In our Ray-Ban Meta Good Glasses evaluation, we described the gadget as the very best AI wearable in the marketplace in the intervening time – and it appears Google is able to get again into the good specs market with its personal pair of augmented actuality (AR) glasses.
In keeping with The Monetary Instances and The Verge, Meta is considering shopping for a stake in EssilorLuxottica, the glasses maker that has partnered with Meta to provide two generations of the AR-enhanced Ray-Bans.
On the similar time, Google has additionally apparently approached EssilorLuxottica about launching one other pair of Ray-Bans, this time with Gemini AI on board. It is not fairly Google Glass, nevertheless it’s in the identical form of space.
Whereas the studies say it is unlikely that EssilorLuxottica would reduce ties with Meta and companion with Google as an alternative, it is extra proof that Google is certainly engaged on a pair of AR specs, and needs to push Gemini into extra {hardware}.
The story up to now
Earlier than merging with Essilor, Luxottica really teamed up with Google for the Google Glass units, so the 2 corporations do have a historical past collectively. It is smart that they’d wish to work collectively once more – even when Google Glass wasn’t an enormous hit.
We have seen quite a few indicators {that a} new and improved tackle Google Glass is on the way in which, together with code hidden contained in the Google app for Android. We did see some specs briefly proven off at Google I/O 2022, however there’s been little substantial information since.
Again in Could, Magic Leap introduced that it was working with Google on “Prolonged Actuality (XR) options and experiences” however we do not actually know what that is going to end in. Google can be busy engaged on XR {hardware} with Samsung as effectively.
At Google I/O 2024, we additionally noticed good specs included in a demo of Venture Astra, Google’s imaginative and prescient of how superior AI might assist improve on a regular basis life – although the specs weren’t particularly referred to, and no official system particulars have been introduced.
