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April 18, 2013 03:31 am GMT

A Day With Glass: First Impressions Of The Early Days Of Google's Latest Moonshot

glasscloseupAs we shared yesterday, the process to actually pay for the Glass Explorer Edition was quite simple. The next step in the process is actually getting your device, which can be done by picking it up at the Google campus in Mountain View, Los Angeles or New York City. Of course, you can opt to get them shipped to you if you’re not in one of those areas, but what’s the fun in that? I went to pick up my Google Glass today, told only that I would receive a bit of a walkthrough and proper fitting. I want to warn you, this isn’t a review, there won’t be any unboxing videos, you can find the technical specs here and there will be no pass or fail grade on this first iteration of Google Glass. If you buy into the potential for the device, and more importantly the platform, then you know that this will be a true exploration into what Google has come up with here. Some will see this device as a fad, something that isn’t really “necessary” in today’s world, and others will see this as the beginning of an adventure for users, developers and Google, of course. I tend to lean towards the adventure side, as it’s not fully known what impact Glass will have on society, your day-to-day activities, or the future of technology and hardware. The setup As people’s numbers are being called and they get the email to place their order, appointments are being set up for the fitting and initial walkthrough process. Once you get to the Googleplex in Mountain View, you’re greeted by a few members of the Glass team who definitely seem happy to see you. Naturally, this is a day that they’ve been waiting for. It’s been almost a year since Google’s last I/O conference where 2,000 developers signed up to be a part of the Glass Explorer program, and Google has clearly been working on this project much longer. When I sat down to unbox my Glass, I was shown the proper way that they should sit on my face. The glass itself, where the screen is projected, should sit above your right eye and not in front of it. It’s quite easy to mess around with the nose pads to get the right fit. The second step is to pair your Glass with your device, using the

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