Polaroid GL20 Sunglass Camera
Way before Google Glass was a thing, Polaroid teamed up with pop megastar Lady Gaga to design the GL20 sunglass camera. First announced at CES 2011, the GL20 was inspired by custom sunglasses Lady Gaga had previous made to wear during concerts and featured a built-in camera and two outward facing 1.5-inch OLED displays. Unfortunately for a gadget that was billed as the first pair of sunglasses to include a built-in camera, you could only transfer files to and from the glasses manually via USB or send them directly to one of Polaroid’s instant printers via Bluetooth.
And while at the time Lady Gaga was one of the most unassailable pop stars on the planet, even after serving as Polaroid’s creative director for more than a year, it seems even the queen of bad romance couldn’t get Polaroid to release the GL20 for real. That last we heard about the GL20 sunglasses came in a statement from Polaroid to Imaging Resource saying: “We will share additional details once more information becomes available.” Sigh.
