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Photo: Google Co-Founder Sports Google Glasses On The Subway
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Christopher Robbins
Published Jan 21, 2013
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Google's futuristic attention-sucking facegear has been spotted in the wild again, but unlike our encounter with the Search Engine Cyborg, the product wasn't worn by a mere mortal. Noah Zerkin spotted Google co-founder Sergey Brin with his company's Project Glass eyewear on the subway. Brin has said he wanted to bring the product to market by 2014, in time for the next New York mayor to blame the surge in overall crime on Google Glass thefts in the subway.
For more on what the product does, check out our interview with a tester, or Google's own demos. Zerkin, a self-described "Augmented Reality enthusiast/hardware prototyper," appears to have been a tad star-struck.
Come to think of it, perhaps I should've mentioned my projects to Mr. Brin. Or given him my card. Derp.
— Noah Zerkin (@noazark) January 21, 2013
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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