Google shows what it's like to use Google Glass

Do I want Google Glass? ABSOLUTELY!

Does the action packed lifestyle come with the glasses?

Most people who would buy this already wear glasses, I wonder how you fit them both on your head

Wearable Electronics was a concept first proposed in the Australian produced National Geographic Channel's series 'Future Matters' in 2004 where it was suggested that

a) Mobile phone were dead and will be replaced by mobile computing and

b) Mobile computing and communications technology will become wearable, with most of it embedded in clothing we wear everyday

Whilst we're not at that level yet, it looks like we are well on the way

Instead of something that looks like glasses without lenses, complete with nose pads, why not something like "street style" behind-the-ear headphones, with an extended, adjustable arm on one side to hold the display? That way, users would be able to wear prescription glasses or sunglasses of their choice.

@Gadgeteer

lasik and contacts. Not many people actually wear glasses to see any more.

Besides, if you can buy prescription Oakley's you could probably do the same with these. The benefit would be that if you have insurance they will cover some of the costs of picking up a pair.

I don't do this but the people I know who can afford Oakley's can do so for that reason.

The first issue will probably be cost;

The second will be looks;

The third battery life;

The fourth will be the way you interact with the interface, it may not always be socially appropriate to be giving commands to something other people can't see, they might think you need psychiatric help. A small wireless hand controller may help in the short term and an interface controlled by your eye movement could come later on.

i am all for toys but this thing will mess with social interactions big time. But i can see it being cool when I am paragliding and i want to get info or take a video.... but I should probbably pat attention to what i am doing and enjoy my life when i am living it.

Oztechi

Sounds like you're talking about her system in the Final Fantasy movie, we just need the holographic controls

Diachi,

Quite a few people still wear glasses. Many can't tolerate contacts. Lots of people don't want to risk the often irreversible complications of laser surgery. Neither correction can compensate for presbyopia, which afflicts the vast majority of people over 45 or so.

I'm a small businessman and this is just what I need to organise, run a business and keep track of all the data.

I was planning on going a Go pro unit to a laptop but this likely has a full computer on your belt though could run on the cloud in less space, weight as likely, Google's cloud ;^P

Contact lenses hurt my eyes and cost too much. Looks like I will not be wasting my time and money on this junk

If its made by Google I'd buy it, problem is...next year a new model comes out or some update I need to pay for, I just feel these new fangled electronics hold back so they could milk the public for all its worth

For people who wear glasses, they'll build the lens into the frame. The concern about battery life will only be a problem for a short while. These smartglasses are obviously just a stepping stone into neural prosthesis, at which time power will be produced by the body's metabolism. This is why the majority of the worlds population is obese. It's evolution preparing humans to be able to support the demands of wearable electronics. Both in supplying the extra energy requirements and supporting the extra weight with larger body frames.

Apparently you need a good right eye. They should make a left-eyed model, too.

YES!!!! If they can put this on prescription glasses, as others have said, this will be AhMAZing . I agree, they will need to make sure that the design is versatile enough to wear on either eye. I don't know that I would want to pay $1500, but I would gladly stand in line for 3 hours to pay $500 USD for it. I cannot wait to own a pair.

What kind of retail store do you think these will be sold at? Since I have prescription glasses, would I be able to take them into my regular eye doctor and have them apply my prescription? Or would I have to do something like sending in a pair of prescription glasses to Google?

2014 can't get here fast enough.