Google planning to launch 'wearable computer'?

Google is reportedly developing computer glasses with a "heads up display" that would allow people to use the Internet out in the real world.

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According to a New York Times report, the "Google Goggles" are designed as augmented reality devices that send information back to an Android smartphone attached the users' clothing or body.

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9to5Google's specialist Seth Weintrub said that the latest prototype looks similar to thick-rimmed glasses but provides "a display with a heads up computer interface".

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"There are a few buttons on the arms of the glasses, but otherwise, they could be mistaken for normal glasses," News.com.au quoted Weintrub, as saying.

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According to the report, the device that is said to operate via Wi-Fi Internet connection or Bluetooth, has been developed in the search giants secret "Google X" laboratory.

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If the rumours of these computer glasses turns out to be true, the technology could be the first step towards doing away with touchscreen technology altogether.u00a0