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Roughly five years after the unveiling of Google Glass, it looks like hardware brands are getting close to bringing a consumer-friendly pair of smart glasses with an augmented reality display to the market.
Rochester, New York-based Vuzix unveiled its Blade glasses at this year’s CES, and hopes to launch the consumer version for $1,000 in a few months; The Verge’s Nick Statt came away impressed by the device, as you can see in this video. And now, Bloomberg reports than Intel is gearing up to launch its own take on the concept later this year.
Google Glass wasn’t entirely killed off: after the consumer version was shelved in 2015, it was reworked for enterprise customers and released to partners last year, who customized the product for aviation mechanics, doctors, and cargo logistics workers.
Glass wasn’t right for you and me in 2013, and a lot has changed since then: voice-activated assistants are now fairly competent at recognizing commands and carrying out tasks or surfacing contextually relevant information, and display technology has improved so it’s not quite as awkward as before to view a screen’s worth of content in front of your eyes.
However, certain aspects of how we use tech, and what we expect out of our gadgets, have remained the same. Take a look at this video below promoting Vuzix’ Blade glasses, which depicts a user carrying on a conversation with a friend while checking notifications from her social networks and smart home devices.
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Source: TNW