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Google Confirms Glass Team is Not Working With AR/VR Team

Road to VR

Among fans of the device (myself included), there was hope that after the Project Glass had “Graduated” from within Google’s secretive Google[x] in 2015 (also the origin of Tango, Google Watch, and more) the Glass team would be moving ahead with development of new and improved versions of the device.

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Spatial Beats: 2020’s Top Ten

AR Insider

B from Google, Disney, AT&T, Alibaba Group, JP Morgan, Kleiner Perkins, Qualcomm, and other brand name investors to make see-through AR glasses, and the content, optics, chips, and AI that go in them. A year later Magic Leap ran out of cash and laid off half the company. Charismatic founder and CEO Rony Abovitz raised $3.4

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The Second Coming of Augmented-Reality Glasses

ARVR

Source: [link] When it debuted in 2013 the Google Glass was the first of its kind. So much so that it even got co-opted into the 2012 New York Fashion Week ; worn by Diane von Furstenberg and her models on the runway. A look at the Magic Leap’s app store shows that there is active support and development for AR applications.

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Apple Vision vs. Meta Quest: The New iPhone Vs. Android?

Upload VR

Google chickened out , Microsoft got distracted , and it's totally understandable if you lost interest in VR when they did. Yes, Google might still be resurgent with Android, powered by Owlchemy's insights and Samsung's hardware , and other companies might surprise with a novel strategy too. This is happening.

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Google Discontinues Glass Enterprise Edition Smartglasses

Road to VR

Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2, the company’s work-focused version of its iconic but once maligned smartglasses, is being discontinued. Google says in a device support FAQ that, starting March 15th, it will no longer sell Glass Enterprise 2, adding that it will only support the device until September 15th, 2023.

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A brief history of VR and AR

TechCrunch VR

Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The first Oculus Rift prototype reignited the conversation when it arrived in 2012. Google revealed Glass the same year the first Oculus prototype hit the scene. The following year, Google introduced Cardboard, a super cheap and extremely clever smartphone accessory.

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The IKEA of AR: Making Content Effortlessly, with EON Reality’s Dan Lejerskar

XR for Business Podcast

But we managed to navigate those water until I would say 2011, 2012, when the hardware became available for mobile devices. Small companies like Google, and eventually people like Facebook and others, and create this revolution. And I’m together with Magic Leap, I think Magic Leap is a wonderful product.

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