture for posterity, according to code unearthed by a developer using the Reddit user name Fodawin.

(Use of the male pronoun in the preceding sentence was fully intentional and accurate, despite Google’s best efforts of late to dissociate Glass from geeky male programmers.)

The code indicates that the eyeglass-shaped computer may soon support integrate gestural controls, including allowing users to take a photograph by simply winking.

The user found the code that would power such functionality “deep in the companion app” Google has released with its beta-testing Glass units.

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