is in the process of distributing its newest product, Glass, to a few thousand early-adopting “Explorers.” Glass is a wearable technology that brings all the things you do on your smartphone — such as surfing the Internet, making phone calls, texting, mapping out directions, watching XXX videos, etc. — directly to a spot right in front of your eye, thanks to voice-controlled glasses with a tiny screen, camera and microphone. The early users, who Google has dubbed “Glass Explorers,” are developers who want to create apps for the product and winners of an #IfIHadGlass contest that the company ran on Twitter and Plus. They all have to pay $1500 for the product, for the privilege of being the first “Glassholes,” and for the opportunity to tell Google how to improve the device.
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Google Glass Bid Up To $95,300 On eBay Before Seller Realized He Couldn't Sell Them
In February, ran a contest for Glass offering “winners” the opportunity to be “Glass Explorers,” i.e. the Guinea pigs who will test out Glass in the wild. Downside: Explorers have to pay $1,500 for the product and for the privilege of being called “Glassholes.” Upside: They get to test out a brand new product before anyone else. One Explorer came up with an even better upside; he planned to auction off his pair of Glass and pay down his student loans.
This Entrepreneur Wants Google Glass To Improve Your Health
Today, I spent most of my day at the Big Kansas City, a conference focusing on entrepreneurship in the Midwest area. As it happened, there was something else interesting that happened today: Project Glass started sending out tweets to the new members of its Glass Explorers program – those persons who will be among the first to receive a pair of Google Glass of their own to test out. …read more
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