Kicking and screaming will the late adopters be dragged into the future. But if you want to stoke their deepest fears just the right amount, let xkcd be your troll-guide: Read More >>
Remember last year's I/O keynote and all the skydiving and bike riding shenanigans Google pulled? That was fun! Not to mention the big reveal: Google Glass. But if you managed to stay awake during I/O's opening four-hour keynote, you probably noticed that Glass was noticeably absent. What's up with that? Read More >>
Featured comment by dirtymagic86:
"No matter how awesome Glass may be, I just can't shake the feeling that you just look like a dickhead walking around with a bluetooth headset on all d..." More »
Featured comment by electroweb:
"He's right, though. To take a surreptitious photo on my phone, I can look one way and swivel the phone, looking at the screen out of the corner of my ..." More »
The best thing about Google Glass might be its ability to give anyone a perspective they never see anymore. Whether it's the intensity of playing hockey or uh, the weirdness of being someone else in the shower, it's like a less obtrusive GoPro camera seeing what people's eyes see. This might be the best perspective though: a toddler. Read More >>
Wearing Google Glass might make you look weird but it's certainly a lot better than any of the prototypes that Google first tried out. Google Project Glass Staff Hardware Engineer Jean Wang showed off a slide revealing the earliest prototypes of Glass and they're a lot bulkier with open ribbons, chips, gigantic cameras and more. You'd look like a total robot wearing these. Read More >>
Featured comment by niebyl2002:
"I agree with scaramoosh, what's the point of going out with friends that spend 90% of the time texting others." More »
Three years ago Recon Instruments came out with one of the first goggles with a HUD to be used by you and me for leisure activity. It was a novel idea—who wouldn't want to see how fast they're flying down the mountain? And today at I/O, Recon is debuting the Jet, a Google Glass-like set of shades that the company says is comparable to a tablet or smartphone (or Glass). Read More >>
Right now, Google Glass is just a pair of weird-looking specs that are pretty much only used to take blurry photos and Instagram selfies. And that's okay! The real promise is what comes next. Developers have been getting their hands on Google Glass and have begun to see what they can build with it. It's the base for the future. Read More >>
Featured comment by crezo:
"That's probably the first genuinely useful feature video I've seen of Glass. Features like these would make it quite a cool little product. You'll st..." More »
Amidst the hubbub of the first wave of real people getting their hands on the fabled Google Glass, something's being ignored: the Explorer programme is a tech launch, done as we've never seen before. Thing is, it hasn't been a no-holds-barred success for Google. Read More >>
Featured comment by spur:
"The thing is that they're moving to make this kind of photography something that everybody does, make it a 'default'. That should be addressed. (You c..." More »
Every wondered what Google Glass looks like from the perspective of an actual user and outside of Google's glossy, posed promotional videos? That's what you get in this user review video, where a man in possession of the expensive voyeur peripheral sticks a camera up to the lens and gives us a wearer's-eye view of the action. Read More >>
Featured comment by Kat Hannaford:
"What? The only thing I can see in this post which you may've disagreed with is the term "glasshole". In which case, apologies for having a sense of hu..." More »
If you're one of the lucky Google Glass "Explorers" wandering the world barking at your augmented-reality headset prototype get very excited about a new software update that'll make talking to nerdy computer spectacles more social. Read More >>
Featured comment by Someone Else:
"wYeah I know, but it's an added expense when you already had to pay $1500 for it. What are their first impressions? Hoping to try it for myself next w..." More »
Google Glass is weird. It's not quite like anything we've seen before. It's the best. It's the worst. It's polarising. This picture of a Google Glass-wearing tube-rider showed up on Twitter yesterday, and sparked a Buzzfeed article that posits Glass will just bring on more of the distraction it claims to alleviate. Read More >>
Google Glass is capable of some amazing things. Just look at this first crop of videos shot wearing a them. But given how much damage you do to your eyes staring at screens in the first place, will Google Glass harm your eyes in the long run? In a word: no. Read More >>
Google and LG might be about to repeat the Nexus 4 trick again this year, with rumours from Korea suggesting the pair will launch some sort of "Nexus 5" at some point -- and they're discussing working together on other forms of hardware, too. Read More >>
Featured comment by Boopop:
"I tried to buy one for about 20 mins on release day but didn't get anywhere.
A month or so I got a GS3 for £250 instead. Better deal I think. Now ..." More »
Watching ice hockey and playing ice hockey are two entirely different experiences. Or at least they were until Joseph Lallouz got his hands on a pair of Google's new wearable computer system and took it to his local skating rink. The result — awesome first person hockey. Hint, hint NHL/Premier League/cricket/golf. Read More >>
Featured comment by flipper202:
"A lot of people are saying this is not as good as a GoPro. The thing here is that its size means that you could do stuff with it where a big helmet ca..." More »