After his Google Glass was stolen, this man was able to watch what his thief got up to via the Livelens app. Courtesy: YouTube/Mike Geller

Man watches what his Google Glass thief gets up to

IN WHAT could be one of the dumbest robberies this year, a man has stolen the eyeware of a New York tourist, and didn’t realise he filmed the brazen theft.

Mike Geller was exploring New York City wearing Google Glass.

A man approached him asking if his eyeware was indeed the internet-enabled glasses.

“Can I try them? Can I try real quick? Let me just see them”, he said

The stranger then ran.

This was all caught on film as Mr Geller was filming the city at the time, and the Glass never stopped recording.

This wasn’t even the best part. The eyeware managed to capture the thief’s entire day.

Mr Geller live streamed the thief’s movements through a Glass app called LiveLens. Unfortunately, the owner never got his device back, but he did watch the thief down a few Heinekens, then hit up a rave.

There are some suspicions that the video could be fake due to Glass’ need to be paired to a phone. News.com.au has contacted the NYPD.

The full video is below, with the robbery happening at around the two minute mark.