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T O D I S C O V E R N E W P L A C E S ,

S O M E T I M E S W E N E E D T O L E A V E


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GLASS

MILESTONES

C ODE NAM E :

WI NG MA N

EA RL Y P RO T O T YP E I T ERA T I O NS

DVF RUNWAY SHOW

NEW YORK FASHIO

I/O JUMPING OUT OF A BLIMP

BLOCKS FROM I/O

2012


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GLASS

TEARDOWN

GIVING THROUGH

GLASS ANNOUNCED

OVER 150,000 #IFIHADGLASS SUBMISSIONS

SF + NYC GLASS FOUNDRY LAUNCHES

2013

TITANIUM COLLECTION AND DVF FRAMES LAUNCHED

GLASS XE EDITION LAUNCHES IN THE UK

GLASS AT WORK

PARTNERS ANNOUNCED

2014


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We used to spray paint our prototypes

in the parking lot using hardware store

rattle-cans. Gotta start somewhere

JOE HEBENSTREIT

When I joined, the Glass team was pretty

small maybe 30 people and everything

was new. We did not have hardware

yet, so wed build our own by cobbling

together pieces of other systems.

HAYES RAFFLE

In the early days of Glass, we built and

shipped a new version of the device

every 4 6 weeks. We n amed them

alphabetically, so the fourth version was

called Dog. It was a popular device; it ran

well and lasted a long time, but when

people had battery problems, theyd

email me with messages like my dogs

dead or my dogs misbehaving. After

a while I started receiving Gmail ads for

pet cemeteries and behavior training

for dogs.

GREG PRIEST-DORMAN

TE LL U S A STOR Y ABOU T

THE E AR LY DAYS OF GLASS

One sunny day in April we were about to show Glass to t

rest of the company for the rst time. Hundreds were goi

be gathered in the largest venue at Googles headquarter

Mountain View. Many more would be watching remotely

oces around the world. And I found out I was going to g

the live demo on stage later that week.

Theday of the event came and we rehearsed one last tim

rst everything was going well, but about halfway into th

the rst prototype just shut down. I quickly switched to th

second one, but to my horror the display stayed black. I

that the big screen behind me was still showing what I sh

have been seeing, so I just kept going, glancing up once i

while. Nobody noticed. Or they didnt want to tell me.

Laterthat day the room lled up, Sergey gave the intro, Je

talked about the hardware, Isabelle presented the design

then it was time for the demo.

Everything just worked. I didnt even have to touch the secprototype. At the end we were rewarded with a standing

and my heart started beating again.

MAX BRAUN

When I rst joined Google, Id heard about the communal

Gbikes that Googlers could ride. I even saw some of the

weird ones like the conference bikes. One day during my

rst week, I went downstairs and saw this weird Elliptigo

bike in the lobby. I thought it was one of the communal

Gbikes, so I grabbed it, and took it out for a quick jaunt

around campus and back (maybe around 10 minutes).

When I brought it back, the receptionist (who wasnt there

when I rst took it out), gave me a strange look and I

couldnt gure out why. It wasnt until I saw Sergey riding

it the next day that I realised Id actually stolen Sergeys

personal bike and taken it out for a joyride.

And thats the story of how I stole my billionaire bosss

bike and didnt get caught/red. (Ive never told him this

story though, so its probably not too late to re me).

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I will never forget when we went to

New York Fashion Week. I walked into

Diane von Furstenbergs showroom

and realized her entire collection perfectly

matched our Glass colors and Diane

saying I want all the models to wear it.

ISABELLE OLSSON

The rst time we traveled outside of

Google[x] with a large quantity of Glass

was for the Glass Foundry events in

San Francisco and New York. We were

understandably nervous about walking

around with a hundred or so prototypes,

let alone ying across the country with

them. So, we thought through a number

of plans from white glove courier serviceto nondescript freight.

Ultimately we decided upon carrying them

with us on the plane with an airtight

cover story. That is, we divided them up

into ve hard cases laden with stickers of

our favorite musicians and radio stations.

If anyone asked us, we were in a band

called The Moldavites. no one asked.

TIMOTHY JORDAN

WH AT S YO UR FA VO RI TE

GLASS M E M OR Y?

The weekend before I/O 2013 we were overrun with Explorer

requests to pick up their preordered Glass during I/O so

we went out and tried to nd a space close enough to the

Moscone Center. We ended up renting the presidential suite

in the Intercontinental Hotel and changed it into a Glass

Basecamp. Over 72h we met more than 500 now Explorers,

who were not only able to get set up on Glass but enjoy the

gorgeous view of San Francisco from the 32nd oor.

