Taking photos with a wink? There's a Google Glass app for that

May 3, 2013 4:59pm

Taking photos may soon be as simple as just winking, once this prospective app for Google's Glass platform makes it out of the laboratory.

Winky, code being formulated by developer Mike DiGiovanni, can do away with voice commands or tapping on the touchscreen to take a photo, tech site CNET reported.

"The current Google Glass Explorer Edition is geared toward developers, so DiGiovanni figures that most of them will know how to do this," CNET said.

DiGiovanni's code uses a wink option spotted recently by Reddit user fodawim Google Glass' MyGlass companion.

Google Glass is the search giant's newest attempt at wearable computing, integrating a camera, a computer and a heads-up display into an eyepiece.

But Winky isn't coming out as a polished app anytime soon - it's still pure Android source code and needs to be compiled and run as an APK (application package file).

"Google Glass owners can download the source code through DiGiovanni's GitHub site. After creating and running the APK, Glass users need only calibrate and then activate Winky to start winking away," CNET said. — TJD, GMA News