ahhhh. glass volume 1. google glass that is. should be good for the archives and as a milestone marker for mobile, wearables and the internet of things.

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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
T H E M A P B E H I N D .

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GLASS
MILESTONES
CODE NA ME:
WINGMA N
EARLY P ROTOTYP E I TERATI ONS
DVF RUNWAY SHOW AT
NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
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 we’d 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 named 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, they’d
email me with messages like “my dog’s
dead” or “my dog’s misbehaving.” After
a while I started receiving Gmail ads for
pet cemeteries and behavior training
for dogs.
GREG PRIEST-DORMAN
TEL L US A STORY ABOUT
TH E EARLY DAYS OF GLASS
One sunny day in April we were about to show Glass to the
rest of the company for the first time. Hundreds were going to
be gathered in the largest venue at Google’s headquarters in
Mountain View. Many more would be watching remotely from
offices around the world. And I found out I was going to give
the live demo on stage later that week.
The day of the event came and we rehearsed one last time. At
first everything was going well, but about halfway into the demo
the first prototype just shut down. I quickly switched to the
second one, but to my horror the display stayed black. I realized
that the big screen behind me was still showing what I should
have been seeing, so I just kept going, glancing up once in a
while. Nobody noticed. Or they didn’t want to tell me.
Later that day the room filled up, Sergey gave the intro, Jean
talked about the hardware, Isabelle presented the design, and
then it was time for the demo.
Everything just worked. I didn’t even have to touch the second
prototype. At the end we were rewarded with a standing ovation
and my heart started beating again.
MAX BRAUN
When I first joined Google, I’d 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
first 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 wasn’t there
when I first took it out), gave me a strange look and I
couldn’t figure out why. It wasn’t until I saw Sergey riding
it the next day that I realised I’d actually stolen Sergey’s
personal bike and taken it out for a joyride.
And that’s the story of how I stole my billionaire boss’s
bike and didn’t get caught/fired. (I’ve never told him this
story though, so it’s probably not too late to fire me).
STEPHEN LAU

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I will never forget when we went to
New York Fashion Week. I walked into
Diane von Furstenberg’s 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 first 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 flying across the country with
them. So, we thought through a number
of plans from white glove courier service
to 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 five 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 YOUR FAVORITE
GL ASS MEMORY?
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 find 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 floor.
What a lot of our Explorers didn’t notice was that for
a long time we only had 3G tethering available to set
up Glass – somehow we couldn’t 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
W H AT’S THE COOLEST THING
YOU’VE DONE WITH GLASS?
For me it was capturing my son saying
“Dadda” for the first 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.
ASTRO TELLER
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 #ifihadglass 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 it’s not uncommon to see people
in the office 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 a
great mood (and perhaps a bit hyper from the caffeine
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 fifty, 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
A L L TA K E N
T H R O U G H G L A S S .

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YOUR
ADVENTURE
BEGINS
Flying Over
JENNIFER WANG

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Cruising Altitude
AUSTIN BOLIVER
TA KE
TO TH E AIR
Balloon noollaB
DAVID G. BARNES

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“#IFIHADGLASS I
WOULD T R AV EL T HE
BORDER OF THE USA,
STOPPIN G AT EVERY
FASCINAT ING C IT Y
AND ATT R AC TION,
OUTLIN ING
AMERICA’S B EAUTY
IN GLASS.
”NICOLE SIMONS
I’ve 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 Summit
HYUNYOUNG SONG
INTO
T HE WILD
Mountain Crust
ANDY NGUYEN
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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GET
ACTIVE
Sunset Surf
CHRISTOPHER LENART

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Tidepool Timeout
HALEY TOELLE
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Shadow Runner
RICHARD BOLT

