The whole rollout phase, from solely making it available to beta testers to Google’s inability to define proper use cases, killed any hype the product initially had.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin, one of Glass’ supporters, had an affair with a team member, which intensified the tensions that had been previously brewing.
Glass, despite its initial failure, is still being sold to other businesses like GE and DHL, which have recorded substantial productivity improvements.