Myth #3: Everyone calls you a Glasshole
No one calls me a Glasshole. They typically ask "Do you ever get called a Glasshole?" The answer is always "No."
Why? Because everyone wants to try it out at least once. They know that's not going to happen with a bunch of juvenile name calling.
No one is going to ruin their chance at demoing the one-of-a-kind Google Glass by ticking off the person who owns the expensive device. People often have only one chance to check it out.
Myth #4: It's awesome when you use it for the first time
The first time I used Google Glass was days before I received my invite. I had toyed around with a friends' Explorer Edition and didn't like the demo. I almost didn't buy it.
I can imagine that a lot of people go through the same thing. It's no surprise. When you think about it, Google Glass is a personalized device.
My first run throughout didn't have my email, my messages, my contacts, my apps or my Google Now alerts - all things that make Glass unique to the owner.
Bottom line: You can't trust an opinion someone who has used Google Glass for a few minutes. It's just not a fair use of the device, whether it's a positive or negative opinion.
Myth #5: It's a mobile replacement
Google Glass is easily summarized as your smartphone that rests above your right eye. For the most part, that's true, except it's not going to replace your iPhone 6 or Nexus 6.
Among the issues: At 5 megapixels, it can't take better photos, its main input, voice commands, don't work in moderately noisy locations and the projected screen resolution makes it hard to see in daylight.
Also, as bad as your smartphone's battery life may be by the time the clock strikes midnight, it's difficult to get more than four hours with Google Glass with extremely conservative use.
Stories about airline flight attendants using Google Glass for check-ins and police replaced body cameras with Glass made me wince. It's just not that reliable yet and certainly not a final product.
Myth #6: It was too expensive
That brings me to the final myth that I think many people will disagree with initially: Google Glass was too expensive.
The point wasn't to put it in the hands of everyone, though. It was a prototype limited, at first, to developers. There were very few apps for it in the beginning and about 50 at the end.
If Google Glass had launched at $300, it would've been something neat that a lot more people slurged on, but put down almost immediately. It would have "failed" a whole lot faster.
As expensive as it was, the price and invites restricted the availability to people who really wanted to tinker with a futuristic product ahead of its time. That was the right approach for Google X.
We're not going to be donning a face-worn wearable en masse any time soon, but it was nice to experiment with the idea for a year.
The next page includes what other Google Glass owners I've met liked about wearing the $1,500 (£1,000) prototype.
