Google Glass as we know it is dead. But not really. If that’s confusing you, hang with me. It will all make sense. The BBC reported this yesterday:
Google is ending sales of its Google Glass eyewear.
Okay…. That will make a lot of early adopters freak. But that isn’t the whole story:
Instead it will focus on “future versions of Glass” with work carried out by a different division to before.
Well, that’s vague. Fortunately, The Verge has more specifics:
Google’s announcing today Glass is “graduating” from the Google X experimental projects incubator to become its own independent division — a division that will report into Nest’s Tony Fadell. Current Glass head Ivy Ross will retain day-to-day authority, but she’ll report to Fadell. Nest itself will remain separate and independent, and Tony will still be in charge there as well.
That’s interesting. It could mean that the technology will show up in other places, or perhaps a new version of Google Glass will eventually hit the streets. Who knows? We’ll just have to wait and see what Google has in store.
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Google Glass Is Dead…. Long Live Google Glass
Google Glass as we know it is dead. But not really. If that’s confusing you, hang with me. It will all make sense. The BBC reported this yesterday:
Google is ending sales of its Google Glass eyewear.
Okay…. That will make a lot of early adopters freak. But that isn’t the whole story:
Instead it will focus on “future versions of Glass” with work carried out by a different division to before.
Well, that’s vague. Fortunately, The Verge has more specifics:
Google’s announcing today Glass is “graduating” from the Google X experimental projects incubator to become its own independent division — a division that will report into Nest’s Tony Fadell. Current Glass head Ivy Ross will retain day-to-day authority, but she’ll report to Fadell. Nest itself will remain separate and independent, and Tony will still be in charge there as well.
That’s interesting. It could mean that the technology will show up in other places, or perhaps a new version of Google Glass will eventually hit the streets. Who knows? We’ll just have to wait and see what Google has in store.
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