Forget headsets — Qualcomm CEO says Samsung and Google are partnering on smart glasses
Forget headsets — Qualcomm CEO says Samsung and Google are partnering on smart glasses
Meta's Ray-bans on notice
Samsung has been working on some form of mixed-reality platform since at least February of 2023, when the Korean company announced a partnership with tech giants Google and Qualcomm.
The trio of companies presumably were working on a mixed-reality headset that would rival the Apple Vision Pro. Google announced a special version of the Android operating system for AR, VR and XR interfaces.
"Now we believe that we have reached a certain threshold," Samsung CEO TM Roh said in 2023. He explained that Google, Samsung and Qualcomm will play similar roles in this partnership as they do when building phones together, supplying chips and software to power Samsung's hardware. In a recent interview with CNBC, Qualcomm's CEO Cristiano Amon said that the partnership is exploring a set of mixed-reality smart glasses that would link to a smartphone instead of a headset. It's a much different approach than the rumored headset.
I always thought AR was a real use case for technicians, travellers, even specialty games. Hope it becomes a real thing, not just a gimmick
Google Glasses are back!
I’m sure it will be a great success this time and not another abandoned product to end up in the landfill
Yeah, trust me, bro, this time will be for real.
Back? They were never in.
Someone came up with a great idea.
Say you have to change a tire, but have no idea how to do it.
You type in the job and put on the glasses. Heads up display shows you every step, from opening the trunk to taking out the tire to removing the old one.
Anyone can be an instant expert
Put on glasses
Ask voice Assistant a question:
how do you change a tire on a Honda civic?Slide deck shows up from howto.com.
Is this what you want?
Yes.Start job.
Hey google/bixby, next slide.
