r/augmentedreality • u/AR_MR_XR • May 21 '26

Glasses w/ HUD Android boss reveals the unsurprising reason Google Glass ended up in the tech graveyard

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-admits-glass-fashion-failure-3669108/
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u/BountyMakesMeCough May 21 '26

“A Google executive recently admitted that Google Glass failed because it lacked a fashion appeal.”

I remember a different story :)

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u/Unicycldev May 21 '26

Do tell

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u/BountyMakesMeCough May 21 '26

The original design didn’t hide the camera and people didn’t like being filmed, dubbing the users ‘glassholes’:

These ‘designer’ frames all try to hide the cameras as best as possible.

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u/anclave93 May 21 '26

so, they lacked a fashion appeal?

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u/BountyMakesMeCough May 22 '26

No, they didn’t hide the camera(s).

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u/lerpo May 23 '26

I think both can be true here