It did speak up on the Stop Online Piracy Act earlier this year, but for the most part Google has been focusing its public muscle on uncontroversial projects
like augmented reality glasses and robot cars.
Not exact matches
«Eventually we're going to have what look
like normal looking
glasses that can do virtual and
augmented reality.»
Either through projections — via a smartphone screen, car windshield or
glasses,
like ones currently being developed by companies
like Google and Snapchat — or, in the future, some sort of neurological or optical implant,
augmented reality works with the world around you.
Smart
glasses like Google
Glass and others focus on «
augmented reality,» wherein a user's live, real - world experience is enhanced with computer - generated interactive information.
Like its predecessor, K -
Glass 2 also employs
augmented reality, displaying in real time the relevant, complementary information in the form of text, 3D graphics, images, and audio over the target objects selected by users.
Though the first generation of Myo is only just launching, the team is already imagining ways to integrate their rigs with
augmented reality devices
like the head - mounted display, Google
Glass.
I will show how Google
Glass and
Augmented Reality paired up early on and how that collaboration redefined the classroom as well as how
Glass allowed me to differentiate the learning process when combined with tools
like Evernote, Voice Memo, and Google Search.
Over the next 10 years, the form factor's just going to keep on getting smaller and smaller, and eventually we're going to have what looks
like normal - looking
glasses that can do both virtual and
augmented reality.
Further, the reports published by SamMobile suggests that Samsung began smart contact lenses» initial development as a means to craft a better experience of
augmented reality than the ones provided by wearables
like Google
Glass.
Though Magic Leap's product sounds
like a pair of
augmented reality glasses, Abovitz and his company dislike the term.
Taiwanese manufacturer Quanta Computer, a primary assembler of the Apple Watch, has revealed that it is working on an
augmented reality product for an undisclosed company that some industry observers believe is Apple.Google
Glass Enterprise EditionQuanta's vice chairman C.C. Leung suggested the device will be a «headset -
like gadget with a fully transparent lens that allows users to see through and interact with the environment,» according to Nikkei Asian Review.
Qualcomm announced a new software development kit for anybody getting in on
augmented reality apps for devices
like the Samsung Gear VR or Google
Glass.
Now this was unexpected: Microsoft's taking on
augmented reality with its new Windows Holographic initiative, which overlays smart, timely info atop the physical world — kind of
like a more robust version of Google
Glass.
The core team behind its newly released Spectacles camera
glasses was working on numerous Google
Glass -
like augmented reality projects years ago.
Apple's smart
glasses probably won't be ready for another year or two at the earliest, but if you're still wondering what a pair of
augmented -
reality glasses from Apple might look
like, Freelancer.com — a popular freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace — recently held a contest to see what a pair of Apple - made smart
glasses should look
like.
The team is eyeing
augmented reality experiences as well, whether through existing mobile platforms
like Apple's ARKit, or through more futuristic Magic Leap - style
glasses in the future.
Augmented reality company Metaio has announced today that it is working on a system called «Thermal Touch» which allows people using Google
Glass -
like wearable technology to turn any surface around them info a usable interface.
Although its price and design — the Blades look
like something stolen from a 3D showing of Star Wars — will almost certainly make the Vuzix Blade a niche product, the addition of Alexa and an
augmented reality display makes them more practical than previous wearables, such as Google
Glasses and the one - trick Snapchat Spectacles.
The company, which is based in Florida, is thought to be developing a consumer - focused
augmented reality headset akin to Google
Glass, and it has shown off a number of demonstrations of how the technology will work over the last 12 months, but has yet to reveal what its product looks
like.