In pictures: a peek inside Google House, the smart home of the future

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  Michael Valvo, manager of communications at Google, said the intention wasn’t to show a home of the future, as much as to improve on today’s homes. Jeffrey E Biteng / The National

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  In the fashion room, the Trends app can help you identify what’s fashionable or not before you step out to face the world. Jeffrey E Biteng / The National

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  Inside the travel room, not only do you get to discover new places, you are also guided to plan more efficiently for business or pleasure. Jeffrey E Biteng / The National

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  Kitchen, which uses Google through YouTube, Hangouts and Voice Search, helps make cooking and eating more enjoyable. Voice commands on your tablet allow you to call up recipes while cooking. Jeffrey E Biteng / The National

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  Grace Petersen, who supports the Google Glass team, dons the Google Glass - the company’s latest wearable tech that is in fact a wearable computer with an optical head mounted display. It is activated by hand gestures and simple voice commands. Jeffrey E Biteng / The National

Google House is divided into rooms with different themes: kitchen, living room, study, travel room and ‘fashion room’. A sixth room allows visitors to try out Google Glass, the company’s latest wearable tech.