Novelty or wearable hardware that half of the country has in a few years?
Google is starting to distribute its
new Internet-connected glasses, something seen as the next breakthrough
in mobile computing.
Google has picked 8,000 people
in the U.S. who entered a contest. The winners will have to pay $1,500
apiece for a test version of Google Glass. The company also took an
unspecified number of orders from computer programmers.
Google said Wednesday it started making the glasses available Tuesday, though it may take weeks for recipients to get them.
The
excitement stems from a belief that Google Glass is at the forefront of
a new wave of technology known as "wearable computing." Published
reports say that Google, Apple Inc. and others also are working on
Internet-connected wristwatches.
Google hopes to lower prices by the time it's on the mass market next year.
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