Photos of updated Google Glass Enterprise Edition exposed by the FCC

After reports of a work-focused “ Google Glass Enterprise Edition” began swirling around the net, photos of the upcoming headset have finally surfaced thanks to the FCC. The Commission posted a handful of photos in its documentation, showing the device from every angle and even open, exposing all of the device’s (hopefully improved) internal hardware.

For the most part, things look largely the same as previous models, with the exception of a large metal hinge being added, probably so the display can fold completely flat against the rest of the device. Word on the street is this updated version of Glass will be much more durable than previous models and distributed only to Google’s Glass for Work startups. A separate model — sans the display — aimed at fitness and sports is also said to launch sometime later.

Recently, the Google Glass team shifted gears, moving Glass out of Google’s X Labs and officially renaming it Project Aura. This may have had something to do with the team now reportedly working on more than just Glass with a handful of other wearables also in the works.

With the new Google Glass 2016 model already receiving its FCC certification, it seems it’s on a roll to finally launch next year. Although this wont be a general consumer release, who knows what else Google has planned for 2016. We imagine we’ll learn more during Google I/O where Google will more than likely make this new hardware available to developers to get up and coding on.

Chinese alternative to Google Glass glasses will cost $200 (VIDEO)

Allwinner a manufacturer of cheap chips from China and provides chips mainly for very cheap affordable phones and laptops.
As it turned out, the company now wants to do something outside the chip manufacturing and design something for them rather unusual. As stated in its report Giz China, Allwinner will do an alternative to Google Glass glasses that will cost $ 200. The new glasses would in itself have Allwinner A33 SoC that can be found on most tablets these days. Moreover, Allwinner has partnered with Taiwanese design house Coretronic to support the device which was streamlined. Glasses will have many of the technologies that has a Google Glass, and in addition to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and the ability to voice control when paired with your smartphone.

Google Glass 2.0 is coming soon, version 3.0 being planned

Only a month ago the president of Google Eric Schmidt has made clear that they did not cancel the Google Glass glasses. Now Massimo Vian Director of the Italian eyewear manufacturer Luxottica said that the next iteration of these high-tech glasses coming soon. Speaking at a general meeting of the company in Milan, Massimo discovered that Google Glass 2.0 is already in the making, but also that the version 3.0 at the planning stage. "At Google, there are different opinions on the version 3.0.

You've seen the Google Glass 1.0, now working on version 2.0, which is in preparation, "he said. Vian also said that the partnership between the two companies is progressing well, because Luxottica last year signed a contract with Google to design a fashion version of Glass glasses.

Source: BlogGSM