How Google's Augmented-Reality Dream and Pursuit of Apple Fell Apart
Google's augmented-reality wearable devices — developed to compete with Apple — have failed big. Employees are getting sick of company pivots.
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Google's augmented-reality wearable devices — developed to compete with Apple — have failed big. Employees are getting sick of company pivots.
It was intended to compete with the forthcoming headsets from Meta (formerly Facebook) and Apple. However, recent reports suggest that Google has decided to halt the development of glasses-shaped AR devices
Last January, we revealed that Google was also building an AR headset - "Project Iris" would be the company's bet against the then-to-be-announced headgear
Googles' Project IRIS: Google is no longer focusing on developing its own hardware for extended reality devices. Instead, the company is developing a software platform called 'micro XR'
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