In a blink-and-you-missed-it second, Google teased what seems to be its upcoming Sensible Glasses challenge, one it could be constructing with the assistance of Samsung and, maybe, even Qualcomm.
You might be forgiven for not hanging on till the very finish of Google I/O’s three-hour keynote to see a Gemini AI promotional video that cruised by way of lots of the main bulletins. It was loads to digest however squeezed inside all of the clips was a glimpse at a pair of glasses that have been virtually unmistakably sensible.
There are already rumors that Google and Samsung are engaged on an XR/VR headset, however smartglasses like these, which might in all probability depend on Qualcomm’s a lot smaller and extra environment friendly Snapdragon AR2 chip, appear believable, as effectively.
Within the video (see the GIF under), somebody picked up a beefy-looking pair of black-frame glasses. Whereas we by no means see them on anybody’s face, it is adopted by what seems to be somebody’s perspective by way of the lenses.
The wearer asks what they’re taking a look at, which seems to be a drawing on a whiteboard of a pair of cats: one alive and one lifeless. The AI replies in voice and with textual content we are able to see in entrance of us: “Schrödinger’s cat.”
Clearly, we do not know if the visible is actual and if Google actually intends to ship sensible glasses with built-in AR shows. That is not one thing we’re seeing from opponents like Meta (Ray-Bay Meta Wayfarers) and Amazon (Amazon Echo Frames).
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Even so, Google has a wealthy historical past in AR glasses. Google Glass (RIP) featured a small heads-up show designed to overlay your actual world. The show was too small, and everybody who wore them appeared ridiculous, however that know-how is now a decade previous. It is 2024, and there are new potentialities for chips, AR, microdisplays, and the AI that may assist energy them.
After all, that is the important thing to Google Sensible Glass’ potential success: built-in Gemini AI (like Gemini Nano) that may make them much more helpful than Google Glass ever was.
We do not know something greater than what these few seconds of video inform us. Maybe we’ll have the total story tomorrow when Google launches Google I/O Keynote: The Return.
