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Google Opening Winter Wonderlab Stores (With Giant Snow Globes)

Google_Winter_WonderlabGoogle is opening a series of pop-up stores, featuring giant snow globes, where visitors can take step in and take slow-motion videos with fake snow. The Winter Wonderlab stores will carry Google gadgets like the Nexus 7, Chromecast, and Chromebooks. There will also be play zones where the user can interact with the devices.

The Google Winter Wonderlab stores will open in in New York City, Washington DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Jersey, and Sacramento.

[Image courtesy: Google]

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