Developers banned from putting ads in Google Glasses. Google's saving the ad spamming for itself.

[onehandle]

The blanket prohibition came in the fine print of a policy made public this evening, which says "Glassware" developers may not "serve or include any advertisements" and they "may not charge" users to download apps for the device.

Today's announcement, which coincided with news that Google Glass Explorer Edition prototypes were about to ship, indicates that the Mountain View company is proceeding carefully, even slowly, when allowing third-party developers access to the head mounted display's full capabilities. It also means that developers won't have an obvious way of making money from their apps.

A Google representative sent CNET a statement saying: "Developers are crucial to the future of Glass. The focus during the Explorer Program is on innovation and experimentation, but it's too early to speculate how this will evolve."

Google has taken a different approach than other platforms have, including Apple, Microsoft, BlackBerry, and even Android: instead of encouraging native code that tends to be faster and more flexible, that approach is not permitted. The new Google Mirror API suggests that the intelligence behind Glassware will, at least for now, reside on third party servers and communicate with the eyewear through encrypted links, much like Web apps do today.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10812_3-57579762/google-glassware-developers-prohibited-from-displaying-ads

[Mnpaul]

1. Why don't they just cut to the chase

and implant the ad server directly into our brains

[leftyohiolib]

2. we need small emp devices that ,when approached by someone with the g-glass, can be used

to fry the glasses