There is perhaps no one more excited for Google Glass than Facebook cofounder Mark Zuckerberg.
On Wednesday at the University of California, San Francisco’s Mission Bay medical campus, the Facebook CEO met up with Google cofounder and special projects head Sergey Brin. While the pair crossed paths because of their shared backing of the newly announced Breakthrough Prize For Life Sciences, their meeting in the back corner of an auditorium in UCSF’s Genentech Hall proved to be an informal business discussion about Google’s highly anticipated augmented reality spectacles.
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After finishing interviews with broadcast media regarding their new life sciences awards, Zuckerberg strode over to Brin, who deferred speaking duties at the event to his wife, Anne Wojcicki, to check out what’s become a trademark accessory for the Google head honcho. Google, which launched its campaign to get Glass onto the heads of a handful of early “explorers” on Wednesday, apparently had not shared them with one of Silicon Valley’s richest individuals.
“I can’t wait to get my own,” said Zuckerberg of Glass, while Brin tried to adjust his own pair on the Facebook CEO’s head.
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In the past, Zuckerberg has been wary of commending Google, which some see as a natural rival to Facebook in the battle for corporate Silicon Valley hegemony. Late last month during Facebook’s fourth quarter earnings call, Zuckerberg noted of his company’s connection to Google: “Even though our relationship isn’t one where the companies really talk, we are able to do a bunch of things and build some great experiences.”
On Wednesday, “the companies” talked. And they talked about developing for Google Glass.
While it was undoubtedly informal, the meeting of the minds from two of Silicon Valley’s most powerful corporations showed that Facebook was ready to develop for Glass. According to Zuckerberg, Facebook has a team of three engineers, led by a former Google employee, waiting for the product to be shipped to them so they can start building applications.
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Zuckerberg also reversed his earlier position that Silicon Valley’s companies do not communicate or work closely with one another. When asked about his collaboration with members from Google and Apple on his current life sciences prizes in a live CNN interview, Zuckerberg backtracked.
“I think these companies work together a little more than people think,” he said.
Trying on the augmented reality glasses for one of the first times, Zuckerberg attempted voice commands and repeated “O.K. Glass,” one of the command prompts on Brin’s glasses, a few times. Then he peppered the Google cofounder with several questions, while Brin scrolled for him through different screens with his left hand to Zuckerberg’s temple.
“How do you look out from this without looking awkward?” asked the black hoodie-wearing Facebook CEO. “You know, how are you supposed to use these this without breaking eye contact?”
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