Google's Glass available to developers - for $1,500

Google’s futuristic enhanced reality Glass project has moved a step closer to Specsavers with the launch of a prototype version available to developers – for a cool $1,500.

At the I/O conference, attendees were given a chance to pre-order the headsets of the wearable computing device, with a view to working on developing the project.

But the company said the product could be ready for consumer sales as early as 2014, with a small screen suspended from the left arm of the glasses displaying messages, video or web content.

Developers aren’t expected to receive the prototypes until early next year, but Google showed off the potential with a live parachute-jump Hangout between four skydivers at the event.

Despite built-in video display and microphone, the headsets are, according to a Reuters reporter that tried them on, as light as a pair of sunglasses, and video stream perspective changes as the wearer moves their head.

Google first took the wraps off the Glass project earlier this year, and has developed the prototype to include multiple connectivity options.

The team has been posting videos and pictures on its Google+ page highlighting how the glasses might work in practical terms, although the headset's price and looks may attract few other than true early adopters.

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