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https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/25/23054367/google-ar-glasses-glassholes-coming-back

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Google is trying to fix the mistakes of Google Glass - The Verge

7/25/22 at 7:46pm

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Image: Google Last Tuesday, Google revealed that it will begin testing camera-equipped augmented reality glasses in public, and the company’s blog post contains numerous statements designed to assure you that this won’t be the era of Glassholes all over again. Since the day in 2012 when a team of Google skydivers landed on Moscone Center with the first public Google Glass prototypes, mobile camera use has exploded. (Remember when Google Glass pundits wrote about the concept of “sousveillance,” a form of reverse surveillance where people use their own cameras to watch the watchers? Snapchat is now on the fourth generation of its Spectacles camera glasses, Meta has its Ray-Ban Stories, and you could argue Meta’s Project Aria test is pretty similar to what Google’s doing now.

Google revealed that it will finally begin testing AR glasses in public once more, potentially opening the floodgates for Apple, Microsoft, and more.

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