What a lot of our Explorers didnt notice was that for

a long time we only had 3G tethering available to set

up Glass somehow we couldnt get the hotel ethernet

connection working in the room: As we found out 12h later,

the cable was cut during the last visit of President Obama

in the city, when he was staying in the same room.

LASSE WASSERMAN

WH AT S TH E CO OL ES T TH IN G

YO U VE DO NE WI TH GL AS S?

For me it was capturing my son saying

Dadda for the rst time, a moment

I would have missed before Glass was

in my life.

ED SANDERS

I took a photo of photographer

Annie Leibovitz using Glass while

she was taking a photo of me.

AST RO TE LLE R

I used Captioning on Glass to converse

with an 86 year-old man who had been

deaf since he was 3. Seeing the look on

his face as he got it.

THAD STARNER

We decided to announce #ihadglass at 6am EST, in

order to catch morning in the eastern United States. But

our team is based in California so that meant we went

live at 3am PST. Now a lot of people on the Glass team

work a lot of hours and its not uncommon to see people

in the oce late at night or on the weekends, but 3am is

pretty exceptional ;) The people who needed to push the

website live stayed late; and their work ended once the

announcement was made.

I knew my work would just be beginning, though: this

would be the launch of our Twitter handle and the

beginning of Glass replying directly to our fans and

followers. I went home around 4pm and tried to go to

sleep, then came back around 2am. Everyone was in agreat mood (and perhaps a bit hyper from the caeine

and energy drinks). I had all of our social media posts

queued up in tabs in Chrome. When the time came, it

was so unnerving to push that button, but I did, right on

the hour.

Then I waited for the responses. A few appeared almost

immediately. I started replying as Glass, but soon

there was a backlog of a dozen posts. Then two dozen.

Then fty, then a hundred. Wow!

SARAH PRICE


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T H E S E P H O T O S W E R E

AL L TA K E N

T H R O U G H G L A S S .


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YOUR

ADVENTUREBEGINS

Flying Over

JENNIFER WANG


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Cruising Altitude

AUS TIN BO LIV ER

TAKE

T O T H E A I R

Balloon noollaB

DAVID G. BARNES


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# I F I HA D GL A S S IW O U L D T R AV E L T H E

B ORD ER OF THE US A ,

S TOP P I NG A T EV ERY

F A S CI NA TI NG CI TY

A N D AT T R A C T I O N ,

OUTL I NI NG

A M E R I C A S B E A U T Y

I N G L A S S .

NICOLE SIMONS

Ive had soooo many adventures simply

because of Glass and the community

of wonderful kindred souls that has

sprung up around it!

Biking the Golden Gate Bridge with

Explorers, traveling to Walt Disney

World for an Explorer meet up, helping

to organize I/O Extended in SF with

fellow Explorers. I just returned from a

trip to New York City and an Explorer

meet up at Maker Faire.

KIMBERLY ANN GRAHAM


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Swiss SummitHYUNYOUNG SONG

INTO

T H E W I L D

Mountain Crust

AND Y NGU YE N

Almost There

RAY YAN


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Antelope Roam

JAMES ZHAO

Paradise Found

CHRISTINA WRIGHT


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New York Picture Perfect Antarctica

JOHN FITCH


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Tidepool Timeout

HALEY TOELLE

Shadow Runner

RICHARD BOLT


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# I F I HA D GL A S S

I W OUL D TRA I N

F OR A ND RU N

T H E # D I V A H A L F -

M A RA THON W I TH

THEM O N. TH EN

B L OG, TW EE T

A N D M I C RO B L O G

A B O U T T H E M !

HILARY TOPPER

From running with the bulls on the

streets of Pamplona to completing

my rst marathon #throughglass

while an audience cheered me on live

via Google+.

These are all examples of my 30-day

milestones that I have been able to

share with the world.

