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AnnouncementsTuesday, May 15, 2012· Updated July 10, 2026· 1 min read

Project Glass: Google unveils its geeky augmented reality glasses

Phil Lelyveld

Entertainment Technology Center

[VentureBeat]

…Dubbed Project Glass, the glasses will allow you to do many of the same things you do with your smartphone without whipping out a separate device. It’s still unclear when the glasses will be for sale, but Google says employees will begin testing them in public.

In a concept video released today, Google showed how the glasses could take pictures, give you directions, check-in to locations, and even perform video chats.

“We’re sharing this information now because we want to start a conversation and learn from your valuable input,” Google’s Babak Parviz, Steve Lee, and Sebastian Thrun wrote on a new Google+ page for the project. “So we took a few design photos to show what this technology could look like and created a video to demonstrate what it might enable you to do.” …

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