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Title: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: Zeal on Fri, 11 April 2014, 16:54:12
So, Google is opening up spots for ANY US resident to purchase Google Glass on April 15th (First come first serve basis). Any US GHers going to take the plunge?

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April 15th at 6am PDT, we’re opening up some spots in the Glass Explorer Program. Any adult in the US* can become an Explorer by visiting our site and purchasing Glass for $1500 + tax – and it now comes with your favorite shade or frame, thanks to feedback from our current Explorers. The number of spots available is limited, so mark your calendar if you want to get in. You can find us on Tuesday at: http://google.com/glass/start/how-to-get-one

https://plus.google.com/+GoogleGlass/posts/HaUCDHtRvcn
Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: Novus on Fri, 11 April 2014, 17:01:40
Imagine how many chromecasts you could buy with that!
Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: Tym on Fri, 11 April 2014, 17:03:39
Imagine how much money you could blend with that!
Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: noisyturtle on Fri, 11 April 2014, 17:30:17
Still over $1k though, at this point seems like a marketing mistake.
Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: Zeal on Fri, 11 April 2014, 17:33:49
Imagine how many custom keyboards you could buy with that!

Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: davkol on Fri, 11 April 2014, 18:05:52
Kill it! Kill it with fire!
Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: jdcarpe on Fri, 11 April 2014, 18:12:51
I got an invitation a while ago, but I decided it's not time for me to be a gl******* yet. ;)
Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: Zeal on Fri, 11 April 2014, 18:21:51
I got an invitation a while ago, but I decided it's not time for me to be a gl******* yet. ;)

icwatudidthar ;)
Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: ideus on Fri, 11 April 2014, 18:24:12
$15 hundred? Come on, invitation?

Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: dsc. on Sat, 12 April 2014, 14:09:48
Two people I work with have been in the beta program for a while. I don't think I would take the plunge unless it was below $1000.
Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: Lanx on Wed, 16 April 2014, 19:57:25
i was "gonna" buy one yesterday... but its pretty damn ugly in any version.
Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: PointyFox on Wed, 16 April 2014, 20:57:34
Isn't it easier to strap a video camera to your head?
Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: lunr on Thu, 17 April 2014, 01:36:51
Yeaaah no. Rather spend it on other things than this junk.
Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: llama47 on Thu, 17 April 2014, 02:10:41
google need to go ahead and spend another 2 years at least on it because its nothing like it should be, theres so much potential in the concept but the current design is pretty disappointing. but thats just my professional opinion
Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: MsYutai on Thu, 17 April 2014, 11:01:17
Eh, personally I hope these don't catch on due to huge privacy concerns!
Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: jdcarpe on Thu, 17 April 2014, 11:11:38
Eh, personally I hope these don't catch on due to huge privacy concerns!

Yeah, I am gonna have to make myself some type of IR LED eyeglasses frame just to combat the Glass wearing public!
Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: davkol on Thu, 17 April 2014, 15:11:04
Eh, personally I hope these don't catch on due to huge privacy concerns!

Privacy concerns *and* psychological effects of augmented reality. When people accused computer games of causing violence, it was mostly laughable, but this looks like a completely different beast, from what I've read so far.
Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: ComradeSniper on Thu, 17 April 2014, 15:30:42
Got to play with a pair today. It was okay I guess. The image quality was surprisingly mediocre and after about 10 minutes the device said that it was overheating (?!) and needed to cool down before it could resume function. The display wasn't vision-obstructive at all and it was comfortable to wear, and when it did work it was responsive and intuitive, so I could see it being a cool product in the final release. This was one of the first explorer editions so I'm sure that has something to do with the technical issues.
Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: paicrai on Mon, 21 April 2014, 06:16:03
At least you can have porn burnt into your ****ing retinas after you got run over and your bones jut out your ass...
Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: vivalarevolución on Wed, 07 May 2014, 08:11:06
Eh, personally I hope these don't catch on due to huge privacy concerns!


Pffff.  Privacy is dead.  I just keep my illegal activities off the internet.
Title: Re: Google Glass "One day sale" @ April 15
Post by: davkol on Wed, 07 May 2014, 08:39:42
Eh, personally I hope these don't catch on due to huge privacy concerns!


Pffff.  Privacy is dead.  I just keep my illegal activities off the internet.

You mean tracked by other people (with Google Glass)?

Besides, what's legal today doesn't have to be legal tomorrow. Retroactive laws aren't something that can't exist in the future.