First there was the oft-maligned Google Glasses, then Snapchat’s Spectacles. Now, it looks like Amazon may be getting into high-tech eyewear.
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Report: Amazon Working On Smart Glasses
By 9.20.17
New Google Glass Reportedly Comes With Foldable Arms, Larger Content Viewer
By 12.29.15
Nearly a year after Google stopped selling its Google Glass product, and five months after a patent hinted that the tech company wasn’t quite done with the device, a new version of the hi-tech glasses is apparently on the way. [More]
New Google Glass Could Reportedly Have Larger Display, Hand-Triggered Photo Capabilities
By 7.8.15
Citing the need for a redesign – and slow sales for its Explorers program – Google stopped selling the most recent version of its Google Glass back in January. While the company declined to provide any specifics on its next version of the device at the time, a newly awarded patent – and sources close to the device’s creation – give a few hints of what might be in store for the high-tech gadget. [More]
Eyewear Maker Luxottica Says The New Version Of Google Glass Is On Its Way
By 4.24.15
For those who didn’t get a chance/didn’t want to jump on the Google Glass bandwagon the first time it rolled around, with its oft-maligned design that allows people to record everything they’re seeing (including people who might not want to be filmed), you’ll soon have the opportunity to get/make fun of/criticize a new version soon. [More]
Google To Stop Selling Current Version Of Google Glass On Jan. 19
By 1.15.15
If you’ve been holding off on purchasing Google Glass you may have waited too long, you don’t have much time left. Google announced plans Thursday to stop selling the product to consumers on January 19 as it prepares for big changes to its wearable-computing project, including new leadership. [More]
MPAA, Theater Owners Adopt Zero-Tolerance Policy Toward Google Glass
By 10.29.14
In “who hates Google Glass owners today?” news, the Motion Picture Association of America and the National Association of Theatre Owners have updated their joint anti-piracy policy to add wearable electronics devices — but really just Google Glass — to the list of verboten items to operate while enjoying that movie you should have just waited to watch on your TV. [More]
Scientists Claim Man Became Addicted To Google Glass, Suffered Withdrawal
By 10.15.14
At one point or another you’ve probably joked with friends that you’ve become addicted to something on the internet: Cute kitten videos, absurd quizzes or a variety of other semi-entertaining online phenomena. While you probably weren’t actually dependent on any of those things, scientists in California claim they’ve treated the first person with internet addiction brought on by overuse of Google Glass. [More]
“This Looks Like My Hearing Aid”: What Happens When The Older Set Tries Google Glass
By 6.20.14
Listen, plenty of young/youngish people think Google Glass looks a little bit weird, so the fact that a group of older folks can’t quite get a grip on the idea isn’t too surprising. Still, “This looks like my hearing aid” is pretty darn funny. [More]
Alamo Drafthouse Bans Google Glass Use From Its Theaters
By 6.10.14
The Google Glass face computer is such a new invention and there are so few out in the wild that etiquette and rules haven’t quite caught up yet. Now that any random member of the American public with $1,500 and a tolerance for being stared at can buy the device, rules are cropping up. Like at Alamo Drafthouse, a small chain of movie theaters that has now banned the devices from its theaters. [More]
There’s Only So Much One Can Do To Sexy Up Google Glass
By 6.3.14
In addition to the steep price tag, one of the things keeping some folks from checking out Google Glass is that the existing frames for the device are just too… well, let’s politely call them bland. In an attempt to add some level of style to the headgear, Google has teamed up with the folks at Diane von Furstenberg for some frames that may appeal to a wider audience, but really aren’t that different from what’s available. [More]
Is It Wrong For A Restaurant To Tell Diners To Remove Google Glass?
By 5.27.14
The culture war (more of a slap-fight) over where and when it’s okay to sport Google Glass continues. A Manhattan restaurant is the latest to get caught up in the fracas after it asked a customer to remove her Glass device while dining, resulting in a burst of negative reviews from those who think the eatery crossed a line… and a backlash from those who aren’t impressed with the headgear and don’t see why anyone would wear one to dinner. [More]
Google Opens Its Glass Explorer Program Up To Anyone In U.S. Who Wants To Spend $1,500
By 5.14.14
If you’ve been eyeing your pals jealously while they stroll around town looking like so many cyborgs in their Google Glass specs, now you, too, can spend $1,500 on the interactive eyewear. Google announced last night that it’s flinging the Explorer program wide open to anyone in the United States willing to fork over the cash for Glass. [More]
Woman Ticketed For Google Glass Says United Airlines Asked Her To Take Off Device For “Security Reasons”
By 4.25.14
You may remember the case from a few months ago of the California woman who received a traffic ticket for, among other things, driving while sporting Google’s wearable Glass device. That case was subsequently thrown out, but that same Glass wearer says United Airlines recently told her she had to take her device off while on the plane. [More]
Lawmakers Don’t Want You Wearing Google Glass Behind The Wheel Anytime Soon
By 4.17.14
While it’s true as some say that life is a highway, life shouldn’t be lived through Google Glass when you’re driving, say lawmakers in a smattering of states. Legislators are starting to mull over what will happen when Glass leaves its infancy and heads out into the wider world, and want to make sure no one’s cyborging on the road. [More]
Google Glass Partners With Makers Of Ray-Ban So All The Cool Kids Will Stop Making Fun Of You
By 3.25.14
Because not everyone is down with the Geordi LaForge look currently sported by wearers of Google Glass, the company has announced its teaming up with Luxottica — the Italian eyewear company that owns Ray-Ban and Oakley, as well as a slew of licensing deals to manufacture specs for a whole lot of designer brands. [More]
San Francisco Bar Will Give A Free Drink To Anyone Wearing Google Glass
By 3.18.14
Congratulations! You can afford to shell out $1,500 for a cyborg-ish computer that sits on your face. But you say other bars aren’t so accepting of those pricy Google Glass specs? Here’s a free drink, not that you can’t buy your own, person who owns a facecomputer. Or heck, maybe you’re tapped out now and could really use a complimentary cocktail. [More]
Bar’s Ban On Google Glass Won’t Stop Creeps From Secretly Recording Video
By 3.5.14
Customers’ concerns of being recorded while enjoying themselves has led a San Francisco bar to ban the use of Google Glass on its premises. But is a ban of the smart glasses really necessary? [More]
Early Adopter: Using Google Glass Is A Literal Headache
By 2.14.14
When Google first opened up the possibility of using its Glass face computers, nerds all over the world were excited about the opportunity. They signed up for the Glass Explorers program, which required them to pay $1,500 and not let anyone else even borrow the device. Almost a year later, many of those early adopters are tired of talking to their face computers. [More]