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#IFIHADGLASS
I WOULD T R AIN
FOR AN D R UN
THE #DI VAHALF -
MARATH ON WITH
THEM ON. THEN
BLOG, T WEET
AND MICROB LOG
ABOUT THEM !
“
”HILARY TOPPER
From running with the bulls on the
streets of Pamplona to completing
my first 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
ANDY KROPA
Snow Days
JAKE STEINERMAN
Halfway There
NOBLE ACKERSON

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Photo Finish
LEO PRIETO
Trail Days
ANDREW HINTZ
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Mediterranean Ride
EBBE STRATHAIRN, RICH DUFF, ALEX MALKIN, MILES FUJIKI
DISCOVE R
SOME W H E R E
NEW

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Fútbol, Football or Soccer
SALIL PANDIT
GAME ON
Switzerland
ALEX MALKIN
Bump Set Spike
ALAIN VONGSOUVANH
Rail Session
CLAYTON ROULHAC-CARR

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NEVER ENOUGH
ANIMALS
Play Time
TERESA ZAZENSKI

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Feeding Bambi
LISA WRAY
Winter Grazing
NORTH WOODS RANCH

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#IFIHADGLASS
I MIGHT F INALLY
BE ABLE TO
CATCH U P W IT H
MY KAN GAROO-
BORDER COLLIE
MIX OF A PUPPY.
“
”NANCY XIAO
#ifihadglass We could share sea
turtle releases in the Gulf and
answer questions live through the
whole process!
HOUSTON ZOO

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WE ALL
HAVE OUR
FAVORITES
Purr
ANDREW FENSKE
Thailand
JACOB COOK

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Bananagrams Partner
HEYLAURENRAY
Hungry Giraffe
ANA MEDINA
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Water Break
S. MICHAEL WILLIAMS

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TIME WITH
THE FAM
47
Exciting Day at The Aquarium
JR CURLEY

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INSTEAD OF M E
READING B OOKS
TO THE K IDS, I
WOULD R ECOR D
THEIR STOR IES
AND SH AR E
THEM DUR ING
STORY T IM ES
#IFIHADGLASS.
#NOMOR E-
GREENEGGS& HAM ”
“
”KATHARINE PENNELL
I freeze that fleeting, unfiltered,
magical moment where they
are looking at me.
And that is irreplaceable as
a parent.
JOSH JETT

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Dizzy Does It
AARON FUHRMAN
Front Seat Driver
JOSH JETT

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EXPRESS
YOURSELF
Magic Bubble Wand
SPENCER KLEY

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#IFIHADGLASS I’D
HAVE NO EX C USES
TO NOT COLLEC T
THE PIE C ES OF T HE
WORLD AROUND ME
THAT INSP IR E MY
ART AND WOR K
“
”CAROLINE AMABA
The field of view is completely
different from what I’m used to.
It’s a really wide-angle lens, and
that’s not quite how I see the world.
But it is expanding my horizon; it’s
making me think differently about
timing, framing and composition.
It’s pushing me in new artistic
directions.
YONI MAYERI

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Test Test
KRISS CREOL
Arch Sketching
VIRGINIA POLTRACK
57
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 racer’s
point of view and will be able 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 Parkinson’s disease ini-
tiate a first step and keep a steady,
rhythmic walking cadence. “
MARK MORRIS
DANCE GROUP
#IFIHADGLASS:
As a career firefighter, and a software
engineer, I would use it to make fire-
fighters’ job safer and more effective.
Mission critical information could be
viewed quickly while never taking eyes
off of the incident.
PATRICK JACKSON
FIREFIGHTER
“Two weeks ago I became
a Glass Explorer. It meant
I could do things I thought
I wouldn’t be able to do
anymore.”
ALEX BLASZCZUK
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.”
ANDREW VANDEN HEUVEL
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, artificial
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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THANK YOU
You have been the first to make, to tinker, to create, and to shape
through Glass. Thank you for helping to make Glass even
better. In honor of your early support, you are one of the very
few to receive this book.
T H E J O U R N E Y D O E S N ’ T E N D H E R E
Share your favorite through Glass moment.
# T H R O U G H G L A S S