Tech giant Google has reportedly killed its plans for the augmented reality (AR) glasses codenamed ‘Project Iris’. The company unveiled its translation glasses last year, and if the rumor is true, it would mean that those glasses are no more.
This also likely indicates that the versions incorporating transcription and navigation features, which the tech giant had announced to test starting July last year publicly, are no longer in the works, reports ‘The Verge’.
Insider first reported the information that the company has killed its plans for Project Iris. Instead of AR glasses, the company is now focused on software.
The business is creating a “micro XR” platform that may be licensed to other headset producers, much as how Google makes the Android operating system available to a wide range of phone models. The ski goggle-like headgear is still being developed, though, since Google is no longer the only company producing them, according to the source.
Samsung Electronics, Google, and Qualcomm announced their collaboration to create an extended reality (XR) ecosystem in February of this year. Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are often referred to as “XR.”
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