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Yes. But still a non player in the much more important consumer market. Arguably Google still has a stake in consumer glasses via their massive investment in Ma
by mindgam3 8y ago
Yes. But still a non player in the much more important consumer market. Arguably Google still has a stake in consumer glasses via their massive investment in Magic Leap. But whether that has any chance of succeeding is a whole other story.
- r00fus 8y agoWhat "important" market is there? It's far from certain that VR/AR hardware is going to amount to anything for the next 10 years.
- mindgam3 8y agoThe important market is when smartglasses replace smartphones as the dominant form of human computer interaction. Which will happen in the next 10 years.
- kkarakk 8y agohere's to hoping it happens in the next 5
- Spellchamp 8y agoAre you sure of this? I would find that surprising. Is there some market research somewhere that points to this?
- mindgam3 8y agoThere’s a lot of market research readily available, admittedly of questionable quality. But the more reliable weather vane is estimating when Apple will launch their smartglasses. Add 5 years to that for when glasses disrupt smartphones. At the rate Apple is buying up AR and VR companies you can expect them to launch in late 2019 or 2020.
- Spellchamp 8y agoBut I can't turn my smartglasses around and show someone the memes I'm looking at. I don't see how it could replace my phone. Compliment perhaps, but having used Google Glass Enterprise I don't think it's as big of a game changer as you might think.
- Krasnol 8y agoI bet it won't because somebody will come up with implants and/or lenses.
- mindgam3 8y agoThat’s the next step. Will take another few years after glasses.