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>

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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 should forget all that. We just received an invitation (after the break) to several Google Glass…

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