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Google Glass Explorer Edition XE-C 2.0 Optical Display Device, 2013
This is a Optical Display Device. It was manufactured by Google X and the design director was Isabelle Olsson. It is dated 2013 and we acquired it in 2017. Its medium is titanium, plastic, steel, electronic components, led, silicon, liquid crystal, carbon, glass, copper. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
As the first example of head-mounted wearable technology of such sophistication and capability, Google Glass shows the possibilities for the seamless integration of technology in everyday life. To take a photo, the user squeezes an area of the eyepiece near the lens. To use the touchpad, one points a finger toward their temple. All audio is transferred through a tiny oval bone conduction speaker that sits behind the wearer's ear.
This object was
donated by
Robert Greenberg.
It is credited Gift of Robert M. Greenberg.
- Case And Eyeglasses
- sheet silver, silver-plated metal, optical glass (glasses); stained shagreen....
- Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
- 1931-6-9-a,b
- 3d Glasses, April Greiman, Reinhold Brown Gallery, 3-D Glasses
- lithograph on paper, plastic color filters.
- Gift of April Greiman.
- 1995-167-5
- Glasses
- Gift of Unknown Donor.
- 1980-32-475
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 2.5 × 13.5 × 21 cm (1 in. × 5 5/16 in. × 8 1/4 in.)
Cite this object as
Google Glass Explorer Edition XE-C 2.0 Optical Display Device, 2013; Manufactured by Google X; Design Director: Isabelle Olsson (Swedish, born 1983); titanium, plastic, steel, electronic components, led, silicon, liquid crystal, carbon, glass, copper; H x W x D: 2.5 × 13.5 × 21 cm (1 in. × 5 5/16 in. × 8 1/4 in.); Gift of Robert M. Greenberg; 2017-51-13-a/e
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Bob Greenberg Selects.