Smart glasses are here today, just not the ones sci-fi promised.
For many technology fans and sci-fi nerds, smart eyewear is one of the most sought-after gadgets behind implantable brain chips. From augmenting the real world to immersing yourself into a completely virtual one through a lightweight pair of smart glasses, this has to be in the top three coolest pieces of tech to have — and it`s here, right?
Over the past decade, we`ve gotten a lot of different smart glasses, but none of them have given customers a compelling reason to pick up a pair.
Perhaps the most famous, and potentially the product that set the category both forwards and backward, is the original Google Glass from 2012. This device most closely resembled what we had seen in movies, from the cyborg-esque design to offering a lot of functionality in a small computer worn on our faces. Unfortunately, in reality, the product was a bit ahead of its time, and neither the world nor the supporting technology was ready...
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