As promised, a new range of Google Glass frames and shades designed by Diane von Furstenberg (DVF) launched in the US today.
If you head over to online fashion retailer Net-A-Porter , you can choose between five different frame combinations for $1,800. They’re all the same shape, but come in five different colors – Shiny Elderberry, Shiny Lagoon, Matte Java, Matte Ice and Shiny Ink – for a splash of style and personality.
While the asking price might feel a little steep, it should be noted that each purchase comes with two frames. Net-a-Porter is bundling each model with a free set of shades; these attach to (what appears to be) the original Google Glass Explorer Edition frames, rather than those designed by DVF.
So to summarise, you’ll get the Google Glass module, a stylish frame designed by DVF, a set of custom shades for the original Explorer frame, a mono earbud and case. In short, this adds one frame design in five different colors, and two shade variants in four colors each to the existing Glass portfolio.
The new range is also available to purchase from the Google Glass store . The DVF-designed frames are being sold for $225 without the Glass module – making it easier for existing Glass Explorers to upgrade. Likewise, the two shade options are being sold for $120 each. All of the color variants are available at the time of writing and orders will ship within 5–7 days.
It’s also worth noting that three frames from the Titanium collection – Thin, Bold and Split – are available for $1,650 on Mr Porter right now .
Should you buy a set? Perhaps. These limited-edition frames might not be around for long, so it’s a good chance to pick up a possibly rare piece of Google hardware. With the company’s I/O conference taking place later this week though, there’s a high chance we’ll see and hear more about Glass – so just bear in the mind that in a few days, you might feel some buyer’s remorse.
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The world’s first levitating Bluetooth speaker, on sale at TNW Deals
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Neeo’s ‘thinking remote’ for controlling everything in your home hits Kickstarter with $50,000 goal
The Internet of Things is pretty good in theory. Connect everything up to the internet and control it all remotely, providing you have the cash to retrofit all the necessary tech into your home.
Add in things like stereos, TVs and other devices, and you’ve probably got quite a few remotes piling up in your house, which is why Neeo has launched a crowdfunding project on Kickstarter for its ‘thinking remote.’
In a nutshell, it wants to control everything in your home that it’s possible to control remotely – whether that’s the lights, window blinds, the TV (things like Apple TV and Roku boxes are supported by default), Nest or virtually any other connected device in your home.
Neeo says that it’ll support more than 10,000 audio-visual devices out of the box to make setting everything up as simple as possible.
It also recognizes who has picked the remote up, thereby personalizing playlists, films and other favorites – as well as making it easy to set up parental controls or an ad-hoc guest mode.
The system works by combining the ‘brain’ with a remote – either a physical one with hardware controls and a 3.2-inch (480 x 800 pixels) display, or by using the Neeo app. Naturally, there are different funding tiers available depending on which you’d prefer.
Early backers can get the brain and use it with the app (available for iOS or Android) for an Early Bird price of $148, while you’ll need to shell out $199 for the Super Early Bird offer that includes a controller. The next tier up from there is $219, and there’s also a family pack available that delivers two remotes and one brain to allow people in different rooms to control other devices at the same time.
The project is looking to raise $50,000, and while there’s always some risk associated in backing any Kickstarter campaign, the team behind the product have manufacturing experience across the electronics and telecoms industries, so we’d hope to see this one delivered on schedule. The first batch is due to start shipping in March this year, while non-Super Early Bird tiers are due to start shipping in May.
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