The Fall · Decision Forks
Google Glass Didn't Fail Because It Was Early. It Failed Because Google Forgot It Was a Prototype.
A 2011 engineering mock-up of Glass weighed 8 pounds. By 2013 Google had it lighter than sunglasses — then sold a developer beta as a consumer identity product, and the word 'Glasshole' had already been coined before it ever shipped.
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