Google GLASS 10 Years Later 

Google hit a home run and walked back to the dugout thinking they struck out. This could have put them ahead of apple in the hardware department

I don’t understand google.. how they invest a lot of money in making a product then drop it off and let it die.

The downfall was the price. I wanted these glasses, but I couldn't fathom spending that much money on a device at the time. Here I am, though, ten years later, wishing I had purchased a pair.

THIS is what I wanted from Apple. Great video.

I miss these glasses so much. Mines were lost during a house fire & I never replaced them. They were so ahead of their time. Now we’re stuck with nothing.

This is so much more accessible and easy to use compared to Apple VR headset, though this is just a bit of AR and no VR still Google should re think about this

I really was sad google discontinued these. They were way ahead of the times. The world wasn't ready for this amazing tech at the time

I have my grandsonś first steps on video, thanks to Glass. I video recorded my daughter's first fashion show on Google Glass. I used to make photo albums during my long car trips. I never had to stop the car and get out of the car to use my phone. Of course todayś cameras take better quality photos, but because of Glass, I at least have photos! This was a magical device for recording the pedestrian miracles of trivial lives! I have been searching for a replacement since my pair stopped working. Nothing even comes close when it comes to utility, form factor, ease of use, and comfort.

It's weird that they disabled the software functions... like if they don't want to continue with the product then fine but why harm the utility of existing devices? I feel like maybe Google will revisit this, it was always very interesting and it seems like it deserved a hardware update.

Updated and marketed correctly this could be used as an IRL streaming device

i believe that this product has been put in deliberate hibernation for release later with hardware and software updates

Jesus! I hope google sees this! With the pixel lenses this would be an amazing application for them and looks really good especially now!

As someone with mild face blindness, I needed those glasses, and have been looking forward to something similar, with a camera for face recognition and a see-through display to see who I'm talking to, to no vail. Intel also had a project going but canceled it too. There's a limited amount of people whose faces I can remember and recognize with certainty and wearing Google Glass at all times woupd honestly been less awkward than my status quo, plus I loved the design and am hella excentric anyway.

I was 14 when Google announced these and I was just blown away, what I would've given at the time when the idea came out, it seemed so futuristic and yet so obvious, I was convinced that this was where tech was about to go. I still admire the idea and I still would love a pair and seeing the concept fade away was one of the biggest technological disappointments of my life. I really hope that this idea will be released again and thinking about how nobody has stepped up to the challenge is insane to me, especially with voice commands and AI getting better and better

I came here, because I wanted to see what Glass was capable of, compared to Apple VisionPro. I’m an Apple fanboy, but even to me, VisionPro just seems like a bulkier, even MORE overpriced, early prototype of Glass. I personally have zero interest in AR or VR, so maybe I’m just being overly critical.

It would be interesting to know if google has been cooking up something better over the past decade, would be a waist just to drop the whole AR thing.

It has been a decade? I thought it was a couple years ago. 😂

Apple is typing…

I still yearn for the days of glass! Although I wasn't able to get a pair until 2014-ish, it made my digital life so much easier and smoother. Google, IMHO, has gone backwards. Calls, video conferencing, pictures and videos of my kids and even texting was completely hands free. Being an IT Professional, this would be a game changer! I was able to snag an EE2 for almost nothing and will be doing some cool stuff (hopefully) with it and using it for some niche stuff at work and in my personal life. Thanks for the walk down memory lane! I think we don't have these now because they are so focused on getting the newest and greatest phones out. It's all about money and profits. Google would be stupid not to pick this back up and continue to work on it.

Loved your enthusiasm for Glass😊 I bought the Explorer edition years ago and retired it when Google dropped it. They’ve just been brought out of hibernation so am looking to see what I can do with them now. Guess adb will be the first port of call!

Recording without ever having to take your eyes off what you’re watching is next level. I never take my phone out for big moments or concerts or just something I would otherwise film I don’t because I want to enjoy it, but if I could film w glasses like that yeah I’d do that

Do you have a walkthrough video on grtting these glasses to work to install Glass echo? Im hopong to get a pair working with some transcription app as im deaf and could really benefit from it

Really cool video. I remember when I was a kid this was blowing up all over the internet and at the time the camera was a huge concern. Good to know you actually had a good experience. Now as an adult I wish I could experience this product for myself. It stayed on the back of my mind for all these years

Any ideas on how to get Glass to connect to a iMac. I was using Glass to transfer pics and videos i took live but now it won't connect.

I think most of us are obsessed with our devices, we want to hold something and focus our attention on it. Maybe the next round of kids and young adults will prefer their devices more implemented and intertwined with the real world.

"Honey... You're home early" "Yes... And you're not"

This now deserves a come back. It was not the right time for it back then, but it definitely is now.

I have both the explorer and the enteprise edition, love them

I recently pulled out my old pair to see if they still work and they do, but the functionality is limited as you pointed out in the video. I used to LOVE these as well and wish that I could still use them the way I used to 10ish years ago. I recently purchased the Meta/Ray Ban glasses and while they are great for capturing photos and video in a hands free way, they aren't nearly as useful as the original Google Glass(es) were. That's why I decided to dust mine off and try them out again. Just wish that the old functionality was still there.

