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Google AR goggles slaps this over one of your peepers Google's rumoured AR goggles which combine a heads up display (HUD), camera and smartphone tech in a wearable device could go on sale as soon as this year.
The Google glasses will likely run on the company's own Android operating system.
When quizzed by the NY Times, unnamed Google employees said the new tech is expected to go on sale this year and "cost around the price of current smartphones."
This doesn't exactly nail it down as that's a range of around £100 to over £500, though we'd definitely expect it to be at the top end of that range.
Geek chicPrevious information has suggested that the new smart specs will look a lot like a pair of Oakley Thumps – Oakley's MP3-playing sunglasses which ditched style in favour of an extra function.
Google sources say that the company is not worried about profitability, more about producing an experiment for anyone to join. If it's a hit, Google will then start looking at how to cash in – though we're sure they've already had some ideas.
Gogglers – as we've decided to call users of Google's new device – can look forward to navigation on their HUD, as well as having many smartphone functions available at eye level including check-ins and video recording.
That last one could see Google installing a little red light to make sure gogglers can't do any sneaky recording.
A 3G or 4G data connection will also be an essential component of the goggles to allow them to send and receive data to the cloud for navigation and augmented reality overlays.
From NY Times Tags: AR, Google, goggles, HUD, price, dateTweetreddit!StumbleuponComment on this article Your comments (1) Click to add a new commentcharbax1. It's based on the idea of the Kopin Golden-i, currently being mass manufactured by Motorola Solutions for industrial use (people working in industry needing headmounted computing, preferably not carrying around a tablet or laptop). I actually showed it to Sergey Brin and Steve Lee and other Google X people at CES, here's a 27-minute demo of how it works: http://armdevices.net/2012/01/14/motorola-kopin-golden-i-at-the-verizon-booth-at-ces-2012/ and a bit about how I try to use it for augmented video-blogging: http://armdevices.net/2011/11/14/list-of-my-arm-powered-devices-used-for-video-blogging/
The Google one is going to be more compact (just about foldable and to be put in ones pocket), run Android instead of Windows CE (industry needs Windows CE) thus having all the augmented reality apps available on the Android platform already such as Google+, Ustream uploader, augmented reality apps, Google Goggles etc.
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