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Google Glass was a neat 1st-gen (or 2nd-gen, depending on how you look at it) AR-like tool But it was too expensive by far (and underpowered, and didn't run lo
by warrenm 9y ago
Google Glass was a neat 1st-gen (or 2nd-gen, depending on how you look at it) AR-like tool
But it was too expensive by far (and underpowered, and didn't run long enough on a charge, and was too limited, etc)
Sadly, instead of blazing ahead on that starter technology, Google [seems to have] abandoned it
Doing AR on your smartphone - for now - is much smarter: you can pick when you want to use it, you don't need another device, etc
- linuxps2 9y agoIt seems they are moving away from consumer-facing with the Glass and targeting industry use http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/03/18/514299682/google-glass-didnt-disappear-you-can-find-it-on-the-factory-floor http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/03/18/514...
- warrenm 9y agoTargeting specific industries with Glass is smart - if they don't change how they're doing AR I think shifting focus on how to do AR is smart-er
- linuxps2 9y agoIt also narrows the number of use cases you have to account for which gives google time to flesh out the platform one use case at a time - something the consumer market simply wouldn't tolerate