News - Google Glass specs start to ship to developers

[HEXUS]

Tech specifications are released, the $1,500 specs will provide a full day of battery life.

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[JSanders]

Next stop: wear contacts

[kosch]

When will spec savers be launching google glasses glasses?

[zombie01]

Pfft,
I'll perhaps consider buying these when they make it like an extension of a mobile.

And i see this causing more accidents on the road.....

[crossy]

1500 bucks for a pair of specs? Jog on.

I thought they were aiming these to be a phone replacement, rather than a "mere" add on? Although approaching double the cost of even a high end phone is perhaps missing the point by a parsec or three.

[TouchingHair]

1,500 dollars to have adverts thruster into my face and more of my privacy taken away, no thank you.

[Audiothor]

I need some guidance on the etiquette involved here...

So when someone approaches you wearing a pair of these, what is the polite way of saying "Please take those off and stop videoing this, what I prefer to be, private conversation in my, what I prefer to be, private time with the intention of putting the whole thing on YouTube, before I rip those off you and shove them up your **** " ???

[Spud1]

1500 bucks for a pair of specs? Jog on.

I thought they were aiming these to be a phone replacement, rather than a "mere" add on? Although approaching double the cost of even a high end phone is perhaps missing the point by a parsec or three.

$1500 (£980) is the dev unit price - similar to the cost of a development console unit or similar

Google have stated more than once that the retail price will be the cost of a modern smartphone - which I am taking to be more like £500-£600.

Good news that they have started shipping some out, I just hope that now they have some out there they can invest a bit of money in getting international approval so that they can open up their dev program later in the year to the UK - so far we have been excluded from all competitions/dev sign ups as Glass is only approved in the USA so far

If they get this out this year then this will be "The" gadget of the year..

[crossy]

I need some guidance on the etiquette involved here...

So when someone approaches you wearing a pair of these, what is the polite way of saying "Please take those off and stop videoing this, what I prefer to be, private conversation in my, what I prefer to be, private time with the intention of putting the whole thing on YouTube, before I rip those off you and shove them up your **** " ???

Why bother being polite?

Just put your hand in the vicinity of the camera.

$1500 (£980) is the dev unit price - similar to the cost of a development console unit or similar Google have stated more than once that the retail price will be the cost of a modern smartphone - which I am taking to be more like £500-£600.

Thanks for that, but even at that £500-600 price point I think it'll remain pretty niche - there's no way I'll be paying more than I paid for my smartphone (sim free!) for a mere peripheral. I'm guessing that the smart move would be to wait and see - especially once HTC, LG, Samsung, Sony, etc decide to do their own versions ... at more credit card friendly prices!

[Spud1]

Thanks for that, but even at that £500-600 price point I think it'll remain pretty niche - there's no way I'll be paying more than I paid for my smartphone (sim free!) for a mere peripheral. I'm guessing that the smart move would be to wait and see - especially once HTC, LG, Samsung, Sony, etc decide to do their own versions ... at more credit card friendly prices!

I suppose it depends on your point of view - it will be a niche product for now, there is no way this is ready for mass market..we are 5-6 years off that imo as there are still a huge number of issues that we need to solve, chiefly the social acceptance/privacy concerns.

£500-£600 however is very cheap for what you get - this is cutting edge stuff that many of us have been dreaming about for years..its proper sci-fi technology that we'll be able to start using this year. That is what excites me and many others, and it's why if given the opportunity I would pay the $1500US to buy a developer set.

The only thing that would stop me is if Apple were to announce there own, vastly better/more refined offering - but I don't see that happening for a few years to be honest, and unlike most of the hardware that Google put out, Glass so far looks to be top quality and already refined - not the usual cheap plastic and GTK+ style product that they typically offer.