Six years later, it’s still fun to make fun of Google Glass
One could argue that Google Glass was an awkward looking, geeky wear-able technology device, often made fun of, but you can't argue how ahead of its time its development was. It was a future all-in-one wearable eyeglass that many in 2014 weren't, for the most part, culturally ready for. For those who were ready,it was quite an awesome experience of exploring a nascent technology that was capable of recording videos, taking pictures, sending email, answering text messages and providing rapid connectivity to a wide variety of social and wellness Apps. With a choice of three ways, it could deliver your content to just about anywhere in the world, compose a text message, and even answer your phone, all with a tap of your finger, a swipe of your finger on the side of the Glass frame or a voice activated command "OK Glass..." It definitely was an all-in-one mobile device you didn't have to carry around with you in your pocket. When wearing the eye- Glass for the very first time,most would say was one of the very few "Awe" moments you rarely get in life from a tech device! I even coined the phrase- "the information Eye-Way." So many people asked me, "How did you first hear of Google Glass? I answered, it was actually in a YouTube infomercial type of advertisement by Google, soliciting people to enter into a contest called "If I had Glass....." and then composing a Tweet explaining what you would do if you had Glass. Not one person ever asked me about my answer- and for the most part my it was taking a ride in an awesome glass elevator wearing Glass, based upon the book Willy Wonka and the Great Glass Elevator. Sadly, I never got the opportunity to do this. I've moved on since then to explore another eye-wear- immersive 360/ VR but it really still isn't the same at all wearing a clunky headset strapped onto your head. I occasionally reminisce of the good ole days in 2014 and the amazing Google Glass experiment and the Glass community that united people from all over the world! It was indeed a time of excitement, wonder and hope- I guess my Glass was more than half full at that time. The of the best part of being selected, and becoming official Google Glass Explorer was meeting so many fantastic people and the years of frank and sometimes analytical and technical discussions. Google Glass Explorers and community provided hopeful insight and useful information to Glass developers. It's now 2019, and I'm still looking forward to the next iteration of wearable technology beyond VR. Maybe another Glass experiment will never happen again, but luckily I was able to contribute to part of an innovative experiment. Maybe hindsight is 2020 after-all.