Showing posts with label Glass Explorer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Glass Explorer. Show all posts

Friday, December 13, 2013

The Google Glass Explorer program

When Google Glass was first announced I was extremely fascinated with the technology and wondered what the implications of it were. Like everyone that was excited about the announcement I went to the Glass website and told them what I would do with Glass if I was given the chance to get a pair. This was done with a grain of salt because I knew the world was practically making their case and the program was extremely limited. Well, that as well as the fact that there was a $1500 price tag attached to the early release device which would make anyone cringe.

Now, lets fast forward a year. I was recently offered the chance to receive an invite to the explorer program thanks to some organizers at the Google Developers meet up I attend every once in a while. Once the time came in which they sent me the email practically saying "give me your money" I jumped at the chance and now, I am a Glass Explorer! Being a prototype device I have to admit that it is extremely advanced, from its bone conducting speaker to the handful of versatile voice commands. More than wearing it myself I like showing it to people in hopes of spreading a little awareness to break down the many phobias you tend to read about in recent news. Being a programmer I'm also trying to think of what I could experiment with to see how flexible it is. I haven't walked around with it in public just yet because I don't want to be labeled "that guy" but I predict that will change soon.

Playing darts while wearing glass.
 
The first photo I took with Glass at the Glass studio in NYC