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CNET's Hooked Up - A quick breakdown of Google Glass

2013-05-22
hey guys brian Tong here from cnet com and in my hands yep i have google glass this really has the whole tech world buzzing we wanted to really break down what this is now the first thing is not everyone can get a pair of these you had to be part of Google's Explorer program and they cost fifteen hundred dollars they don't come cheap but what this is really for is for developers you know people that are trying to come up with new apps and ways to use the actual google glass and what you see here is this is a frame here it's not actually a pair of glasses it's a thin titanium and sturdy frame and what it does it has this piece of glass right here this is where an image is projected or kind of the heads up display for what you have here so let me show you how these work I'm going to put these glasses on in keV I make these little good check it out all right but the first thing you have to do is first of all you can either tap the side or do a little head Bob and it activates the screen you can see it turn on and I'm going to start by saying ok glass okay let's give this a shot ok glass I have a variety of options and here i'm going to say record a video and you'll see my screen change and now you guys can see what i see i have Michael and Jay here hey boys say what's up wave hi there you go right now you can also do a lot of other things with this you can use them for map directions you can actually Google items names people are places and it does require a data connection so that means you're gonna have to have a phone tethered to this over Bluetooth or even over Wi-Fi so my first impressions of glass I mean these things are amazing this is really the future and we've never seen anything like this but wearing them is a little socially awkward yo Jay what's up bro you're gonna kick it later tonight man Jay but really this is the future and you know it can only get better for cnet.com i'm brian Tong
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