#IfIhadglass: How to get Google Glass

Google Glasses now available to pre-order for $1500, if you are chosen

Google is running a competition where a few lucky people will have the chance to test out Google Glass. Source: Supplied

WANT a pair of Google glasses? You're going to have to take a number and get in line.

But a new competition might increase your chances a little bit.

Google wants people to tell it what they would do if they had Google Glass - the name of its incredible new technology which allows users to record video and take photos, participate in Google hangouts and make phone calls using a pair of glasses.

Unsurprisingly the competition is called #ifIhadglass.

You can enter by using Google+ or Twitter to describe - in 50 words or less - what you would do if you had Glass. You must add the hashtag #ifIhadglass to your application. Applicants should also be sure to follow +ProjectGlass on Google+ or @projectglass on Twitter so they can contact you directly.

"We're still in the early stages, and while we can't promise everything will be perfect, we can promise it will be exciting," Google wrote on the webpage for its competition.

Julia Gillard may have her own pair but unfortunately she will be the only Aussie that gets to shape how Google Glass works as only US residents are allowed to enter.

For now we'll have to live vicariously through the internet as we watch, disconnected, the amazing things that could come from this technology.
 

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#IfIhadglass: How to get Google Glass

Google Glasses now available to pre-order for $1500, if you are chosen

Google is running a competition where a few lucky people will have the chance to test out Google Glass. Source: Supplied

WANT a pair of Google glasses? You're going to have to take a number and get in line.

But a new competition might increase your chances a little bit.

Google wants people to tell it what they would do if they had Google Glass - the name of its incredible new technology which allows users to record video and take photos, participate in Google hangouts and make phone calls using a pair of glasses.

Unsurprisingly the competition is called #ifIhadglass.

You can enter by using Google+ or Twitter to describe - in 50 words or less - what you would do if you had Glass. You must add the hashtag #ifIhadglass to your application. Applicants should also be sure to follow +ProjectGlass on Google+ or @projectglass on Twitter so they can contact you directly.

"We're still in the early stages, and while we can't promise everything will be perfect, we can promise it will be exciting," Google wrote on the webpage for its competition.

Julia Gillard may have her own pair but unfortunately she will be the only Aussie that gets to shape how Google Glass works as only US residents are allowed to enter.

For now we'll have to live vicariously through the internet as we watch, disconnected, the amazing things that could come from this technology.
 

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'Hipster' Julia tries out Google glass

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• Acts like a smartphone and is operated by voice commands
• Tipped to cost $750 USD when they go on sale to the public
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AS Australia's first female Prime Minister Julia Gillard's fashion choices are poured over, news that her hipster specs have been given the flick for Google glasses will have the nation in a flap.

Ms Gillard yesterday got a chance to try the high-tech glasses which are tipped to cost at least $750USD and will allow users to wear a device that operates a lot like a smartphone.  Google glass has motion sensors and GPS and can be controlled by voice commands or head tilts.

The PM got a chance to try out the new specs when she met with Google’s Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette and tried on the frames that designers are hoping to build in such a way that vision-impaired tech fans like Ms Gillard won't be required to wear both their own lenses and Google glass.

A photograph of Ms Gillard in the cutting-edge specs was posted on the prime minister's Facebook page and soon attracted plenty of negative and positive comments.

Prime Minsiter Julia gillard posted this image of herself trying out Google glass during a meeting with the company's Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette on her Facebook page.

But it's hardly the first time, Ms Gillard's accessories have stirred a national debate of glasses, fashion and the way we talk about female politicians in this country.

Two weeks ago the PM got the nation talking and creating witty memes as she announced the date of the next federal election wearing new frames.

The PM, who normally wears contact lenses,  took to the lectern at the National Press Club sporting the stylish black-framed spectacles that many dubbed as "hipster specs" which are "super stylish".

Julia Gillard addressed the National Press Club wearing her new frames. Picture: Ray Strange

In response to queries on Twitter, her press secretary John McTernan pointed out that Ms Gillard's use of glasses is not new - but that this is a new pair.

While the PM looked like she enjoyed using Google glass, the device isn't due to hit the market until 2014 so it may be a while before our leaders beam up Google searches. 

Twitter reaction to Gillard's glasses. Picture: Twitter

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