When the $1,500 Google Glass was introduced, the world stepped into the future. However, it was short lived. As of January 15, 2015, Google halted their sales of the Glass in an attempt to improve their product. People assumed that the idea was dead. That was not the case. On April 24, the Wall Street Journal ...
It should come to nobody’s actual surprise that Google Glass is not in fact, dead. It has never been dead and ever since it was first unveiled in 2012, Google as a company and its Google X Labs were confident that the wearable device would eventually end up on retail shelves. After pulling the Google ...
Google Glass is not dead, as many media outlets say in headlines, but the Explorer program is, which is totally different. Google Glass, the wearable that aimed to revolutionize technology but didn’t manage to do it right, in a niche sector of the industry. According to 9to5Google, Google Glass is still in the works under ...
Tim Cook, Apple CEO, seems to have known about Google Glass Explorer becoming somewhat of a flopped wearable device, which sounds a bit odd. Google Glass didn’t exactly flop, because the Explorer project was advertised as a feedback program that would gather users’ impressions and suggestions about the wearable device and use those to perfect ...
The Sony smart glasses are now up for pre-order and will be officially launched and demoed in March, most likely at the MWC (Mobile World Congress) 2015. What’s surprising about the Sony smart glasses is their price, which is rather high for the developer edition. They are still cheaper than Google Glass Explorer, which cost ...
Even though it sounds very interesting and useful in theory, Google Glass didn’t really manage to prove itself a product worthy of purchase. Whether it’s the spicy price tag of $1,500 or the stigma associated with wearing a computer on your face and being called a Glasshole, these electronic glasses are not doing a very ...
Gear VR, Samsung’s new virtual reality headset tailor-made for the Galaxy Note 4 is finally available for purchase online. The Gear VR price is just $200, which seems like a great deal for a VR headset, but you need to consider the fact that you do need to have a Galaxy Note 4 handset lying ...
With the rise of augmented reality and various virtual reality headsets and goggles, Google Glass seems to have vanished from the spotlight. It’s not because people don’t like Google Glass – well, maybe a little but – but because support for the virtual reality device is declining. Many developers who had previously announced that they ...
A new update for Google Glass, dubbed Google Glass XE 22 update, began rolling out yesterday, bringing a few new features to Google’s most popular wearable devices. While Google Glass brought split opinions about its appearance and usefulness, the overall opinion about the wearable is that it needs improvement. The Explorer edition of Google Glass ...
Google plans to invest heavily in a secretive company called Magic Leap. The company makes both hardware and software that work together to create a photo-realistic user interface called cinematic reality. According to a recent report, Google is leading what could be a $500 million round of funding. At the moment we know very little about ...