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Google Glass isn’t dead; Intel-powered hardware reportedly due in 2015
- DigitalSea 12y agoI think the issue with Glass is that when it started out, it appeased to our inner sci-fi geekiness of wearable technology that can do it all all without lifting a single finger. However, two years onward and nothing but a prototype running an unsupported and outdated chip, I can see the criticism being levelled at Google Glass. Will switching to Intel hardware and adding in a few missing pieces of functionality be enough to save Glass? Who knows. For something like Glass to succeed, you need to have the support of developers who will write the apps and drive adoption, but it seems Google are fighting a losing battle at present to get developers to stay or new developers to enter the fray. There is just no incentive at the moment for people to care about Glass. I think Google needs to make its intentions clear, there is too much uncertainty and I think that is what is holding Glass back, perhaps even killing it. At present the perspective of many is Glass is just another Google experiment that can get cancelled at any time.