Google Glass

American  

Trademark.

1. a computer that is worn like eyeglasses, has a tiny display within the field of vision, responds to voice commands and eye movements, and has a touchpad at the side.

   She's wearing Google Glass, and I think she just took your picture with it.

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Etymology

Origin of Google Glass

First recorded in 2010–15

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Google Glass

Google Glass, the first to step forward and one of the company’s slate of “moonshot” projects, came out in 2013.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026

And over a decade after the demise of the ill-fated Google Glass, Alphabet is trying its hand at smart glasses again with the May launch of its Intelligent Eyewear.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026

Silicon Valley has been trying to make smartglasses happen for more than a decade—remember Google Glass?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

The landscape has been transformed since the failure of Google Glass, the search company’s early foray into smart glasses that was axed in 2015.

From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026

After the Google Glass sighting, Gazzaley, his girlfriend, and Dan the guitarist, each pull out their cell phones.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel