Google Glass may still be a year away from hitting store shelves, but developers who shelled out $1,500 at last year’s Google I/O to pre-order the device have begun to get their prototype models. As industrious hackers begin getting units,…
Google’s Project Glass Could Make Learning Another Language Unnecessary
Learning a foreign language is hard. I’m sure you all know this, but I just wanted to remind you how soul-crushingly difficult it is for anybody over the age of 10 to wrap their brains around a new language. I…
Apple Patents Its Answer To Google Glasses
By now you’ve probably heard of Google’s Project Glass – aka Google Glasses. Google revealed this amazing technology back in April. According to statements made during last week’s Google I/O conference, they should be getting to consumer hands by next…
Google Wants Project Glass To Have A Role In Your Baby’s Life
I think we can all agree that Google showed off the potential of Project Glass during Google I/O in an extreme way. Unfortunately, not everybody is a skydiving, extreme biking, rappelling sports star. What can Project Glass do for the…
Sergey Brin Shows Off Sunglasses For Google Glass [Pics]
Google ended the Google I/O Day 2 keynote by rehashing yesterday’s Project Glass skydiving stunt, but “from a different perspective”. This time, it was much less exciting, especially once the reality set in that they weren’t really announcing anything new.…
Google Glasses: Twitter Reacts And Responds
Google’s latest big endeavor, Project Glass, has been several years in the making and is still not even finished, but as its creators test out what it can do and broadcast it to the public, the web is buzzing with…
Google Glasses Preview Round-Up: Reporters Finally Get Their Hands On the Device
This year’s Google I/O keynote presentation was a whirlwind of huge announcements. Developers and reporters at the conference would have been overwhelmed with just the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Nexus 7, and Nexus Q announcements. Nobody was holding out too…
Sergey Brin At Google I/O Wearing Google Glasses
It’s Google’s day to shine with their developer event (Google I/O, of course) going on in San Francisco, and while people wait for Google to announce the next big thing to coming down their pipes, the fact that Sergey Brin…
Google Glass Public Demos Shown in San Francisco
Despite reports that the Google Glass headsets are only a prototype, Google co-founder Sergey Brin stated last week that he hopes Glass will be available to consumers by next year. It looks as if Brin’s timetable is on schedule, as…
Will Google Glass Interfere With Facebook’s Plans?
Forbes has a report on Google Glass comparing it to Instagram and the new Facebook Camera app for iOS. The report argues that Glass will be standing in the way of Facebook’s maneuvering for a larger mobile presence. These sorts…
Google Glass Hopefully Out Next Year, Says Sergey Brin
Despite showing the headsets off quite a bit, Google has been very protective of who it lets wear Google Glass. It seems the company is opening up more about the technology though. Last week Sergey Brin, Google’s co-founder, allowed several…
Google Glass Video Demonstrates First-Person Trampolining
For something that’s just a prototype, Google sure is showing off its Project Glass headsets quite a bit. From public television to Google’s CEO, the company is using Glass to shore up its futurist credentials. Yesterday, Google co-founder Sergey Brin…
Google Glasses: Google Lets Photographers Try Them Out
Photos are clearly an important part of Google’s larger strategy, and Google+ has been an impressive offering into the photography world. Google is working on what could be an even more impressive offering, however, with Project Glass (aka: Google Glass),…
Google Glasses Make Another Appearance
Soon after Google announced Project Glass, its concept for futuristic glasses, co-founder Sergey Brin was spotted (and photographed) at a charity dinner wearing them. Image credit: Thomas Hawk This week, Google’s CEO (and other co-founder) Larry Page wore the glasses…
Kickstarter Project Hopes to Create Social-Video-Sharing Glasses
Can’t wait for the Google Glass headsets to arrive? A company called Vergence Labs has some eyewear that just might tide you over until Google Glass is finally out of beta. The company has started a Kickstarter campaign to raise…
Google Glass Not Yet Augmented Reality
We’ve all seen the parodies. More than we can count, at this point. Still, all the attention Google’s Glass project has gotten can be interpreted as giddy excitement for the cyborg-vision we’ve all wanted since childhood. It’s sad, then, to…
Google Patents Google Glass Frame Designs
For those who still think Google’s Glass project is simply an experiment, a joke, or a public relations stunt, today brings even more evidence that the augmented reality glasses are real. Google has been granted three different patents (1, 2,…
You’re Going To Take Awesome Pictures With Google’s Project Glass
Although Google’s Project Glass (or Google Glasses) continues to take a pounding on the interwebs, it’s ridiculous to try and remain unexcited by the possibilities of this new technology. Sure, people wearing Google Glasses could get distracted and walk into…
Google Glasses As Interpreted By A Meme-Fueled Internet
I absolutely love Project Glass, Google’s smart glasses project. While the concept itself is exciting enough, the potential uses in the future for the device are pretty awesome. From being a Terminator to playing Battlefield 5 in an empty lot,…
Google Glasses: Which Parts Are Unrealistic?
Google got a lot of people thinking when it unveiled Project Glass and its promo video showing how Google glasses of the future could work. It was cool. Plain and simple. Of course as they often aren’t, things aren’t really…