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Google has finally unveiled its much-awaited 7-inch tablet based on the latest version of its Android software. Google's first own-brand tablet Nexus 7, made by the Taiwanese company Asus, will run the new Jelly Bean version of Android. The 7-inch (17.8cm) Nexus tablet features a quad-core CPU (central processing unit) and a 12-core GPU (graphics processing unit). According to the BBC, Google's co-founder Sergey Brin also showcased the firm's Glass project, augmented reality glasses that are still in development. Rather than introduce a demo he brought up live feeds from devices being worn by Google employees sitting in a floating airship above San Francisco . Next engineers explained the 'philosophy' of the equipment, saying that they had placed a screen above the right eye to make it easy to continue interacting with the real world, and a touchpad on one of the sidebars to control it. While the Nexus tablet had been widely rumoured and Project Glass announced before, the unveiling of another product, the Nexus Q, turned out to be a surprise. The spherical device is a small Android-powered computer without its own screen. It is meant to be plugged into a stereo and television system. It can stream music and videos from other devices allowing both its owner and others to play media files. With the new device, Google plans to target the home entertainment market to take on Apple TV, Boxee, Roku and other devices.

Google unveils Nexus 7 tablet, 'smart' glasses, home entertainment system