Google Glasses

Dying to get your hands on Google Glass, but don’t quite want to drop the dough to do so? Google is giving Bostonians the chance to try on the futuristic wearables this weekend as part of a fresh sales and marketing push for the gadget.

Representatives from the tech giant will post up from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 26th, at the Boston Center for the Arts’ Cyclorama on Tremont Street in the South End.

The exhibition will also host a display of the research and development history of Google Glass, stations to try out different Glass apps, and a photobooth, so you can snag a selfie of you sporting the tech.

Google wants to get the masses eager to buy the device before the official launch of Glass for consumers (though a date has yet to be determined or announced). Over the past few months the company has been trying to make the sci-fi-looking tech more appealing – and hipster – by partnering with reputable designers like Diane von Furstenberg and Ray-Ban.

But until Google slashes the $1,500 price tag on Glass, it’s hard to imagine people scrambling to get a set. Plus, it stings to know that a singular pair of Glass is estimated to cost Google less than $80 to manufacture. The early-adopting habits of the public never fail to surprise, however. When the company hosted a one-day sale in April, Google’s stock of titanium-framed wearables sold out.

But you’ll never know how you really feel about Glass until you slip on a pair and take them for a spin.

If you go: Google Glass Hits the Road; The Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts; 539 Tremont Street; RSVP here; follow the buzz with #BostonThroughGlass.