FOX News: Google Glass distribution begins this week to selected contest winners, computer programmers

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Google Glass distribution begins this week to selected contest winners, computer programmers Apr 18th 2013, 11:30 Published April 18, 2013 Associated Press The Google.com/glass microsite from the web giant offers specs and images of the forthcoming Google Gass product, such as this one.Google Apr. 4, 2012: Google's Android-powered, augmented-reality glasses would show maps, video chats, photographs, and even allow the user to shop online -- all at the blink of an eye.Google Apr. 4, 2012: Google is testing out its new Android-powered augmented-reality glasses.Google Next Slide Previous Slide MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. –  Google is starting to distribute its new Internet-connected glasses, something seen as the next breakthrough in mobile computing. Google has picked 8,000 people in the U.S. who entered a contest. The winners will have to pay $1,500 apiece for a test version of Google Glass. The company also took an unspecified number of orders from computer programmers. Google said Wednesday it started making the glasses available Tuesday, though it may take weeks for recipients to get them. The excitement stems from a belief that Google Glass is at the forefront of a new wave of technology known as "wearable computing." Published reports say that Google, Apple Inc. and others also are working on Internet-connected wristwatches. Google hopes to lower prices by the time it's on the mass market next year. Related Stories Apple loses title of world's most valuable company to Exxon Rat whiskers to help firefighters Windows: It's over, tech site declares Google Mail and other services back, company says Samsung Galaxy S4 to launch on 7 U.S. carriers starting in late April

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