Julian Chokkatu

They had skydivers into the Moscone Center.

It was such a big thing.

And Sergey Brinwag had the Google glasses on.

And it was just such a new and exciting time.

And it was what was supposed to be this revolutionary new technology.

But ultimately, it kind of just fell flat.

Immediately, everyone started calling people glassholes, anyone who was wearing them.

They also looked very nerdy and techie.

And obviously, the big focal point became having a camera on your face,

which is, you know, kind of a parallel to what the same conversations that we're having now on smart glasses.

But I think overall, it was too expensive, too early.

And it just didn't work as well to warrant all of those capabilities at the time.

But they definitely were the first.

And in some ways, they sort of opened the idea up.

And here we are almost more than 10 years later.

And now Google is coming back to compete with the likes of Meta.

Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of it kind of is functional, you know, not having to pull out your phone to see where your next turn is while you're walking down the street of New York, because you'll be able to see that information on the little display on the glasses.

Just being able to dismiss a notification that comes in without having to pull out your phone and check your phone and notifications and all that.

Being able to tap the side and talk to an assistant of some type or even just take a picture easily.

All those things, I think there's a convenience level to that where it was just an exciting time for being able to do those functions without having to constantly pull out your phone, which I think at the time people were also talking about screen time.