Google glass, enterprise edition

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Title: Google Glass is Officially Back With a Clearer Vision
Author: martyb
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 06:17:00 -0400
Link: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/07/19/0144257&from=rss

Fnord666[1] writes:

If you thought that Google Glass[2] was killed by a lack of practicality and
privacy concerns, think again. Alphabet X, Google's "moonshot" branch, has
unveiled a reboot of the original eyeglass-like wearable called Glass
Enterprise Edition[3]. As the name suggests, it's not aimed at the public at
all. Despite its many foibles[4], Glass turned out to be very useful for
workers, so the new version targets businesses to help workers do their jobs
better.

In early 2015, Google shuttered[5] the Google Glass site, thanking users for
"exploring with us," while promising that "the journey doesn't end here."
However, while the original $1,500 Glass Explorer's Edition[6] was no longer
available to the public, Alphabet continued to supply it to US companies like
GE, Boeing, DHL and AGCO.

With Glass, AGCO managed to reduce production times by 25 percent, while DHL
increased supply chain efficiency 15 percent. It's also been a boon for
healthcare professionals, reducing paperwork loads by over 20 percent and
allowing doctors to spend 50 percent more time with patients.

We've ... made improvements to the design and hardware so that it's
lightweight and comfortable for long term wear. We've increased the power
and battery life too.

With that success, Alphabet X has quietly[7] been working on[8] Glass
Enterprise Edition with a design that's more comfortable and can withstand
the rigors of work environments. It's also got a bigger display prism,
foldable design and speedier Atom processor. "We've ... made improvements to
the design and hardware so that it's lightweight and comfortable for long
term wear. We've increased the power and battery life too," Alphabet X's Jay
Kothari writes.

Source: Engadget[9]
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Links:
[1]: http://soylentnews.org/~Fnord666/ (link)
[2]: https://www.engadget.com/2015/09/16/google-glass-project-aura/ (link)
[3]: https://blog.x.company/a-new-chapter-for-glass-c7875d40bf24 (link)
[4]: https://www.engadget.com/2013/03/06/this-is-the-modem-world-the-dark-side-of-google-glass/ (link)
[5]: https://www.engadget.com/2015/02/04/google-glass-2-designed-from-scratch/ (link)
[6]: https://www.engadget.com/2013/04/30/google-glass-review/ (link)
[7]: https://www.engadget.com/2015/07/30/google-glass-for-enterprise/ (link)
[8]: https://www.engadget.com/2015/12/28/google-glass-enterprise-edition-at-fcc/ (link)
[9]: https://www.engadget.com/2017/07/18/google-glass-is-officially-back-with-a-clearer-vision/ (link)
[10]: http://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=21301 (link)
[11]: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/07/19/0144257&from=rss (link)