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Google Glass was a brand of smart glasses developed by Google, featuring an optical head-mounted display in the shape of eyeglasses.

We dig behind Google Glass's stated narrative to unravel the real strategy — the calls that actually shaped it, and why they played out the way they did.

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Wearable technology
Headquarters
Mountain View, United States
Ownership
Product line of Google, part of Alphabet Inc.

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The Fall · Decision Forks
Google Sold the Glass Beta as a Consumer Product — 'Glasshole' Was Coined Before It Shipped
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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