It ’s being reported that Google has ditched its plans to release another set of augment world ( AR ) glasses .
job Insiderclaimsthat Google has killed off its plan yield to the AR glasses market , which was being pertain to as Iris .
The ship’s company had apparently been work on Iris for years , but has now made the decisiveness to pull the chew on issue a new solidifying of AR glass . Instead , the company is said to be concentrating on progress AR software platform for third political party manufacturer .
In other Bible , it ’s look to make another Android or Wear OS , but for augmented reality headsets . It ’s already said to be building an Android XR chopine for a set of Samsung AR goggles , which are reportedly a response to Apple’sVision Pro , and is now said to be working on a more lightweight micro XR political program for AR glasses .
Dare we hope for a Pixel AR somewhere down the credit line ? The report does n’t say , but it does a Google that came to the decision to can Iris after a large spate of layoff in January , as well as the leaving of the ship’s company ’s AR head , Clay Bavor .
The Iris had been described as a series of AR devices that resembled regular reading glasses , rather than the more extensive ski goggle approach taken by Apple with its recently herald Vision Pro headset .
You could argue that Google kicked off this whole consumer AR headset affair with the launching of theGoogle Glassprototype way back in 2013 . Yes , you really are that old .
However , the company ultimately pulled its prototype and retreated from the AR game in 2015 amidst privacy concerns . It never claimed to be completely out of the game , however , and recent rumours point to a return to the AR field with a unexampled set of methamphetamine , codenamed Iris .
Google acquired AR inauguration North back in 2020 , and initial interlingual rendition of the Iris headset ( including the translating glasses itpreviewed at Google I / Olast class ) look a lot like that company ’s Focals AR glasses .
