--- title: Prince Charles Tries Out Google Glass description: Introducing, the Royal Cyborg canonical: https://time.com/108347/prince-charles-google-glass/ author: Denver Nicks article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-21T22:19:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:54.571Z og:title: Prince Charles Tries Out Google Glass og:description: Introducing, the Royal Cyborg og:url: https://time.com/108347/prince-charles-google-glass/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdaa472b34f705006/69869070169ab0b6582796b6/prince-charles-google-glass-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Prince Charles Google Glass og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince Charles Tries Out Google Glass twitter:description: Introducing, the Royal Cyborg twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdaa472b34f705006/69869070169ab0b6582796b6/prince-charles-google-glass-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince Charles Tries Out Google Glass  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks May 21, 2014 10:19 PM UTC  Prince Charles, Prince of Wales tries on 'Google Glass' spectacles as he visits 'Innovation Alley' on May 21, 2014 in Winnipeg, Canada. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales tries on 'Google Glass' spectacles as he visits 'Innovation Alley' on May 21, 2014 in Winnipeg, Canada.Chris Jackson—Getty Images  by [Denver Nicks](https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks May 21, 2014 10:19 PM UTC Everyone else is doing it, so why not the Prince? Charles donned the $1500 spectacle while on a tour of Canada this week. We think it suits him. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/108347/prince-charles-google-glass/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/108347/prince-charles-google-glass/"},"headline":"Prince Charles Tries Out Google Glass","datePublished":"2014-05-21T22:19:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:54.571Z","description":"Introducing, the Royal Cyborg","url":"https://time.com/108347/prince-charles-google-glass/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Tech","Prince Charles","google glass"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdaa472b34f705006/69869070169ab0b6582796b6/prince-charles-google-glass-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdaa472b34f705006/69869070169ab0b6582796b6/prince-charles-google-glass-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Prince Charles Google Glass","caption":"Prince Charles Google Glass","creditText":"Chris Jackson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/108347/prince-charles-google-glass/","name":"Prince Charles Tries Out Google Glass"}}]}] ```