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Guru3D.com » News » Microsoft working on Google Glass rival

Microsoft working on Google Glass rival

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/23/2013 09:31 AM | source: | 4 comment(s)
Microsoft working on Google Glass rival

A new report by WSJ claims Microsoft is testing a new web-connected eyewear product that is similar to Google's Glass. A person familiar with Microsoft's project said the company has asked several component makers in Asia to supply cameras and other key components for eyewear prototypes. The person cautioned the device may never reach mass production.

The test shows Microsoft is keeping close tabs on the emerging market for "wearable" technology gear, which includes bracelets that detect how much people exercise, wristwatches that replicate some features of smartphones, and more out-there ideas like tattoos to log people onto their computing devices. Market-research firm ABI Research expects annual sales of wearable devices will reach 485 million units by 2018.

In wearable computing, Microsoft rival Google Inc. has been the biggest backer of devices worn on the face. The company's Google Glass device looks like an eyeglass frame with a postage-stamp-size computer screen just above the right eye. Google Glass lets wearers take photos with voice commands and get digital directions without turning their gaze to a smartphone.

It's unclear how the devices would make their inventors money, and it's unproven whether people want them at all. In a recent survey of Americans by research firm Forrester Research, 12% of respondents said they would wear Web gadgets on their faces if they came from a trusted company.







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lucidus
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#4681425 Posted on: 10/23/2013 09:37 AM
Google glass with Microsoft software .. laughable :P

asturur
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#4681505 Posted on: 10/23/2013 11:36 AM
"In a recent survey of Americans by research firm Forrester Research, 12% of respondents said they would wear Web gadgets on their faces if they came from a trusted company."

Yes but would you wear
microsoft
glasses?
I would not.

DesGaizu
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#4681661 Posted on: 10/23/2013 03:38 PM
Can't wait for the NSA to watch me having a sh1t.

TheDeeGee
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#4681982 Posted on: 10/23/2013 09:18 PM
Why arn't they working on the old Start Menu instead?

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