Project Glass: Hot or not?

Most would agree that the technology behind Google Project Glass is pretty impressive and people will definitely buy them, but will they make us look weird when we wear them? There was a time when Bluetooth headsets were new and people said, “You’ll get used to them,” but after years of seeing dozens of people a week wearing them I still think they look like the Borg. Project Glass takes Borgwear to another level.

Weigh in here or on Facebook. Despite the technology, will they be really acceptable in a relatively-short period of time or will they always get a double-take and the occasional glare when people put them on in public?

In a presentation about Google Project Glass led by Sergey Brin, the tech giant pulled off a demonstration of epic proportions by giving some extreme sports athletes some Google Glasses and having them deliver a pair to the stage in unconventional ways while broadcasting through a Google Hangout for the world to see. First, they started in a blimp and men in wingsuits and parachutes landed on top of the building. The glasses were then delivered via bike to the edge of the building where they repelled down to another pair of bikers who would deliver them directly to the stage.

Google had been coy about a release date for the product, though. On Wednesday, Brin, speaking at Google's IO developers conference in San Francisco, reintroduced Google Glass as it's now known with a splashy video showing skydivers using the technology.

Regarding availability, he also announced that pairs of Explorer Edition Google Glass will be available next year to developers for $1,500 each.

In the video above, Brin doesn't get into what kind of price point Google Glass might carry in 2014. He does, however, state that Glass has been a big priority for him, taking up half his time or more of late.

What do you think? Are you looking forward to buying one of these in 2014? What's the most you'd pay? Let us know in the comments.