Subj : Google Glass Enterprise has finally bitten the dust
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Mar 16 2023 18:15:03

Google Glass Enterprise has finally bitten the dust

Date:
Thu, 16 Mar 2023 18:00:44 +0000

Description:
Google is retiring its decade-old smart glasses product, but that doesn't 
mean it's game over for the wearables.

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Google is pulling the plug on Glass Enterprise, the smart glasses product it 
was working on for the last ten years. In a short announcement posted on the 
company website, Google said the hardware can no longer be purchased, while 
the software will reach end-of-life in roughly six months time. 

Thank you for over a decade of innovation and partnership, the announcement 
reads. As of March 15, 2023, we will no longer sell Glass Enterprise Edition. 
We will continue supporting Glass Enterprise Edition until September 15, 
2023. 

Glass Enterprise evolved from Google Glass, a smart glasses gadget that 
provided users with a head-worn display with simple and (at least in theory) 
useful information. Years of evolution 

Google Glass was first released in 2013 to much controversy. Tech enthusiasts 
and early adopters could buy it for $1,500 and it came with a small camera 
which raised major issues with privacy advocates. The project was supported 
by Googles founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, but it could never shake off 
the image of every stalkers best friend. Read more 

> Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 aims to take on HoloLens with new update 


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By 2017, Google pulled Google Glass and replaced it with Glass Enterprise, a 
B2B-oriented product whose goal was to help manual laborers and factory 
workers. The newest iteration, released in 2019, was being sold for $999. 

This doesnt mean its game over for the smart glasses wearable, though. As per 
a CNBC report, Google previewed a new pair of smartglasses last summer, one 
capable of translating and transcribing speech in real-time. At the time, the 
company also said it would continue working on AR glasses and testing them in 
public. 

Other companies are also tapping into the AR potential. Facebooks parent, 
Meta, recently released a smart version of Ray-Ban glasses, while Apple is 
reportedly working on a transparent-lens-kind-of product that can display 
outside videos to a virtual reality headset. 

Finally, theres Microsoft with its HoloLens product, although this may have 
been killed off by the recent layoffs at the tech giant. Check out the best 
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Via: CNBC



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/google-glass-enterprise-has-finally-bitten-the-
dust


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