Here is how their new smart glasses will differ from the rollout of Google Glass: Limited Photo/Video Options It’s early, and we want to get this right, so we’re taking it slow, with a strong focus on ensuring the privacy of the testers and those around them. The company will begin with a few dozen testers composed of Google employees and “select trusted testers.” These testers will have “strict limitations” on what they are able to do and where they will be able to go. With Meta already acknowledging delays and limiting the release to developers, Google will likely get to the consumer market first. Vast different in design, Google’s new AR glasses look similar to Meta’s AR Glasses and their already released Ray-Ban Stories, though the latter is a bridge device, not actual smart glasses. Here’s the latter’s vision of an AR experience: A short YouTube video offered a glimpse of their capabilities:įrom the video, it’s clear that Google is developing much more limited smart glasses than Meta’s version. Google teased the release (well, public testing, to be more precise) last week after reports earlier this year that they were developing new AR Glasses, codenamed Project Iris. Let’s see if it will be different this time around. Just a walk to Sweetgreen for lunch could quickly lead to an experience of ridicule. People wearing them might have looked a little like avatars from the future, but they found little welcome in their everyday world. Even in our Google-centric area of NYC (right near Google’s east coast headquarters), it wasn’t long before the “No Glasshole” signs went up in bars and restaurants. It was a fascinating device but deeply flawed in terms of design, battery life, and adverse public reaction. Unlike Meta, Google has been down this road before, releasing Google Glass over nine years ago (we were early adopters). With all of the major tech players developing smart glasses, Google’s new AR glasses have the most to win – and lose.
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