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[insert joke about another canceled Google project here] The Ars story indicates that they want to focus on software. An 'Android platform' for VR/AR. That's
by metalliqaz 3y ago
[insert joke about another canceled Google project here]
The Ars story indicates that they want to focus on software. An 'Android platform' for VR/AR. That's great and all, but they don't mention what hardware it would run on. Seems like you'd really need to know hardware capabilities for a project like that.
Personally I think they looked at what Apple did and realized they couldn't compete.
- tracker1 3y agoAt this point, I don't think I could seriously consider Google for anything new... And given they're selling off the domains business, wouldn't be surprised if they sold off Google Mail/Docs.
- metalliqaz 3y agoHonestly I can't imagine them ever giving up Gmail. When I got the student roster from my kid's school, easily >95% of the addresses were @gmail. With that kind of adoption, they have so much opportunity to upsell users into new services they create. Also there's the pure data potential for ads and training machine learning.
- tracker1 3y agoMaybe... but they don't keep those services... I know they harvest the email content, and that may well be enough to keep it all. Just don't think I've seen improvements to the rest of business/docs accounts to make it resemble anything they're actually serious about.