NOBLE ACKERSON


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Air Hockey

AND Y KRO PA

Snow Days

JAKE STEINERMAN

Halfway There

NOBLE ACKERSON


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Photo Finish

LEO PRIETO

Trail Days

AND REW HIN TZ

Mediterranean Ride

EBBE STRATHAIRN, RICH DUFF, ALEX MALKIN, MILES FUJIKI

D I S C O V E R

SOMEWHERE

N E W


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Ftbol, Football or Soccer

SALIL PANDIT

G A M E O N

Switzerland

AL EX MAL KI N

Bump Set Spike

ALA IN VON GSO UVA NH

Rail Session

CLAYTON ROULHAC-CARR


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NEVER ENOUGH

ANIMALS

Play TimeTERESA ZAZENSKI


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Feeding Bambi

LISA WRAY

Winter Grazing

NORTH WOODS RANCH


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# I F I HA D GL A S S

I M I G HT F I NA L L Y

BE ABLE TO

CA TCH UP W I TH

M Y K A N G A R O O -

B ORD E R COL L I E

M I X O F A P U P P Y .

NANCY XIAO

#ihadglass We could share sea

turtle releases in the Gulf and

answer questions live through the

whole process!

HOUSTON ZOO


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WE A L L

HA VE OUR

FA VORITE S

Purr

AND REW FE NSK E

Thailand

JACOB COOK


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Bananagrams Partner

HEYLAURENRAY

Hungry Girae

ANA ME DIN A

Water Break

S. MICHAEL WILLIAMS


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TIME WITH

THE FAM

Exciting Day at The AquariumJR CURLEY


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I NS TE A D OF M E

REA D I NG B O OK S

TO THE K I D S , I

WO U L D R E CO R D

THEI R S TORI E S

A N D S H A R E

THEM D URI N G

S TORY TI M E S

# I F I HA D GL A S S .

# NOM ORE-

G R E E N E G G S & H A M

KATHARINE PENNELL

I freeze that eeting, unltered,

magical moment where they

are looking at me.

And that is irreplaceable as

a parent.

JOSH JETT


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Dizzy Does It

AAR ON FU HRM AN

Front Seat Driver

JOSH JETT


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EXPRESS

YOURSELF

Magic Bubble WandSPENCER KLEY


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# I F I HA D GL A S S I D

HA V E NO EX CUS E S

TO NOT CO L L EC T

THE P I ECES OF THE

WO R L D A RO U N D M E

THA T I NS P I RE M Y

A RT A N D WO R K

CAROLINE AMABA

The eld of view is completely

dierent from what Im used to.

Its a really wide-angle lens, and

thats not quite how I see the world.

But it is expanding my horizon; its

making me think dierently about

timing, framing and composition.

Its pushing me in new artistic

directions.

YO NI MAY ER I


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Test Test

KRISS CREOL

Arch Sketching

VI RGI NIA POL TRA CK

New York

KOCI HERNANDEZ


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HELPING

HANDS

Our ultra marathon fundraising

application for Glass will facilitate

geo-fenced message delivery to a

racer en route, including messages

of encouragement and donations.

Stakeholders in our cause will be

able to see photos and videos

shared by the racer from the racers

point of view and will be a ble to

track his or her progress from a

responsively-designed website.

MARIA PARKER

3000 MILES TO A CURE

The Moving through Glass app will

include dance-based exercises that

provide visual and musical examples

of a march, waltz and tango to help

people with Parkinsons disease ini-tiate a rst step and keep a steady,

rhythmic walking cadence.

MARK MORRIS

DANCE GROUP

#IFIHADGLASS:

As a career reghter, and a softwa

engineer, I would use it to make re

ghters job safer and more eectiv

Mission critical information could b

viewed quickly while never taking ey

o of the incident.

PATRICK JACKSON

FIREFIGHTER

Two weeks ago I becamea Glass Explorer. It meant

I could do things I thought

I wouldnt be able to do

anymore.

ALE X B LAS ZCZ UK

EXPLORER


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To be a Glass Explorer means I get to tie together all the

things that are most engaging about learning. You know,

making every moment a teachable moment.

AND REW VAN DEN HEU VE L

TEACHER

We use elephants to monitor rhinos,

to provide a better vantage point.

Currently we are exploring how

Glass can help us keep track of

rhinos hands free. Usually we take

notes with pencil and paper and

then have to enter them on a com-

puter. Glass cuts the work in half.

SABITA MALLA

WORLD WILDLIFE FUND

[Glass] represents a truly revolutionizing and

disruptive device for healthcare providers to use.

From doing simple things such as documentation,

sharing of images, videos, experiences, opinions,

etc., to potentially more sophisticated use of

applications like augmented reality, articial

intelligence engines, etc.

DR. HOMERO RIVAS

SURGEON

Lex Gillette is the Paralympic world

recordholder in the long jump. He uses

Glass as a motivational speaker to

inspire children.

CLASSROOM CHAMPIONS

LEX GILLETTE


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