Google Chuan's development of new AR smart glasses will be the responsibility of the Pixel hardware team

As early as 2013, Google released the smart glasses Google Glass, but later changed to sell only to enterprise customers. Recently, the New York Times published a report that Google is developing a new generation of augmented reality (AR) smart glasses, mentioning that Google acquired a Canadian company called North in 2020 and incorporated engineers into Google's device and services division.

According to the report, North not only stopped selling their smart glasses Focals 1.0, but also terminated the original plan to launch Focals 2.0, and it is known that North's engineering staff will be on the same team as the people who have been responsible for developing hardware such as Pixel and Nest, as well as the augmented reality operating system. Although Google did not disclose the projects that the team is developing, it seems that Google's acquisition of North is believed to be interested in patents for their smart glasses projects.

Some of North's projects themselves originated from Intel, and its patents include projecting digital images directly into the user's eyes, although it is said that this design will increase the weight of the glasses. Google did not respond to the New York Times report, and it is estimated that more relevant information will flow out until the augmented reality smart glasses will soon be launched.

Source: Androidcommunity