Exploring Google Glass: A fitting appointment, step-by-step (slideshow)

Story originally appeared on ZDNet.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. -- It's been nearly a year since approximately 2,000 developers, journalists, and other geeky tech enthusiasts signed up for the Google Glass Explorer Program.

For months, there have been morsels of availability information doled out along with some (confusing) Hangouts and mysterious glass paperweights sent out in the mail.

Now, the time has come for all of us to pick up our Glass prototypes (and fork over $1,500 plus tax).

The Internet giant is certainly pulling out all the stops in introducing these new “Explorers” to Glass.

Glass recipients are treated with a concierge-like service, starting with a phone call to schedule an appointment fitting to the pick-up itself at one of three location options: New York, Los Angeles, and the Googleplex headquarters in Mountain View.

Of course, with anything technology-related, there are bound to be some hiccups -- and Google is no exception.