Google Glass will restart

A team of engineers project Google Glass in his blog announced the completion of the program Explorer Edition January 19, in which volunteers received smart glasses for $ 1,500 in February 2013, participated in the testing of the prototype Glass. According to the authors of the project, they are "grown" from a separate division Google X lab and ready to start work on points "to turn the concept into reality." Thus, version Wall Street Journal reporter that in the near future Google Glass will receive a significant software and hardware upgrade was confirmed from first-hand.

The head of the updated program will Ivy Ross , joined Google in May of this year. On словам chief editor of MIT Technology Review, women's participation in the project due to the fact that earlier Ivey engaged in the business of fashion, selling points, jewelry design, which should do a good job for the development of the project. As Evey says, in the updated gadget battery life increase, the quality of the screen and the sound will rise, and the glasses themselves become much cheaper.

There are no specific deadlines for the release of a new version of a commercial or Google Glass is not called, but, according to sources Wall Street Journal, Home Improvement «Glass 2.0» will be a new chip from Intel (previous manufacturer Texas left the business) and updated the battery that solves almost the main problem of the gadget - autonomy.




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first mentioned in April 2012, smart glasses Google, according to the authors, had to perform about the following tasks: < br />
Notify owner about the events in his calendar Notify about updates on social networks Serve navigator take pictures and videos Understand the voice commands, one way or another connected with the services Google, such as video calls to Google Plus noted many bloggers, including at Habré , almost all of these functions have long been working on smartphones users, so that the convenience of points is about the fact that the screen smartphone moved closer to the eyes of the user and does not require the participation of hands.

Taken together, all this creates a specific glory Glass as an interesting gadget, but with no real application scenarios. As news about the project appeared on the Internet less and less, many technical analysts have become отзываться of glasses as a failed project Google, which, however, proved to be wrong.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/244390/

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