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Twitter Flies Into Wearables With Helmet and 'Custom Aviary Interface'
It was only a matter of time before Twitter flew into the lucrative world of wearable devices, but few expected the company to make this kind of statement — and on April Fools' Day, no less.
The company announced a new Twitter Helmet on Tuesday, a wearable device that engulfs the users entire head while simultaneously allowing them to "interact with the world around them entirely via a custom aviary interface," according to a company blog post.
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The device also allows users to tweet with a simple "pecking motion" of the head, and costs just $139.99 despite being made of high-quality materials like impact-resistant, oleophobic-treated glass.
Sources close to the company leaked exclusive photos of the helmet, including design sketches.
A Twitter employee is seen wearing the helmet near the company's San Francisco headquarters.
Image: Secret Source
An inside Twitter source shared this photo captured at company headquarters showing Twitter employees beta-testing the helmet.
Image: Secret Source
Early design sketches of the Twitter Helmet show the upcoming added features like the Wi-Fi booster and the microphone chinstrap.
Image: Secret Source
While slightly more cumbersome than other wearables like Google Glass or the Nike Fuel Band, there's a chance a helmet of this design could catch on. It's a look that has been brought into the mainstream by others with similar helmets like the one worn by house music producer Deadmau5 or Sandra Bullock in the Oscar-winning film Gravity.
The Twitter Helmet (L) may be more widely adopted thanks to other popular helmets like the one worn by house DJ Deadmau5.
Image: Flickr, Doug Kline
The helmet will be available beginning in September, and will include a plethora of bird-related accessories like "a hand-tooled leather case inspired by falconry hoods, feather-shaped Wi-Fi and cellular signal boosters, and a carbon fiber chinstrap with optional wattle-form factor microphone," according to the company.
The April Fools' Day timing of the announcement is admittedly odd but, hey, when you have a great product, sometimes you just can't wait to share it with the world.
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