Google Glass
Google Glass Explorer Edition | |
| Also known as | Project Glass |
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| Developer | |
| Manufacturer | Jabil |
| Type | Optical Head-Mounted Display (OHMD), Peripheral Head-Mounted Display (PHMD), Wearable technology, Head-up display |
| Release date | Developers (US): February 2013 Public (US): April 15, 2014 |
| Introductory price | Explorer version: US$1,500 Standard edition: US$1,500 |
| Operating system | Glass OS (Google Xe Software) |
| CPU | OMAP 4430 System on a chip, dual-core processor |
| Memory | 2 GB RAM |
| Storage | 16 GB flash memory total (12 GB of usable memory) |
| Display | Prism projector, 640×360 pixels (equivalent of a 64 cm/25 in screen from 2.4 m/8 ft away) |
| Sound | Bone conduction transducer |
| Input | Voice command through microphone, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor |
| Controller input | Touchpad, MyGlass phone mobile app |
| Camera | 5 MP photos 720p video |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth, micro USB |
| Power | 570 mAh internal lithium-ion battery |
| Weight | 36 g (1.3 oz) |
| Backward compatibility | Any Bluetooth-capable phone; MyGlass companion app requires Android 4.0.3 "Ice Cream Sandwich" or higher or any iOS 7.0 or higher |
| Related | Microsoft HoloLens, Magic Leap, Ray-Ban Meta |
| Website | google |
Google Glass, or simply Glass, is a discontinued brand of smart glasses developed by Google's X Development (formerly Google X), with a mission of producing a ubiquitous computer. Google Glass displays information to the wearer using a head-up display. Wearers communicate with the Internet via natural language voice commands.
Google started selling a prototype of Google Glass to qualified "Glass Explorers" in the US on June 27, 2012, for a limited period for $1,500, (with distribution of those purchases beginning on April 16, 2013), before it became available to the public on April 15, 2014. It has an integrated 5 megapixel still/720p video camera. The headset received a great deal of criticism amid concerns that its use could violate existing privacy laws.
On January 15, 2015, Google announced that it would stop producing the Google Glass prototype. The prototype was succeeded by two Enterprise Editions, whose sales were suspended on March 15, 2023. More than a decade later, Google would return to the extended reality space with Android XR, an operating system that will power headsets and smartglasses.