Google recently Officially deprecated Google Glass Enterprise Edition (opens in new tab) AR headset. Although long removed from the consumer market, the widely touted wearable computer/heads-up display was still offered to potential business customers. “Thank you for more than 10 years of innovation and partnership,” he said in a statement. “As of March 15, 2023, we will no longer be selling Glass Enterprise Edition. Support for Glass Enterprise Edition will continue until his September 15, 2023.”
If you’re like me, you saw the news and thought, “Wait, wasn’t Google Glass discontinued like it was 8 years ago?” It has since turned out to have had this extended second life in industrial and medical settings.
Back in 2013, Glass was another bright promise for Google’s future alongside Chrome, Fiber and its Android OS support. The initial rollout of the Glass headset made headlines among tech journalists and avid influencers. Glass provided a heads-up display and could also take pictures. In some ways, it foreshadows wearables next to smartphones like the Apple Watch and his more advanced Fitbit.
It was also peak tech guylike before, “Oh my god, these guys are rewiring our brain chemistry with extensive reactive ads” and “Hahaha this Silicon Valley show is pretty funny, I hope they are smarter than this in real life. penny arcade (opens in new tab) The strip from that time really comes to mind. Arstecnica (opens in new tab) Calling Glass-wearers “Glassholes” was a real problem.In simpler times and with Google’s unfamiliarity with products like Reader and Stadia, consumer Glass was quietly kicked off the stage in 2015. I was.
Enter the second act of wearables: the Enterprise. 2015 bloomberg (opens in new tab) article (where readers may encounter paywalls) discusses potential use in healthcare settings, while a 2017 post 9to5Google (opens in new tab) Provides an overview of the complete enterprise specification. It doesn’t look like it worked better here than it did for personal use.
Yes, google glass. Anyway, most of us probably thought it was already dead, but it’s still somewhat bittersweet and, like the Dreamcast, HD DVD, or Betamax, the failed The product. We live in the future of Silicon Valley anyway, but Glass seemed to promise something more fun where we would all be Geordi La Forge. It’s also interesting to imply that the whole existence was bounded at both ends by Google Glass. Closed game streaming services can’t rest at all.