January 20, 2022,Brian Heater@bheater
It would be a bigger surprise if it wasn't for the fact that it was being baked up by the company. The company is said to be targeting a 2024 ship date for its latest hardware dive into augmented reality, in a bid to compete with Meta and Apple, the latter of whom has been rumored to be operating in the space for quite some time.
A combination of inside sources and job listings point to a device running a new operating system on a custom chip that would allow it to use remote server power. That would be in line with the company's remote gaming effort, Stadia, which has thus far been met with alukewarm reception. It could either use an on-board 5G connection or use a connected phone. It's not easy to solve a problem like latency on a product designed to be worn outside of the home.
The ventures in augmented and virtual reality have been mixed. Less than a year after opening sales to the public, the company discontinued Glass. A product that may have been more than half a decade too early has been blamed on the pricing and limitedFunctionality.
The company has shifted to a different model for the technology, which is similar to Microsoft's XR play. Microsoft signed a $22 billion partnership with the U.S. Army to make 120,000 headsets for augmented reality.
Project iris appears to exist deep in the bowels of the company, and CEO Sundar Pichai has been surprisingly tight-lipped about it. We have been thinking about computing for the long term. He said that in an earnings call. Ambient computing is just a matter of time before, you know, beyond phones, you will see other successful form factors. It's an exciting part of that future.
What is clear is that there is a wave cresting and that Google wants a piece of it. In spite of some stumbles, the company could be well positioned to deliver a compelling product, something that takes augmented reality beyond the big ticket enterprise deals and onto consumer faces.
We reached out to the internet giant for comment on the story.
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