July 03, 2020

Google buys AR smart-glasses company North

They're not surveillance spectacles, says Google, just a piece in the jigsaw of "ambient computing", where helpfulness is all around you.

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July 19, 2017

News in brief: moving Segway hacked; Google Glass resurrected; 308 Oracle fixes

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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September 27, 2016

Are Snap(chat)’s Spectacles the new Google Glass?

The newly renamed "Snap" is getting into the hardware (and, some say, surveillance) business by gluing a video camera onto sunglasses.

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April 25, 2016

Skull echoes can be a password to protect facehugger computers

Whatever's echoing around in there is all uniquely you and could be used to authenticate users of eyewear computers.

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January 28, 2016

Google Glass for the masses, king of computerized headgear, is dead

Long live the foldable, water-resistant Enterprise Edition. RIP, Glass for the masses: the social media accounts have been shuttered.

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March 28, 2015

“Probably tired and shagged out after a long squawk” – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]

Our weekly witty-but-serious video - news you can use, and it only takes a minute. Enjoy...

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March 25, 2015

Google Glass isn’t dead. It’s being fine-tuned for the masses

Privacy concerns made it smell like yesterday's fish, but apparently that's just the aroma of fine-tuning as the beloved/reviled face-huggers get made ready for the masses.

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February 19, 2015

Forget Google Glass, here’s Sony’s (not quite as catchy)‏ SmartEyeglass

Those aren't augmented reality spectacles. THESE are augmented reality spectacles! But what about the privacy and security side?

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January 16, 2015

Google Glass – going, going, gone…

Google's website is still promising to "bring devices to more countries as quickly as possible." Until next week, anyway, when it's all over...

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