Google’s augmented reality glasses look they came straight out of Star Trek.
Google called its once secret initiative Project Glass. The glasses are the company’s first venture into wearable computing.
The glasses are not yet for sale – but already orders are flooding into Google.
In the meantime, Google is testing the glasses in public – just to get them right.
Employees in the company laboratory known as Google X, including Babak Parviz, Steve Lee and Sebastian Thrun, asked people for input about the prototype of Project Glass. Mr. Lee, a Google product manager and originally worked on Google mapping software Latitude, mobile maps and indoor maps, is responsible for the software component and the location-based aspects of the glasses.
“We’re sharing this information now because we want to start a conversation and learn from your valuable input,” the three employees wrote. “Please follow along as we share some of our ideas and stories. We’d love to hear yours, too. What would you like to see from Project Glass?”
People who have have seen Project Glass said there is a misconception that the glasses will interfere with people’s daily life too much, constantly streaming information to them and distracting from the real world. But these people said the glasses actually free people up from technology.
One person who had used the glasses said: “They let technology get out of your way. If I want to take a picture I don’t have to reach into my pocket and take out my phone; I just press a button at the top of the glasses and that’s it.”
Nick Bilton
New York Times
Where can i get a pair??? HeavyD
They are only taking pre-orders from people who work for Google. $1500 a pair. And they're pre-orders…Not released yet…
I thought it was just a thing for April Fools Day
pretty soon this technology will be a standard option in all eyeglasses
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Google glass make a celebrity among this world and that's why I'm so much excited about this. Though I'm knowing about Google glass in internet. Weekly world news helped me to know details but it's not possible to get it from India.
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That is true, but I guess they are still encountering several issues on this device.
An amazing glasses Google has been experimenting through! I think already Google new glasses demand is applying among people and no doubt after release these glasses will dominate glass market effectively. Thanks.