Google co-founder Sergey Brin admits to ‘errors’ over Google Glass

Earlier than augmented actuality was ever a factor, there was Google Glass: a a lot hyped experiment that was in the end a failure over points like privateness (and simply wanting like a dork). At an I/O session yesterday with Deepmind CEO Demis Hassabis, Google co-founder Sergey Brin admitted that he made “errors” with Google Glass in a number of areas.

“I simply did not know something about client digital provide chain chains, actually, and the way laborious it could be to construct that and have it it at an affordable value level and managing all of the manufacturing and so forth,” he mentioned throughout the session.

Brin mentioned that he is nonetheless a believer within the kind issue, although, including that Xreal’s latest device appears to be like like “regular glasses” with out “that factor in entrance.” He famous that quite than going it alone as earlier than, Google now has “nice companions” in Samsung (the Challenge Moohan headset) and Xreal (Challenge Aura glasses) as a part of the Android XR prolonged actuality program.

There was additionally a “know-how hole” when Google Glass got here alongside in 2013 that not exists, in response to Brin. “Now within the AI world, the issues that these glasses can do that will help you out with out continuously distracting you, that functionality is way greater,” he mentioned

Google Glass wasn’t a whole flop. It is easy to overlook that the product soldiered on for a few years after its debut, largely as an enterprise machine, and was solely fully discontinued in 2023. It additionally paved a path for future VR and AR wearables just like the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Meta Quest and Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Come to think about it, although, none of these initiatives have precisely set the world on fireplace, both.