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CES 2014 - Google Glass serves as HUD for Chevy Stingray

When like Chevrolet you've got a WiFi and LTE connection integrated into the brain of your cars, there's more you can do than just get the kids online in the rear seats: you can turn Google Glass into a head-up display. Demonstrated as a proo f-of-concept here at CES 2014, the Chevrolet Glass app hooks up specifically to the new Corvette Stingray, feeding real-time statistics like speed, gear, engine RPM, and G-force straight to the screen of the Android wearable. GM was keen to point out that the Glass integration is "purely conceptual" right now, and that Chevrolet has no plans to make announcements regarding the technology any time soon. However, even in this early state, it all works surprisingly well. Glass can connect directly to the car's mobile hotspot, and then pull up two different screens of performance statistics. As you'd expect given the simplistic UI of other Glass apps, it's a pared-down interface, with the basics shown in clear graphi...