Google’s “Iris” augmented/digital actuality headset might by no means see the sunshine of day.
A brand new report(opens in a new tab) by Enterprise Insider, which cites three individuals aware of the matter, claims Google gave up on constructing the product earlier this 12 months, regardless of having labored on it for a number of years.
We first heard of Iris in January final 12 months, when The Verge reported that the corporate is constructing a battery-powered, Android-based AR headset that resembles ski goggles (sound familiar?). The headset was presupposed to run on Google’s Tensor chip and have exterior cameras that might assist place digital objects within the person’s real-life discipline of view.
All of it sounds similar to Apple’s Imaginative and prescient Professional, which was just lately announced after (reported) inner delays, however it seems that Google determined to take a distinct method in spite of everything.
In response to Enterprise Insider, Google was internally engaged on two completely different AR merchandise, with the “ski goggles” being a basis for a product Google collectively introduced with Samsung and Qualcomm this February. That one nonetheless has an opportunity of taking place.
Iris – the one which’s reportedly been canceled – resembled common glasses.
Google is an AR pioneer, having launched Google Glass in 2013, earlier than canceling it as a consumer-facing product simply two years later. The corporate introduced it again as a business-oriented product in 2017, however that died too in March 2023. If this new report is correct, Iris was a continuation of Google’s custom of launching (or fascinated with launching) AR glasses, after which giving up on it.
As an alternative of constructing a {hardware} AR headset, Google will as an alternative give attention to constructing a software program platform for AR, with different producers constructing precise headsets for the platform.
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