Six years ago, Google launched a new head-mounted optical display it called the Google Glass.
Unfortunately, a combination of limited use and bad aesthetics meant it was widely panned. Now, the company is taking another shot at it one more time.
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Google already has an augmented reality headset, the Glass Enterprise Edition, which is aimed at businesses and industry clients. The new Enterprise Edition 2, is priced at $999, and like its predecessor is also not being directly sold to consumers.
In the new Glass is an updated processor in the form of the Snapdragon XR1, improved camera, USB-C for fast charging, and a few more updates. And though this isn't your average universal product, Google is still expecting even better sales than the first edition of it.
Thanks to the new processor, the new Glass headset can also be combined with ?"computer vision and advanced machine learning capabilities." This is similar to Google's consumer software product Lens which, for instance, lets you point your smartphone at a sign in a foreign language and translate it.
Though the Google Glass was originally supposed to be mass-market, people didn't think it was functional enough to warrant its price, not to mention their concern over the privacy aspects of it. Eventually, they reworked the device to be a tool for people like surgeons, factory workers, and engineers.
Still no sign a version of it might come to general consumers though.