Google Bans First Porn App for Google Glass

A pornographic app for Google Glasses has been banned by Google just hours after launching.

The app, named "T**s and Glass", has been created by adult content app developer MiKandi, which originally planned to make it available to early adopters who acquired a pair of Google Glasses through Google's Explorer program.

It allows users to browse pornographic videos and images as well as upload their own content filmed using the head-mounted camera inside Google Glass.

"You are literally recording what you see and sharing it," MiKandi CEO Jesse Adams told ABC. "If someone else can see a little taste of what you saw in front of their eyes, that kind of interaction is really fun."

However, after seeing only 17 downloads, the app has been pulled from the Glassware Hub for breaching Google's Glass Platform Developer Policy, which reads: "We don't allow Glassware content that contains nudity, graphic sex acts, or sexually explicit material."

A Google spokesperson added: "Any Glassware that violates this policy will be blocked from appearing on Glass."

MiKandi claims however that the clause restricting adult content was only added on 1 June, after development of "T**s and Glass" was complete. Company co-founder Jennifer McEwen said the app adheres to Google's original developer policy for Google Glass:

"When we first picked up our device, we were very careful to comb through all of Google's terms, policies and developers' agreement to make sure we were playing within their rules. That was important to us to play in Google's boundaries.

"Even last week as we were gearing up to make the announcement, we took a look at the agreement and there was no mention again of a ban on adult content."

Open app store

ince there is no official app store currently set up for Google Glass, Google has not been able to completely ban "T**s and Glass" from the platform. McEwen and Adams told ABC they were hoping Glass would have an open app store like the Google Play platform which appears on Android devices.

Though pornography is prohibited on Google Play, MiKandi has been able to launch its own third-party app store through the platform which allows users to download adult content:

"We are going to have to be really creative. There are tasteful and artful things we can do," said Adams. "We still really want to play around the idea of having Glass users share the content, but we need to figure out ways for users to share photos, whether they are just sexy or clothed."

Despite the app being removed, MiKandi said in a blog post that more than 10,000 people visited its website in response to "T**s and Glass" and that a revised version of the app, which adhered to Google's policies, would be launched today, 4 June.