Google’s “Iris” augmented/digital actuality headset could by no means see the sunshine of day.
A brand new report(opens in a brand new tab) by Enterprise Insider, which cites three individuals acquainted with the matter, claims Google gave up on constructing the product earlier this 12 months, regardless of having labored on it for a number of years.
We first heard of Iris in January final 12 months, when The Verge reported that the corporate is constructing a battery-powered, Android-based AR headset that resembles ski goggles (sound acquainted?). The headset was alleged to run on Google’s Tensor chip and have exterior cameras that might assist place digital objects within the consumer’s real-life area of view.
All of it sounds similar to Apple’s Imaginative and prescient Professional, which was not too long ago introduced after (reported) inner delays, however it seems that Google determined to take a unique strategy in any case.
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In line with Enterprise Insider, Google was internally engaged on two totally different AR merchandise, with the “ski goggles” being a basis for a product Google collectively introduced with Samsung and Qualcomm this February. That one nonetheless has an opportunity of occurring.
Iris – the one which’s reportedly been canceled – resembled common glasses.
Google is an AR pioneer, having launched Google Glass in 2013, earlier than canceling it as a consumer-facing product simply two years later. The corporate introduced it again as a business-oriented product in 2017, however that died too in March 2023. If this new report is correct, Iris was a continuation of Google’s custom of launching (or enthusiastic about launching) AR glasses, after which giving up on it.
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As an alternative of constructing a {hardware} AR headset, Google will as an alternative deal with constructing a software program platform for AR, with different producers constructing precise headsets for the platform.