Your Glasses Have Arrived, Now Check Them at the Door!

Google Glass will be making its way into the hands of a lucky 8,000 people, who won the right to be the first to consumers to purchase Google's latest invention. Being first has it's cool factor, but it also has a price. Google is charging the lucky few $1,500 for their "Glass". Along with its lofty price Google also has a strict policy on the selling/transferring  of "Glass".

Per Google: "You may not commercially resell any device, but you may give the device as a gift. Recipients of gifts may need to open and maintain a Google Wallet account in order to receive support from Google. These terms will also apply to any gift recipient."

The kicker,

"Unless otherwise authorized by Google, you may only purchase one device, and you may not resell, loan, transfer, or give your device to any other person. If you [do this] without Google’s authorization, Google reserves the right to deactivate the device, and neither you nor the unauthorized person using the device will be entitled to any refund, product support, or product warranty."

It is easy to see the social benefit of new technologies. When Google announced Glass - I could see myself being witness to an accident - with the blink of my eye I could record precious evidence - with another blink I could call 911 and send them the GPS coordinates. 
The words, "I wish you could have seen it" - would no longer be used. Instead we would share our recordings - and say check this out. With every twist of your head you could begin to string together a real-time digital record of your day, heck your life. 
But like with most cool things - you can use them for good and you can use them from evil.

I read a piece from Rosa Golijan, where she explored privacy concerns surrounding Google Glass. Until then, I really hadn't considered the number of places where "Glass" may not be welcomed. As I thought about it my list grew. Sporting events, office buildings, shops, meetings, concerts, airplanes, Malls/Dept. Stores, schools/universities, banks, airports, hospitals, government buildings, roller coasters (Hershey Park -Thing),  and the list goes on. As cool as they are, Google Glass may not be very welcome. A number of Google Glass videos are available on YouTube - check them out.

Reading: http://mediamixmaster.blogspot.com/2012/12/my-top-10-list-for-2012-good-and-bad.html