Google Glass

Google releases photos of refreshed Glass hardware showing a new mono earbud headphone that plugs into the device and goes into the right ear

     SAN FRANCISCO -- Google updated its Glass eye wear technology to make sure the hardware will work with future lines of sunglasses and prescription frames, according to updates from the Internet search giant.

     Google released photos of the new Glass hardware on its Google+ social network, showing a new mono earbud headphone that plugs into the device and goes into the right ear.

     Google has been updating the Glass software regularly, but this is the first time the company has publicly announced a hardware upgrade.

     Glass is one of the products that have emerged from Google X, the company's research division that works on long-term, potentially risky projects including self-driving cars and providing Internet Wi-Fi to remote locations from high-altitude balloons.

    Google Glass offers voice-activated Internet-based services such as search, directions, photo and video sharing. The technology is not commercially available yet, however the platform has the potential to be a major player in the emerging wearable technology sector.

     Google has released Glass to several thousand people who were invited and signed up to be early testers, or Explorers as the company calls them.

                     In coming weeks, Glass Explorers will be able to invite three friends to join the program. They will be able to buy the new versions of Glass online and have it shipped to their home or office. Before, testers had to pick the device up from Google locations known as Basecamps.

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