It’s the stuff sci-fi dreams were made of.

Now, it’s reality.

Martin Lehner, Orange Technology’s senior network engineer, showed off the latest in wearable technology this morning in Whitehorse, using voice commands for the Google Glass to take pictures and video.

It’s something he hopes to show off for the general public at an open house the business plans to host in its new Titanium Way office.

No date has been set for the open house, but he said it will likely be late this month or early September after the company has settled into its new location.

The equipment, which Lehner put on like a pair of glasses, may well be the first Google Glass in the territory as they can only be purchased in the continental U.S. currently as part of a beta program.

The beta test has gone through a few phases already beginning with an application process where Google selected those who would pay the $1,500 and test the equipment.

That was followed by a process where they were available to anyone living in the continental U.S. through the Google Glass website and finally where the equipment could be purchased at retailers in the continental U.S., as Lehner did.

Recently at an IT conference in Phoenix, Lehner was walking past a store selling the $1,500 US eye-wear technology.

He went in expecting questions about where his residency and thought he might not be able to buy the Google Glass given the previous purchase restriction.

So he was pleasantly surprised to walk out with the digital gadget, no questions asked. “We always work with the latest in the technology field,” he said, noting his IT company specializes in low-powered technology to help reduce the power bills and CO2 emissions of clients.

The company aims to keep up to date on the latest digital gear.

Displaying the Google Glass, Lehner connected the gear to his phone to display the same screen he was seeing directly in front of him with the Glass screen.

A setting on the Glass senses whether it is being worn and will turn on or off based on that.

“OK Glass,” Lehner said, as he wore the gear, prompting a menu to appear.

After taking a picture, he pointed to the touch screen through the Glass’ right arm that can also be used to navigate through the various features.

“At first, I thought it was all voice,” he said, noting the difficulty that created with some commands such as posting photos to various social media.

“OK Glass, record a video,” Lehner said, the gear automatically recording a 10-second video wherever Lehner moved his head.

Tapping the touch screen allows for a longer recording.

The video capability is a feature Lehner especially likes.

He pointed out recording with a phone often means having to take out the phone, go to the camera feature, set it for video and then record.

And that’s not conducive to capturing something immediately. The Google Glass, he pointed out, allows for almost immediate recording.

He acknowledged though there are certain features that need work – sometimes the Glass can take a while to boot up, and there are other aspects that seem “rough around the edges,” he said.

As Lehner added though, the technology is still in the Beta stage.

In a chapter that might as well be out of George Orwell’s 1984, each Google Glass sold sends information back to Google on errors and other issues the equipment has.

Google is using that information to improve the equipment before it ends the beta test and goes into production on a standard Glass.

It’s expected when that happens – after all the bugs have been worked out – the Glass will retail for about a third of the $1,500 price tag Lehner paid.

He noted right now, it’s those with an interest in the latest technology who are willing to pay the high price for the less-than-perfect eye-wear.

Being outside the continental U.S. – and thus outside of Google servers – also means there are certain features that can’t be accessed in the territory.

There are some mapping restrictions, and Lehner can’t automatically get his Glass photos on his phone as the equipment would normally allow.

The Google Glass will be available at Orange Technology for those interested to try out during the company’s upcoming open house. It could be something the IT company makes available to paying customers as well following Google’s beta test.

“It’s definitely something we’ll look into selling,” Lehner said.