Google letting curious explorers take Glass for a free spin

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img height="426" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/69185af8427d313577eabb86ef735672/gla.jpg" width="640" /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Glass has run the opinion gamut from "<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/09/google-glass-parkinsons-uk-trial/" style="color: #3399cc; text-decoration: none;">great</a>" to "<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/i-was-assaulted-for-wearing-google-glass-2014-4" style="color: #3399cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">hate</a>" to "surprisingly useful," but Google thinks you should forget all that. We just received an invitation (after the break) to several Google Glass "Basecamp" offices with the following teaser: "There's a lot of talk about Glass, but have you tried it for yourself yet?" If you're near San Francisco, LA or New York, you'll need to <a href="https://support.google.com/glass/answer/6021600?hl=en" style="color: #3399cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">schedule an invitation</a> for a fitting, service or a demo. For those worried about the original, not-so-stylish <a href="http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-shared/dims3/GLOB/crop/2999x1996+0+0/resize/630x419!/format/jpg/quality/85/http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/midas/a4dd63d9fadc5c57bb737e4d45329be9/200119256/147229908.jpg" style="color: #3399cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">cyborg look</a>, Google has hooked up with couture magnateDiane Von Furstenberg to create more normal eyewear designs. And of course, anybodycan get them now -- as long as you're willing to burn $1,500.</span></div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="" data-credit="Google" data-mep="353042" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/23643371d917b4ddd22ace3678abb4f6/200435384/google-glass-try-out-2014-07-17-01.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto !important; max-width: 100%;" /></div> </div>

Google letting curious explorers take Glass for a free spin

Glass has run the opinion gamut from " great " to " hate " to "surprisingly useful," but Google thinks you...

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