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Augmented reality glasses competition is on the rise

Julie Campbell
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A new product called Smartspecks is meant to give Google Glass a run for its money. While Google Glass has been working very hard to position itself as the leader of the augmented reality glasses market, some serious competition has started to move in, which has decided to price its devices at a considerably lower amount. Smartspecks have joined in the marketplace among the others that are competing with Google Glass. These augmented reality glasses by LaForge Optical will have an original version available for $200. That said, the price…

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Google Glass software update makes some considerable changes

Stephanie Beck
Mobile Payments - Peter Hazlehurst wearing Google Glass at Money 2020

While the wearable tech will be supporting KitKat, its video calling feature is headed to the back burner. At the same time that Google Glass experienced its one day availability sale in the United States on Tuesday, it also released a massive software update that made a number of notable changes to the experience and opportunity offered by these augmented reality glasses. The internet enabled wearable technology will now have the latest version of the Android OS. The update to the Google Glass software brings the mobile device the KitKat…

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Wearable technology returns predicted by Visa

Sam Lambert
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The credit card giant is now counting on these tiny gadgets as a channel for completing transactions. Visa has revealed that it feels that wearable technology holds considerable promise as a mobile payments and mobile marketing channel, and it is expecting to experience returns from those devices. The financial services provider is banking on wearables to reach consumers and to complete payments. According to the senior vice president of global brand and marketing transformation at Visa, Shiv Singh, wearable technology, which is epitomized by smartwatches as well as Google Glass,…

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Google Glass opens its sales to anyone in the U.S. tomorrow only

L. Green
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On Tuesday, alone, these augmented reality glasses will be available for sale to Americans. Google Glass will now become available for sale to people in the United States only, starting at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, for that single day, in a sales tactic that can be compared to those utilized by used car dealerships. The availability of the device was made on the company’s Google+ account in the form of a post. The company has stated that this sale is in response to the requests that it receives every day…

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Google Glass trademark application declined by USPTO

L. Green
Google Glass augmented reality glasses

The technology giant was hoping to call its wearable technology device simply “Glass”. Although currently well recognized as Google Glass, the company behind these augmented reality wearables has been aiming to be able to change the name simply to “Glass” on its own. However, it has now run into considerable opposition which may force it to have to change its path. In order to be able to use the single word instead of the complete name of Google Glass, the company had been aiming to register a trademark. It was…

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