Ready for Google Glass, Round Two?

Don’t get too excited. These are Google Glass for the enterprise, and the headset rumored here will supposedly fit like a pair of ski goggles.

Don’t get too excited. These are Google Glass for the enterprise, and the headset rumored right here will supposedly match like a pair of ski goggles.
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With each tech big from Apple to Microsoft to Amazon rumored to be creating a pair of augmented actuality glasses or combined actuality headset, we’ve been questioning whether or not Google was planning to wade again into client headsets. After all, the corporate gave AR a shot a decade in the past and nonetheless hasn’t fairly recovered from the embarrassment (although Google Glass finally discovered a greater use case enterprise settings).

People conversant in Google’s plans have instructed The Verge that the corporate hopes to ship an AR headset in 2024. Early prototypes of the system seem like “a pair of ski goggles.” The wearable, codenamed Project Iris, is (clearly) underneath lock-and-key at Google’s San Francisco workplaces in a constructing that requires “special keycard access” and signing non-disclosure agreements.

Project Iris doesn’t require a tethered PC or smartphone for energy. Google’s AR system makes use of outward-facing cameras for its augmented actuality talents, which can make it extra immersive than, say, Snap’s Spectacles, that are primarily sun shades with a digital camera.

Google’s preliminary augmented actuality effort earned its customers the identify “Glassholes,” so Google has some work to do to make Project Iris a a lot better product.

Unsurprisingly, the headset reportedly runs on Android—for now—and contains a customized Google Tensor processor, similar to Google’s Pixel 6 lineup. Rick Osterloh, the SVP of gadgets and companies at Google, hyped Tensor’s augmented actuality capabilities again in August.

Google is anticipated to use its information facilities to render graphics within the headset through an web connection remotely. This might be fascinating to observe unfold, contemplating the disparity in web speeds throughout households within the U.S. There’s hypothesis that Google’s work with Stadia, its cloud-based gaming platform, would assist with this sort of know-how.

Google is clearly watching its opponents commit themselves to the metaverse, a digital extension of the bodily world that doesn’t but exist however by god, tech executives certain try to talk it into existence. Apple is reportedly taking an opportunity on augmented actuality, and rumors have been swirling for years about its forthcoming headset—no matter it would seem like. Microsoft’s HoloLens headset, like Google Glass, additionally discovered itself extra helpful in enterprise settings.

So it is smart that Google would give client AR one other shot. The firm technically had a ten-year head begin with Google Glass, and a few have argued that Google Glass was forward of its time. With Google again on the drafting board and a decade of classes realized, it’s doable Google Glass 2 could possibly be a superb system.


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https://gizmodo.com/ready-for-google-glass-round-two-1848393934