{"id":5335,"date":"2013-08-16T00:54:58","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T12:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=5335"},"modified":"2013-08-16T05:57:33","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T11:57:33","slug":"mercedes-is-testing-google-glass-integration-ios-dominant-platform-for-m-b-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=5335","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes Is Testing Google Glass Integration, iOS Dominant Platform for M-B Owners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/autopia\/2013\/08\/google-glass-mercedes-benz\/\">Damon Lavrinc<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I put the car in park, unplug the phone, and put Google Glass on my face. Within seconds, I\u2019ve got step-by-step directions to a coffee shop down the street beamed directly to my eyeballs. This is what Mercedes-Benz has planned for the future, and not only do they have a functioning prototype, they\u2019re working with Google to make it a reality.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s called \u201cDoor-to-Door Navigation,\u201d and it\u2019s just the latest in a string of high-tech pushes the automaker has made in the past few years. It started with Mercedes doubling its resources and employees at its Silicon Valley research center, which allowed the automaker to work on a thoroughly revised infotainment platform and develop one of the first comprehensive integrations of Apple\u2019s iPhone into its entry level and youth-focused CLA.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> Via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/monkbent\/status\/368227348102914048\">Ben Thompson<\/a>.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damon Lavrinc: I put the car in park, unplug the phone, and put Google Glass on my face. Within seconds, I\u2019ve got step-by-step directions to a coffee shop down the street beamed directly to my eyeballs. This is what Mercedes-Benz has planned for the future, and not only do they have a functioning prototype, they\u2019re [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5335"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5336,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5335\/revisions\/5336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}