How do you think this compares to apple vision pro?

I love Google glass. I miss the navigation. I havent managed to install the final update. Not sure what it does. Did u ever get the glass book?

I just discovered that my old app can still be compiled on Android Studio Giraffe, with new Gradle and all. - I miss a community for programming those, some of Google's example apps are gone, some are horribly outdated.

Ok all this but what is this thingy on the right this glass thing

I have my Glass still. I loved it all, especially the security of winking to take pictures while I took long walks.

I really miss my Google glass. I still have my clear lenses and my Diane Von Furstenburg “back to the future” lenses. Maybe I’ll buy another pair. I miss watching RU-vid videos on my glass and also sky chart was awesome. Oh and weather radar was so useful. I’m begging for someone to design another OS to install on Google glass where we can get apps off a repository.

Have you looked in to the new AR glasses that are hitting the market? They have come some ways but need to be connected by a cable not Bluetooth

Two things: is there such thing as a 360 degree camera “orb” that can be attached to a 9.8 ft selfie stick? The other thing is I think there is a lot of latent financing of Kirigami research for prosthetic retinas, which would be enabled I surmise with geometric deep learning for all sorts of detection, such as processing better resolve, muon- or other standard particle detection, Wi-Fi signal-detection (see DensePose), and of course… Tik Tok, YT, Youku Tudou within the Cartesian theatre itself. Truly a “no-hands” Orwellian type of experience.

I had to look this up because of how shook'd at how dystopian apple vision looks like.

the integration with analog night visions would be awesome.

I'm wanting to get a pair of smart glasses, unfortunately.... The only thing close have to be constantly plug into a device with WiFi or programs $175..... I'm thinking of the basic services are still useable than they do are a much better option..... Great video, thanks🎉

I love your Mac computer in the background

I reckon google will return. 10 years ago this was revolutionary, they would be stupid not to come back to this idea. Pixel 4 was a test of what they could do with motion sense. Seriously they should combat apple and make something better for a cheaper price.

I bought Glass 2013, I'm not a dev but I can see it future, the problem is the press giving it bad images and at that time peoples was so concern about privacy stuff that the press blown it out of propotion, until snapchat and Tiktok age those thing doesn't matter anymore, Google tend to give up project really fast if thing doesn't make profit in short term, they could make 2nd version much more later, I think it still a perfect time to make new Google Glass with curernt day tech, Smartwatch have enough performance to power all day, modern day tech Glass should be enough to replcae phone.

thanks for the video, I really agree with all the points you make. I still own my original google glass explorer edition and did really enjoy using it (especially for stargazing!) - my friends and I were talking about the Apple goggles and it made me think how much less cumbersome the google glass seems by comparison. I can't imagine that it would be terribly hard for google to reboot this project and backend services but I don't know. My friends in the tech industry seem interested - imagine this thing with updated components at a more afforadable price point and a big national ad campaign just like you might do for the newest iPhone! I think society might now be ready for this kind of device which really was ahead of its time in a lot of ways. There were privacy concerns initially but now it seems commonplace for people to film practically everything they do with their phone so I think people will be less uncomfortable. Anyway, thanks again for the thoughtful video and cute photos of your kids!

Hello. I am very interested in this tech. I too, was hoping this would have more generations. I want to buy them, but for the price, I really just want to try them. I would also like to interact with the world this way. Question: Is that an old Delta computer sitting on the shelf behind you? I collect, I have an original IBM " luggable " if you're familiar. I just sold my TRS 80. I would love to hear back from you. I have so many questions. Is this tech cross compatible with any other tech?

i understand that there are perhaps technological limitations today, but it is so clear to me that this is such a huge thing, and the potential for cool things with it is awe inspiring ..okay to be honest i just want to play lasertag with it.

This was ahead of its time.

I really wish they were usable nowadays :( I got them used just months before they pulled the plug... Was fun while it lasted. It was truly ahead of its time, I hope a new product comes out like this in the future- or some way to revitalize it (like spoof google server?).

I hope you do a review or deep dive i to meta glasses. They seem like this, but updated.

Just thought to myself, what ever happened to Google Glass ? Thanks for the video and update. It will take off when society catches up. 😉❤

Are they still for sale? Show the glass screens. Thx for vid

I hope google comes out with something updated. They were so innovative and ahead.

The Google glass was much better than the bulky Apple AR/VR and without seeing clearly

When a brand stop doing updates for their product less than 10 years laters for something that cost +1000 bucks... It really makes me rethink buying other product from the same brand. I have a samsung microwave at home : 20 years old +. A samsung phone (gs6edge+) that i baught in 2015, still working nice 8 years later.

You should look into getting the Meta Rayband glasses it’s pretty much just like google glass

Im surpirsed i wasn't able to find meta ray bans or rayban metas on your channel. because i feel like this is exactly what you were describing in this video (minus the convenience of a display)

Was speech to text built in?

Actually，they could now work with iPhone , listening music using some new tech speakers like those on vision pro, and the previous tech is already very good for receiving notifications. Google should restart the project for this glass as a Notification Center and a pocket camera , a pair of ear buds.

