Google: AR glasses on the way

👓 Almost exactly a year ago, Google showed AR glasses that could instantly translate what someone was saying to the wearer in another language, all in real-time.

👀 Google's AR translation glasses are one of the few hardware ideas of the past few years that promise to solve a big problem, rather than a minor inconvenience.

💪 We're in the run-up to Google IO 2023, which gives Google a chance to tell us how its AR translation glasses are progressing. It's an opportunity that Google needs to take, if we aren't to lose faith in the whole concept actually becoming reality.

🔍 We don't need Google to announce a finished consumer product or shipping dates at IO 2023. But if the keynote passes without a mention of its live-translation glasses, Are they still in development?

🕶️ Fortunately, there are good reasons to think this isn't the case. Since Google demoed its AR translation glasses, we've seen several companies demo similar concepts. Ideally, both people need to be wearing AR glasses for a full conversation to take place, but it's a good start.

📈 With Meta apparently planning to launch those AR glasses, currently dubbed Project Nazare, sometime in 2024, the heat is definitely on for Google to get moving with its AR translation specs – and ideally that means announcing some more concrete news at Google IO 2023.

🤔 Will Google actually be in a position to announce a development for its AR translation glasses at its big developer conference next week? It does also feel like a now-or-never moment for its AR translation glasses to take a sizable step towards becoming reality.

👀 In some ways, Google's AR Translation Glasses feel like the ideal contrast to Apple's mixed-reality headset. By contrast, a simpler wearable that does one thing well could be just the boost Google needs.

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