Google Glass Gets New Life on Factory Floor After Consumer Flop

Google Glass Gets New Life on Factory Floor After Consumer Flop
A young woman wears Google Glass at a media event on June 10, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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Remember Google Glass?

The vaunted debut of the company’s computerized eyewear six years ago was one of Silicon Valley’s more spectacular flops. Deemed too awkward and pretentious, early users were disparaged as “glassholes” by a critical public. Parent company Alphabet Inc. quickly retired the product.