Google Glass has had a bit of an internal rebrand at Alphabet, where it's back in development under Tony Fadell.
It's now called Project Aura – no not the modular phone, that's Project Ara you fool – and Google's been busy hiring a bunch of clever folks – predominantly from Amazon's now disbanded research labs.
Business Insider spotted a bunch of updated LinkedIn profiles, and it seems the employees weren't too shy about their involvement. One described Project Aura as "Google Glass and Beyond." Apple levels of secrecy.
Of course, the Aura team might not be working beyond just another pair of smart specs, and the team has experience in VR tech with the re-appointment of Adrian Wong, who briefly left Google to work on Oculus over at Facebook. What a life.
Since Google Glass Explorer Edition was pulled from the shelves earlier this year, the smartglasses world has gone quiet. But it would be unfair to say the category is dead. Glass is certainly still alive and well at Google and Intel snapped up Recon Instruments, taken a share of Vuzix and made some meaningless partnerships with glasses giant Luxottica.
And when will we see a new Google Glass? Well some reports indicate it could be early 2016. Colour us intrigued and massively skeptical.
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He started his career at Future Publishing, James became the features editor of T3 Magazine and T3.com and was a regular contributor to TechRadar – before leaving Future Publishing to found Wareable in 2014.
James has been at the helm of Wareable since 2014 and has become one of the leading experts in wearable technologies globally. He has reviewed, tested, and covered pretty much every wearable on the market, and is passionate about the evolving industry, and wearables helping people achieve healthier and happier lives.