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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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GLASSMILESTONES

C O D E N A M E : W I N G M A N

E A R LY P R OTOT Y P E I T E R AT I O N S

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

T E L L U S A S TO R Y A B O U T

T H E E A R LY DAY S O F G L A S S

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

W H AT ’ S YO U R FAV O R I T E

G L A S S M E M O R 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 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 T H E C O O L E S T T H I N G

YO U ’ V E D O N E W I T H G L A S S ?

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 T A K E N

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

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YOURADVENTUREBEGINS

Flying Over

JENNIFER WANG

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Cruising Altitude

AUSTIN BOLIVER

TA K E

TO T H E A I R

Balloon noollaB

DAVID G. BARNES

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“# I F I H A D G L A S S I

W O U L D T R AV E L T H E

B O R D E R O F T H E U S A ,

S TO P P I N G AT E V E RY

FA S C I N AT I N G C I T Y

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

O U T L I N I N G

A M E R I C A’ S B E AU T Y

I N G L A S S .

”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

I N TO

T H E W I L D

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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GETACTIVE

Sunset Surf

CHRISTOPHER LENART

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Tidepool Timeout

HALEY TOELLE

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Shadow Runner

RICHARD BOLT

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# I F I H A D G L A S S

I W O U L D T R A I N

F O R A N D R U N

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

M A R AT H O N W I T H

T H E M O N . T H E N

B LO G , T W E E T

A N D M I C R O B LO G

A B O U T T H E M !

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”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

D I S C O V E R

S O M E W H E R E

N E W

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Fútbol, Football or Soccer

SALIL PANDIT

G A M E O N

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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# I F I H A D G L A S S

I M I G H T F I N A L LY

B E A B L E TO

C AT C H U P W I T H

M Y K A N G A R O O -

B O R D E R C O L L I E

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

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”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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W E A L L

H AV E O U R

FAV O R I T E S

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

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Exciting Day at The Aquarium

JR CURLEY

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I N S T E A D O F M E

R E A D I N G B O O KS

TO T H E K I D S , I

W O U L D R E C O R D

T H E I R S TO R I E S

A N D S H A R E

T H E M D U R I N G

S TO RY T I M E S

# I F I H A D G L A S S .

# N O M O R E -

G R E E N E G G S & H A M ”

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”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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EXPRESSYOURSELF

Magic Bubble Wand

SPENCER KLEY

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# I F I H A D G L A S S I ’ D

H AV E N O E X C U S E S

TO N OT C O L L E C T

T H E P I E C E S O F T H E

W O R L D A R O U N D M E

T H AT I N S P I R E M Y

A R T A N D W O R K

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”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

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New York

KOCI HERNANDEZ

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HELPINGHANDS

“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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T H A N K YO U

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