Google's Goggles Now on Sale—Sort Of

Throughout the year we've heard hints and whispers about Google's wild new augmented reality project?Web-connected goggles that could, for instance, overlay the directions to your destination onto your field of view. Now those future glasses are going out into the world.

At I/O, the gathering of developers Google is currently hosting near its home base in California, co-founder Sergey Brin told attendees today that the company would sell Google Glass to developers for $1500 a pop. (Only American developers can buy them for now, though.) They'll ship early next year.

Google used extreme sports to demo the technology, showing that Google Glass could become a kind of GoPro that shows exactly what you see. Developers in the room got to see live feeds from Glass-wearing parachutists who jumped from a blimp. In his talk afterward, Brin emphasized that Google wanted the creative minds in the room to further realize the device's potential.

As for the tech inside the specs: We know that Google Glass will have touch panel and a separate button that would allow the wearer to record video and take photos. Engadget has gathered the rumors about the rest, including that the eventual production model could include 3G/4G and could be controlled by your smartphone, though Google clearly has the physical inputs on the glasses in mind to be the main inputs.

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