This was b4 its time I feel like it'll probably come back better in a couple yrs

Way ahead of its time. I believe this would have been the Watch of its time if the price was more in line. Now we're going full circle with the Meta Ray-Bans and Apple Vision Pro. $1,500 10 years ago was insanely expensive back then, if they were able to do it cheaper, I believe it would have been mass produced, and AR would be much more ahead today.

You should try the new Meta smart glasses! It's pretty similar to the Google glass

Hello I buy google glass ex no work how I used

My problem is I can’t use the glasses in Taiwan to install the google map app.

I'm watching this after Apple Vision Pro came out and it just seems like a worse version of Google Glass. I remember hoping that in a few years the price for Google Glass would come down and it would have some sort of facial recognition. I have prosopagnosia and so it would be great to be able to look at someone's face and have Google tell me their name.

The time is so ripe for another version of these

Google glass is what I want IRL consumer personal AR to be(The US army has/had awesome Hololens goggles.)... Unfortunately I've having to "settle" with the Meta Quest 3... Which I think will do the job fine but not as great as a $100 AR monocle that was like apache pilots have had for dacades and just run via a phone but be smart enough to do the google glass things... But yeah the meta quest 3 a mixed reality headset is the only thing with the ability to even come close to Google glass a dacade old tech... But because it's VR first you need to you it though a camra and screen which may work or not I want to try.

Man, do you have the enterprise app on your phone still for the glasses? It is impossible to download anymore, could you help us by copying your app from your phone? Please, respond!

We have the meta rayban glasses today. strange that not many people are mentioning them.

And this was 10 months ago

this is what we nned, not more VR. give me glasses with dual 1080p cameras for 3d recording, wireless record to phone.

Meta rayban seems to be the secessor without the AR. Lot of comments forgot about the gen 1s or even nReal for AR

Absence of image stabilization is obvious in the footages

The business marketed version of this still exists, just not sold to consumers. They could, and should, very easily fix that.

After seeing the recent I/O presentation. I wonder if glass will make a comeback.

Well tbh it sounds like you were only really using the camera in which case they are loads of new in glasses camera now available

As someone with some useable vision but with severe vision issues this could have been helpful to me but it was expensive st the time and at the time my prescription was simply too extreme. Now post surgeries it is a maybe and nobody makes anything like this that can go cross platform. I wish Google had opened dourced the software when they went end of life.

Honestly I don't know it should be possible it's just all the companies capable of doing it are focused on the flashy Metaverse and not what needs to happen for internet 3.0... Which is a device for everyone at any price point. Which in Shadowrun you can walk into a convenance store and buy a dozen different kinds of device that don't look outlandish even by a decade ago standards to connect to the "matrix" aka Internet 3.0 we need that future not one where a single XR headset rules the world...

Can this thing use apps?

à época eu havia ficado muito entusiasmao com essa tecnologia... e fiquei espantado quando a empresa decidiu em cancelar o projeto....

You are right , Google with everything in its ecosystem can come up with comprehensive solution to facilitate real life. One that resonated with me, for instance, was my recent travel to another country. There could be headset including glasses to help you in real time translation , reading signs and boards or if you are looking at the art piece or monument. The info projected to your glass or read your earbuds. The usage is endless for these glass while give you independence from screen phone.

Great product I don’t understand why they don’t sell it and upgrade it, they was ahead of is time, maybe this was the problem

My glass works but it shows the wrong time . Is there at least a fox for that ?

Is this similar to the raybans from meta?

price and if I recall, no frames at the time so this just looked uber geeky.

So we basically had Apple Vision Pro 10 years ago?

Can you still use the Google Glass as a HUD? This looks really cool and more interesting than a lot of the AR coming out now

I to wish there was an updated version of G-Glass! Though I could never afford them at the time? Just about the time I got the savings together, they pulled them lmao. Is there still a community out there coding for them? Maybe there is a way to root them like we used to do with Android? I look forward to more of your content.

There were legal issues, which I think have changed since then. Too easy to record etc.

where can i buy this ?

man allcof these thing is good but the damn Downside is the water resistant stuff

Google glass was ahead of its years. And now Tim Cock ten years after shows pretty much the same thing but bulkier, and calls it R E VO L U T I ON

Glass was completely ahead of it’s time 👓 ❤

Apple released its MR today. It’s a great product, but I’m a little disappointed. It can’t be worn on a daily basis. The best glass in my mind is Google Glass. It’s the same as your idea. I’m very disappointed after 10 years. Technology has changed so much, but no one continues this project. Could it be that it really can't be successful?

This really shouldhave made it. I can only imagine how big it was when google announced this

I think those glasses are very cool, but probably beyond my price frame

Have you tried the Meta Ray ban's?

we need this back if this is back I will buy it

TBH I couldn’t be less interested in having a camera connected to my head, the thing about Google glass thats interesting to me is the screen…

купил старые google glass. Где взять очки, как у Вас? Так как в моем наборе, женские :(

Very disappointed when they shut this down google would have been so far ahead with this tech by now I wish they would revisit this