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The article discusses the current state and future potential of AR smart glasses, highlighting different designs from Xreal and Halliday, and featuring expert opinions suggesting that immersive AI glasses could replace smartphones within five years, though widespread adoption and compelling use-cases are still evolving.
Sergey Brin reflected on the failure of Google Glass, emphasizing the importance of thorough preparation and patience before launching innovative products. He admitted to rushing the original Google Glass to market, likening his mindset to thinking he was the next Steve Jobs, which led to its commercial failure. Brin expressed confidence in Google's new smart glasses project, which will incorporate AI and be built on Android XR, learning from past mistakes.
Sergey Brin reflects on the failure of Google Glass, acknowledging that rushing the product to market without sufficient polishing and cost-effectiveness was a mistake, drawing parallels to other tech failures like the Apple Newton, and emphasizing the importance of learning from such setbacks for future innovation.
Meta is developing new smart glasses called Hypernova, which may include a neural wristband for control, but this approach raises concerns about practicality, aesthetics, and user acceptance, echoing past issues faced by Google Glass.
Google is developing a new generation of augmented reality glasses, called Android XR, with partnerships from Samsung and Warby Parker, featuring a small display and AI integration, aiming to compete with products like Meta's Ray-Ban and Apple's Vision Pro, though they are not expected to launch until 2026.
Apple's Vision Pro, a facial spatial computer, has been the subject of various stunts and celebrity videos, which are helping to normalize the device and avoid the negative public reaction that plagued Google Glass. Analysts suggest that the lighthearted coverage is playing a role in building societal acceptance for Vision Pro in public, contrasting with the backlash experienced by Google Glass. While it's still early to draw definitive conclusions, the prevailing public mood towards Vision Pro appears to be amusement rather than hostility.
Silicon Valley companies are revisiting the concept of wearable headsets similar to Google Glass, aiming to improve the technology and potentially reintroduce it to the market. These efforts reflect a continued interest in augmented reality and wearable tech innovation.
As 2023 comes to a close, it's time to bid farewell to the tech that died this year. Google discontinued its Google Glass AR headset for the second time, while Microsoft shut down its social VR platform, AltspaceVR. Several health and fitness products from major companies also met their end, and Netflix shipped its last DVD, marking the end of the red envelope era. Additionally, Twitter changed its name but continues to exist under a new identity, despite CEO Elon Musk removing many of its features.
YouTube TV subscribers experience ups and downs as the service gains and loses channels, faces disputes with networks, and increases its price to $72.99 per month. Meanwhile, Google's Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro have been leaked, revealing a smaller version of the flagship device and a flat display with a mysterious new sensor. Google has also stopped selling Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 and Fitbit is making its full Health Metrics Dashboard available without Premium.
Google's discontinuation of Google Glass, a failed face-mounted computing device, serves as a reality check for Apple as it prepares to launch its own mixed-reality headset. The biggest challenge for both companies is the paradigm shift in the user's relationship with the device. Apple needs to learn from Google's mistakes and find a different path or hope that the market has changed enough for the same methods to be successful. The key to success will be delivering the benefits of augmented reality and making the public aware of those benefits. Apple's talented app developers can help determine the product's killer consumer app.
Google has announced that it will no longer sell the latest Enterprise Edition of Google Glass, effectively ending the innovative but failed wearable product line. The smartglasses were initially marketed for a general audience in 2013 but were discontinued in 2015 due to its high price tag, clunky design, and privacy concerns. Google then shifted the focus from consumers to enterprise, but the $999 product failed to catch on. Google's decision to discontinue the product comes amid cost cuts across the company. However, Google said last year it was continuing to test other augmented reality glasses.
Google has stopped selling Google Glass Enterprise Edition, and support for the product will end on September 15. The initial version of Google Glass was discontinued in 2015, and the Enterprise Edition was launched in 2017 with a scaled-back ambition of selling the device for narrow uses in industries like medicine and construction. Google hasn't announced any plans to re-launch the Google Glass brand after this, but the company is known to be working on other kinds of AR glasses for potential future release.
Google has announced that it will no longer sell Glass Enterprise Edition after September 15, 2023, marking the end of support for the AR tech. Despite a product makeover and shift in focus, the world still wasn't ready for Glass. Google's focus on enterprise was ahead of its time, with HoloLens launching a year later from Microsoft. Google has been rumored to be working on a new AR product under the codename Project Iris, which would presumably be a more direct competitor to the current crop of XR products, including Apple.
Google has announced that it will no longer sell the latest Enterprise Edition of Google Glass, effectively ending the innovative but failed wearable product line. The smartglasses were initially marketed for a general audience in 2013 but were discontinued in 2015 due to its high price tag, clunky design, and privacy concerns. Google then shifted the focus to enterprise, but the $999 product failed to catch on. The decision to discontinue the product comes amid cost cuts across the company, but Google said it was continuing to test other AR glasses.
Google has officially announced the end of its augmented reality headset, Google Glass, after a decade of its debut. Despite its considerable hype, Glass never caught on with consumers because of its dorky look and concerns over personal privacy. The enterprise edition was introduced in 2017 but has now been discontinued, with customer support ending in September.