I expected Brin to maybe host a little hangout from its glasses, show off what the interface looks like, or maybe show a canned demo of using Glass for navigation.
Unlike the current Oculus dev kit, the Gear VR has a touchpad built into the side of the headset that controls like that on Google Glass: swipes for navigation and taps for selection.
Check out the gallery below to see the more images of the Navigation Glasses for the blind.
Other efforts to assist the blind include navigation glasses that translate a person's surroundings into a 3D braille map.
Designed by Xu Guang-suo, the Navigation Glasses for the blind help sight-impaired people visualize their surroundings through sound.
As seen on Yanko Design, the Navigation Glasses could provide a larger, 360-degree reach than a walking stick, which only alerts the visually impaired user to elements immediately in front of them.
It's really similar to how you would use the built in GPS navigation of Glass in a real car.
There are plenty of other goodies such as heated front seats, power glass moon roof, DVD navigation, premium sound system and a reverse warning system, which will add several thousand bucks to the price.
While it was always fun to get alerts for breaking news, Field Trip notifications about cool stuff around you and use Glass's built-in navigation tool, the field is now wide open for way more interesting applications.
To use text messaging and navigation on Google Glass, users currently have to pair it with an Android phone and install the Glass companion app on their phones.
