Google says it is still committed to the Google Glass – TecnoPasión.com

 

Since Google announced that Google Glass abandoned his time as Project X and closing “explorer” program allowing enthusiasts and developers test the product noncommercial still in phase all rumors and opinions have agreed that the Google Glass, at least in the phase where the company has shown the world, not have a very bright future. Interestingly, almost two months , we heard the first statements by an officer of Google, Eric Schmidt, chief executive of the company, who wished to deny that the product has been put aside

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Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google

According explains the Website Digits, Schmidt says the project has been under the supervision of the responsible hardware Google, Tony Fadell (former Apple engineer and after Nest until it was acquired by Google), “to make ready for consumers. “

Google Glass” is a large and important platform for Google, “he said. ” We finished the program explorer and the press joined this with we were canceling the entire project, which is not true. ” “Google is going to take risks and there is nothing in the setting made in Glass to suggest that we are giving end.” The executive wanted Google Glass comparing their self driven vehicles to express a long-term project is: “It’s like you say the car driven car is a failure because it takes me out there now,” “These things take time” . <. /> p>

Tony Fadell, former Apple engineer responsible for hardware and Google

It is assumed that in the new phase of Google Glass work product will remain more secret, but what many analysts has them is that Google launched the Scout project (the developers who have tried the product at this late stage) in hopes of give the “killer apps”, applications that would make a useful and different product , and while they have achieved many applications in the business and industrial field , in the field of consumption as they have gotten glasses is becoming a subject of controversy. So, very unlike self driven vehicles, the usefulness and applications are more than obvious, is not yet clear that a product like Google Glass can provide useful very differential to common public.