Apple Augmented Reality Could Eventually Solve the Google Glass Problem

As Apple’s next-gen iPhone looms along with the promise of vastly improved augmented reality apps (the so-called iPhone 8 or iPhone X may be revealed at a September 12 Apple event), it’s worth recalling one of the modern tech industry’s greatest debacles, Google Glass. Glass was rival Google’s bid to put a lightweight computer on your face four years ago. I paid $1,500 for a pair, and was subsequently quoted by multiple publications as saying it was one of the worst purchases I’ve made in my life.
I pulled the trigger for research purposes, but I’d wager pretty much everyone else who bought Google Glass came to the same conclusions after dropping that sort of money on what amounted to a worthless prototype. I chided Google at the time for offering prototypes broadly at any price, as they weren’t close to being ready for prime time.

Google’s head-mounted display proved that glasses of this type, even with dedicated software, held little value for consumers, to say nothing of the fact that they made buyers look like geeks—or worse, given the glasses’ ability to photograph or film others unnoticed, latent voyeurs. Google Glass was banned from movies theaters, bars and others public places, and was pretty much shamed by the broader public. Google eventually took its headset off the market, after barely a year of availability.
Four years later, the demand for similar glasses has shifted to vertical markets like the milit...

Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - September 11, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tim Bajarin Tags: Uncategorized apple arkit arkit vs arcore google glass iPhone 2017 iPhone 8 iphone 8 augmented reality iphone x iphone x augmented reality what is arkit Source Type: news