How Google is melding our real and virtual worlds with games, apps … and Glass

May 1, 2013 9:12 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

"It just can't be the case that people are walking around heads down tapping on a screen," he says. "That just can't be the future of the human race."

Google’s awesome ‘Field Trip’ app launches for Apple’s iPhone

March 8, 2013 10:05 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Google already has five of the six most popular apps in America, with Google Maps, Search, Gmail, YouTube, and Google Play. But that is apparently not enough for the search-and-mobile-and-everything giant.

Google’s Field Trip now has an iOS competitor: Wanderous

October 19, 2012 11:45 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Android has Field Trip, an app that connects you to interesting sights and information, wherever you are. Now iPhone has Wanderous.

Google’s new Field Trip: Virtually augmenting the awesomeness of reality

September 27, 2012 12:34 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Smartphones and apps sometimes separate us from the physical world even as we walk through it. But Google has created a virtual tool to help us appreciate the wonder of reality.