Google starts selling Project Glass prototype by chocolate.boy 2012/06/28 06:02
Google is making prototypes of its futuristic, Internet-connected glasses available for people to test out.
The company is selling the device, known as Project Glass, for *1,500 to people attending its annual conference in San Francisco for computer programmers. It will ship early next year and won't be available for sale outside the three-day conference, which started Wednesday.
"This is new technology and we really want you to shape it," Google co-founder Sergey Brin told about 6,000 attendees. "We want to get it out into the hands of passionate people as soon as possible."
With the glasses, directions to your destination can appear literally before your eyes. You can talk to friends over video chat, take a photo or even buy a few things online as you walk around.
In development for more than two years, the project is the brainchild of Google X, the online search-leader's secret facility that spawned the self-driving car and could one day let people ride elevators into space.
Google is making prototypes of its futuristic, Internet-connected glasses available for people to test out.
The company is selling the device, known as Project Glass, for *1,500 to people attending its annual conference in San Francisco for computer programmers. It will ship early next year and won't be available for sale outside the three-day conference, which started Wednesday.
"This is new technology and we really want you to shape it," Google co-founder Sergey Brin told about 6,000 attendees. "We want to get it out into the hands of passionate people as soon as possible."
With the glasses, directions to your destination can appear literally before your eyes. You can talk to friends over video chat, take a photo or even buy a few things online as you walk around.
In development for more than two years, the project is the brainchild of Google X, the online search-leader's secret facility that spawned the self-driving car and could one day let people ride elevators into space.
EpIcInCoGnItO 2012/06/28 06:16
Awesome product.Very clever marketing. Revenue seekers at their best.
Awesome product.Very clever marketing. Revenue seekers at their best.
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