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Is there a real market for Google Glass?
Google Glass -- those wraparound glasses that let you live in the real and virtual world simultaneously -- were a major dud when they were rolled out to the public. People got creeped out that the glasses could be used to secretly take pictures and video. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, was set to let Google Glass die.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readGoogle Glass -- those wraparound glasses that let you live in the real and virtual world simultaneously -- were a major dud when they were rolled out to the public. People got creeped out that the glasses could be used to secretly take pictures and video. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, was set to let Google Glass die. Then they found out they could be used on factory floors.
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LA 2028: Summer Olympics comes to Los Angeles- 0:00John Kelly in as Chief of Staff, 'The Mooch' out as Communications Director
- 9:46Court says public officials who block people on Twitter violate First Amendment
- 18:56How will LA prepare to host the 2028 Olympics?
- 28:22Is there a real market for Google Glass?You’re reading this
- 35:36Remembering playwright Sam Shepard and actress Jeanne Moreau
The full episode
4 of 5LA 2028: Summer Olympics comes to Los Angeles- 0:00John Kelly in as Chief of Staff, 'The Mooch' out as Communications Director
- 9:46Court says public officials who block people on Twitter violate First Amendment
- 18:56How will LA prepare to host the 2028 Olympics?
- 28:22Is there a real market for Google Glass?You’re reading this
- 35:36Remembering playwright Sam Shepard and actress Jeanne Moreau