Google's Brin: 'I Made a Lot of Mistakes With Google Glass'

Google co-founder Sergey Brin candidly addressed the failure of Google Glass during an unscheduled appearance at Tuesday's Google I/O conference, where the company announced a new smart glasses partnership with Warby Parker. 'I definitely feel like I made a lot of mistakes with Google Glass, I'll be honest,' Brin said.

He noted several key issues that doomed the $1,500 device launched in 2013, including a conspicuous front-facing camera that sparked privacy concerns. 'Now it looks like normal glasses without that thing in front,' Brin said of the new design. He also blamed the 'technology gap' that existed a decade ago and his own inexperience with supply chains that prevented pricing the original Glass competitively.

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