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Snap was first? We forgetting Google Glasses I guess. Google tried but clearly market maturity is not there yet. Doubt it will be 2019. We need to squeeze more
by joering2 8y ago
Snap was first? We forgetting Google Glasses I guess.
Google tried but clearly market maturity is not there yet. Doubt it will be 2019. We need to squeeze more into chips before a regular-size glasses will be available with AR built in.
Also personally I doubt it will be iPhone of AR. Too many companies are working on it and probably will come up to light at the similar time. It will be more like cruise control that so many car makers basically invented at the same time.
- jeffgreco 8y agoI don't think we can consider Google's $1500 "explorer edition" Glass as a consumer product.
- mindgam3 8y agoIt was borderline. But they were clearly supposed to be the precursor to wider scale consumer glasses. Google would never have committed that much time and money if it was originally intended to be an enterprise product.
- mindgam3 8y agoCorrection: first to put camera on glasses with enough fashion sense not to spawn a brand new word to describe just how much their owners looked like Borg assholes. I’m referring of course to “glasshole.” All signs point to Apple launching their glasses in 2019 or maybe 2020 if they slip. I don’t have insider info at Apple but if you look at the rate they are hoovering up AR companies it’s clear they’re prepping for a big move. If they don’t launch by 2019 somebody else will steal their thunder with the first consumer smartglasses that don’t totally suck, most likely a fast moving startup with a killer niche product.
- code_duck 8y agoGlasshole has been used for a long time to describe a personal style of egotistical glass artists. It had a new meaning added.