News that Google Glass is alive and well makes one think of the famous quote from Mark Twain, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." Google Glass seemed to be yet another Google project that was much ballyhooed, only to find its way onto the scrap heap of failed projects from the search giant. Then an odd thing happened last month when a firmware update seemed to come out...
Life is strange: After almost three years of complete silence, Google has issued an update for Glass. While the upgrade doesn’t bring any major new features to the unit, it does bundle a plethora of bug fixes, together with the option to pair Bluetooth input devices, like a keyboard and mouse. It’s unclear why Google waited until now to roll out the firmware, but we’re guessing it...
Unreleased gadgets pop up in all sorts of places these days, but here’s one you probably weren’t expecting. A Google Glass Enterprise Edition headset — which is yet to be confirmed by Google — has popped up on eBay after being sold to a San Francisco pawn shop. Google has been relatively quiet about its plans for Google Glass since the original was pulled last summer, but lots of...
Last month Toshiba unveiled the Wearvue TG-01, a pair of smart glasses seemingly inspired by Google Glass. The device was set to launch next week, but in a surprising turn the company decided to scrap the project entirely at the last minute. Toshiba says it struggled with the decision after the initial announcement garnered positive attention. “Because the glasses-type device had...
Google Glass was silly. We all know it. Sure, it was cool in that it provided a first look at what’s capable in an augmented reality future. But the people who wore it out in public were… kind of goofy looking. That’s OK, though, we’re all geeks and someone needed to do it, right? Google eventually closed up the Google Glass Explorer program to instead focus on its new Glass: Enterprise...
Google might be gearing up to release another version of Glass, but instead of making it a mass consumer device, it looks like the search giant has its sights on big business. Google Glass: Enterprise Edition has popped up at the FCC, complete with images, a foldable design, and even some upgraded specs. Is this what the future holds for Glass? It sure looks that way—and yet Google...
Nest’s Tony Fadell is hard at work reinventing Google Glass, and it turns out the new device may look nothing like its predecessor. A new report claims the company is working on a version of the wearable without any screen at all. According to The Information, Google has three different designs currently in the works. One business-focused model still includes a display of some sort....
Google took Glass back to the drawing board earlier this year, and we still don’t know exactly what the redesigned wearable will look like. Recent reports suggest the company could be planning a few minor changes, but a new patent from Google reveals bigger updates that could be coming to the device later on. The patent, which was published this week but filed over a year ago,...
Rumor has it Amazon's Lab126 has been shedding hardware engineers following its Fire Phone flop, and now we know where some of them are going. Business Insider reports that Google has been poaching Amazon employees to help launch a new wearables-focused division called Project Aura. Project Aura already employs three former Amazon employees, along with a recruiter tasked with bringing...
Google Glass is now under the stewardship of Tony Fadell, inventor of the Nest and often referred to as the father of the iPod. We've heard a few rumors about a new version aimed at the enterprise with a slightly tweaked design, a faster processor and slightly better battery life (and even an optional magnetic battery pack) and, now, a report suggests that model is already rolling out...