Google’s Made Another ‘Glass’ Wearable Device With Camera For $999
The second generation Glass wearable device will not be available for consumers, just like the first version.
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Google is bringing the second edition of its eye-wearable device -- Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2, with improved camera, USB-C type port and safety frames.
Google Glass is a small, lightweight wearable computer with a transparent display that brings information into your line of sight.
"Glass Enterprise Edition 2 helps businesses further improve the efficiency of their employees," Jay Kothari, Project Lead, Glass at Google, wrote in a blog-post on Monday.
To enable significant power-saving, support for computer vision and advanced Machine Learning (ML) capabilities, the Glass Enterprise Edition 2 is built on the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1 platform that comes with a multi-core CPU.
The company says, Glass Enterprise Edition 2 is easier to develop for and deploy. In order to support scaled deployments, Google has also added support for Android Enterprise Mobile Device Management to the wearable.
As mentioned by The Verge in its report, the Glass Enterprise Edition 2 has been priced at $999 (Rs 71,000 approx) which is significantly lower than Rs $1,500 (Rs 1.06 lakh approx) pricing of the first generation Glass. However, the device won’t be sold to the consumers, just like the first product.
In fact, Google sells the eye-wearable device with "Glass for Work" partners which are authorised to develop and deliver enterprise solutions for Glass customers.
The device has been known to be helping scientists study brain disease, during emergency and teach Morse code in four hours.
The first Google Glass was introduced with much fanfare in 2014 at $1,500 but people, quickly realised the device raised privacy issues, and health concerns as well.
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