Google Ends Glass Explorer Program Sales

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Well, there you have it, Google Glass, as we know it, is now no longer available as a consumer item.

Does that give the Glass items on the street a premium?

I still see it available on the auction sites showing new product. I guess that will soon disappear.

Google is ending sales of its Google Glass eye wear.

The company insists it is still committed to launching the smart glasses as a consumer product, but will stop producing Glass in its present form.

Instead it will focus on "future versions of Glass" with work carried out by a different division to before.Google Ends Glass Sales [bbc.co.uk]

From next week, the search firm will stop taking orders for the product but it says it will continue to support companies that are using Glass.

Earlier story
Google Glass Consumer Editions Out of Favor [webmasterworld.com]

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Bad news for those who have invested $1000+ for their development Glass and spent a lot of time in developing applications for it.

I guess Glass was just one step too far when it comes to privacy. Cameras on smartphones are an accepted add-on, but a permanently working camera on your head creates a privacy problem in many situations.