There are always people who will tell you that technology gets in the way of interaction with the real world. That, however, may no longer be a problem.
Google Glass is an innovative project, one that puts many of the capabilities in your smartphone right before your eyes. The company is designing high-tech glasses, glasses that can display text messages, hold video chat, and even take pictures and video.
"I think we are definitely pushing the limits. That is our job: to push edges of technology into the future," said Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google.
Google opened sales of the Glass prototype to roughly 6,000 programmers present at the Google I/O convention. Those who attended the three-day conference, which started today, have the chance to purchase the glasses for around $1500. The glasses will ship early next year, allowing the programmers to really get into testing and feedback for Google's technicians.
"This is new technology and we really want you to shape it," Brin announced. "We want to get it out into the hands of passionate people as soon as possible."
The glasses are designed to allow you to be in touch with both the virtual and the real world. They are low-profile, and designed to be intuitive to use.
The capabilities of Project Glass were demonstrated by a team of skydivers above the conference, and those wearing prototypes of the glasses at the conference were able to see a live-stream of the dive during the presentation.
Google hopes to begin full production of Project Glass sometime in 2014, which is about when they will become available to the general public.
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