While revealing Project Glass, the company’s project to create augmented reality glasses, Google made known that it will be publicly testing devices. Well it didn’t take too long for the first pair of prototype eyewear to to be spotted in the wild. The glasses were donned by none other than Google co-founder Sergey Brin at a Dining in the Dark charity event.

Rackspace’s Robert Scoble spotted Brin wearing them and joined him in the above picture. Robert noted that the glasses looked very lightweight and although Brin was wearing a backpack they seemed to be self-contained. Although Brin refused to lend them to Robert, he did see images flashing in the small transparent glass display.
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Hold on tight as this could be one of the coolest things in tech. It’s been long-rumored that Google has been working on augmented reality (AR) glasses and the search giant has now officially confirmed the project on a Google+ page. The project named “Project Glass” is run by Google X Lab, the company’s super-cool innovation lab that has been tackling challenging projects like the self-driving car and a space elevator.

Project Glass is a first step to wearable computing, putting the information directly in front of your eyes in the form of a see-through display in a slim pair of glasses. Google is now privately testing the technology and has released a number of concept design images for the AR glasses. The clear display is located above the eye, the glasses include a camera and the skeleton sits on the bridge of your nose. Note that Google is supposed to be testing a number of designs, some of which can be worn over prescription eyeglasses.
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