'Project Glass' is a research and development program by Google to prototype and build an augmented reality head-mounted display (HMD). The first 'Project Glass' demo resembles a pair of normal eyeglasses where the lens is replaced by a heads-up display. In the future, new designs may allow integration of the display into people's normal eyewear or contact lenses.
The New York Times reported the glasses would be available to the public for "around the cost of current smartphones"---$250 to $600---by the end of 2012, but other reports have stated that the glasses are not expected to be available for purchase any time soon.
The intended purpose of 'Project Glass' products would be the hands free displaying of information currently available to most smartphone users, and allowing for interaction with the Internet via natural language voice commands, in a manner similar to the iPhone application Siri. The software powering the glasses will be Google's Android operating system.
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