

In early 2013, interested potential Glass users were invited to use a Twitter message, with hashtag #IfIHadGlass, to qualify as an early user of the product. In January 2015, Google ended the beta period of Glass (the "Google Glass Explorer" program). In June 2014, Nepal government adopted Google Glass for tackling poachers of wild animals and herbs of Chitwan International Park and other parks listed under World heritage sites. Google entered in a partnership with the Italian eyewear company Luxottica, owners of the Ray-Ban, Oakley, and other brands, to offer additional frame designs.
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Google provided four prescription frame choices for $225 and free with the purchase of any new Glass unit.

In May 2012, Google demonstrated for the first time how Google Glass could be used to shoot videos. Sergey Brin wore a prototype of the Glass to an April 5, 2012, Foundation Fighting Blindness event in San Francisco.

The product was publicly announced in April 2012. Ī Glass prototype seen at Google I/O in June 2012 In April 2013, the Explorer Edition was made available to Google I/O developers in the United States for $1,500. In mid-2011, Google engineered a prototype that weighed 8 pounds (3.6 kg) by 2013 they were lighter than the average pair of sunglasses. The Google Glass prototype resembled standard eyeglasses with the lens replaced by a head-up display. Google Glass was developed by Google X, the facility within Google devoted to technological advancements such as driverless cars.
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It had an integral 5 megapixel still/ 720p video camera. Google started selling a prototype of Google Glass to qualified "Glass Explorers" in the US on April 15, 2013, for a limited period for $1,500, before it became available to the public on May 15, 2014. Wearers communicate with the Internet via natural language voice commands. Google Glass displays information in a smartphone-like, hands-free format. It was developed by X (previously Google X) with the mission of producing a ubiquitous computer. Google Glass, or simply Glass, is a brand of smart glasses-an optical head-mounted display designed in the shape of a pair of glasses.
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Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, micro USBĪny Bluetooth-capable phone MyGlass companion app requires Android 4.0.3 "Ice Cream Sandwich" or higher or any iOS 7.0 or higher Voice command through microphone, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor Prism projector, 640×360 pixels (equivalent of a 25 in/64 cm screen from 8 ft/2.4 m away) OMAP 4430 System on a chip, dual-core processor ġ6 GB flash memory total (12 GB of usable memory) Optical Head-Mounted Display (OHMD), Peripheral Head-Mounted Display (PHMD), Wearable technologyĭevelopers (US): February 2013 ( February 2013)
