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Now it makes sense that Google just announced that they're stopping Glass from being sold retail. They did not want to have their device compared to the new pro

Now it makes sense that Google just announced that they're stopping Glass from being sold retail. They did not want to have their device compared to the new product from MS. Actually I see this new device as more prone to success than the Glass. These devices are competing for the same markets: healthcare, education and entertainment. And here Glass is somewhat underpowered.

psbp 12y ago
Google's response would presumably be their partnership with Magic Leap.
- _random_ 12y ago
  1 year to product announcement, but the whole retina-projection thing might be game changing.
  - crucialfelix 12y ago
    I met a guy in 1998 who had done his Ph.D building full color direct to retina projection. He was doing VR with it back then. That's how long this technology has been in development. He did it at MIT and if I understood correctly, the US military bought everything (he had no say in the matter).
- higherpurpose 12y ago
  "holographic", "cinematic reality" - all just words used to describe augmented reality.
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- cma 12y ago
  Do any of the Google Ventures investments ever have partnership terms, or cross licensing?
  - psbp 12y ago
    Google's investment wasn't through Ventures.
mattmurdog 12y ago
One is sci-fi reality, the other is putting a screen right in front of your eyeball.
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ljk 12y ago
Do you mean that there are spies informing Google about Microsoft's new product?
- hosay123 12y ago
  It's possible.. they dropped their hugely incomplete Google Wave rotten egg on the public only a day before Microsoft announced MSN's Bing rebranding. Various project domains (waveprotocol.org) were only registered 2 weeks prior. Wave seemed like a weird and frivolous product until you look at it from this angle, at which point distraction seems like it could have been the only reason it was released.
- jfoster 12y ago
  There has been things in the past that indicate that large tech companies are somewhat aware of the big announcements before they happen. Look at Google & Amazon timing their cloud pricing announcements within 24 hours of each other, for example.

psbp 12y ago

Google's response would presumably be their partnership with Magic Leap.

_random_ 12y ago
1 year to product announcement, but the whole retina-projection thing might be game changing.
- crucialfelix 12y ago
  I met a guy in 1998 who had done his Ph.D building full color direct to retina projection. He was doing VR with it back then. That's how long this technology has been in development. He did it at MIT and if I understood correctly, the US military bought everything (he had no say in the matter).
higherpurpose 12y ago
"holographic", "cinematic reality" - all just words used to describe augmented reality.
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cma 12y ago
Do any of the Google Ventures investments ever have partnership terms, or cross licensing?
- psbp 12y ago
  Google's investment wasn't through Ventures.

mattmurdog 12y ago

One is sci-fi reality, the other is putting a screen right in front of your eyeball.

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ljk 12y ago

Do you mean that there are spies informing Google about Microsoft's new product?

hosay123 12y ago
It's possible.. they dropped their hugely incomplete Google Wave rotten egg on the public only a day before Microsoft announced MSN's Bing rebranding. Various project domains (waveprotocol.org) were only registered 2 weeks prior. Wave seemed like a weird and frivolous product until you look at it from this angle, at which point distraction seems like it could have been the only reason it was released.
jfoster 12y ago
There has been things in the past that indicate that large tech companies are somewhat aware of the big announcements before they happen. Look at Google & Amazon timing their cloud pricing announcements within 24 hours of each other, for example.