Google Glass profitability: The Fancy claims first to mark

Google has been improving Glass with regular updates, and they have also recently opened up the Explorer program quite a bit. This has also come along with v2.0 hardware which brings with it promise of support for prescription lenses and a mono earbud. But perhaps more important here is the expanding and now remote Explorer […]

Google Glass heads to Museum of Contemporary Art

Though Google Glass isn’t going to be part of their permanent collection, the headset is indeed headed for the Museum of Contemporary art later this month. In a bid to show the device off to the public in as effective a manner as possible, Google is bringing Glass to a variety of cities across the […]

Glass quietly adds personalized photo search

Google’s XE11 update for Glass may have added calendar and custom location support, but that’s not the only personalized search that the wearable now offers. Glass can now search through Google photos with a custom speech search command, so for instance it’s now possible to ask “OK Glass, Google my pictures for cats” and see […]

Google Glass XE11 software update hits “home”

Owners of Google’s Glass headset will find a software update awaiting them when they initiate wearing the machine this week, one by the name of XE11. This most recent update to the machine includes both improvements both to the basic usability of the device and to the software features it carries onboard. The first – […]

Google Glass secondhand sales no longer disabled

In the original FAQ for the Google Glass Explorers program, it was made clear that the company did not, under and circumstances, want users to go around selling their headsets to strangers. One of the ways Google chose to prevent the selling of Glass units on the secondhand market was to assure users that their […]

Glassware Development Kit to be previewed for devs at San Francisco hackathon

Thus far, Glass developers have been required to use the Mirror API, something that works well enough for now but has limitations in place that many developers would like to see done away with. That time is approaching, and will be kicked off by a previewing of the Glassware Developer Kit this month for a […]

Google Glass prescription lenses to arrive early 2014, says Venture Glass

Venture Glass has announced new plans by Rochester Optical on Google+ today, revealing that the company will be producing custom-made prescription lenses designed for Google Glass. The work won’t be limited to just prescription lenses, it seems, with both fashion and sport lenses also being pegged as additional options. If all goes as planned, the […]

Google Glass Explorers program goes remote

Google is no longer requiring new Google Glass Explorers to pick up their Glasses in person in Los Angeles or New York for a one-on-one walk-through. Instead it will mail Glasses to new Explorers and conduct walk-throughs via Google Hangouts. This marks an expansion of the Explorer program as it up-to-quadruples its participation roster over […]

Google Glass’ new design shows up with first buyer

The second full generation of Google Glass has begun to appear in homes officially as one Det Ansinn breaks out the box this morning. This fellow is one of a group called BrickSimple, LLC, developers of Glass apps specifically. They’ve created such oddities as the GlassBattle game – a Battleship-like title for Google Glass. Describing […]

Google Glass accessories surface as support pages go live

Yesterday, we saw a preview surface of Google Glass version 2.0, something Google had posted on its Glass G+ page. With the device will come some accessories options, of which images have surfaced via a PDF document. In addition, Google has made some support pages for various Google Glass accessories live, detailing each a little […]