Google Glass

Google Glass

Project Glass logo
Developer	Google
Type	Augmented reality (AR), head-mounted display (HMD)
Release date	Developers (US): early 2013 Consumers: Q4 2013
Introductory price	Developer version: $1,500 USD
Website	google.com/glass

Glass is being developed by Google X Lab, which has worked on other futuristic technologies such asdriverless cars. The project was announced on Google+ by Project Glass lead Babak Parviz, an electrical engineer who has also worked on putting displays into contact lenses; Steve Lee, a project manager and "geolocation specialist"; and Sebastian Thrun, who developed Udacity as well as worked on the self-driving car project. Google has patented the design of Project Glass. Thad Starner, an AR expert, is a technical/lead manager on the project.Google Glass is a wearable computer with a head-mounted display (HMD) that is being developed byGoogle in the Project Glass research and development project, with the mission of producing a mass-market ubiquitous computer.Google Glass displays information in a smartphone-like hands-free format,that can interact with the Internet via natural language voice commands. While the frames do not currently have lenses fitted to them, Google is considering partnering with sunglass retailers such as Ray-Ban or Warby Parker, and may also open retail stores to allow customers to try on the device. The Explorer Edition cannot be used by people who wear prescription glasses, but Google has confirmed that Glass will eventually work with frames and lenses that match the wearer's prescription; the glasses will be modular and therefore possibly attachable to normal prescription glasses.