Google keeps pace with technological development and plans to design the...

International press reports said that the technology giant, “Google”, is working to keep pace with the rapid technological development of augmented and virtual reality, especially after “Meta” began to announce its program, and Microsoft also after it had HoloLens, and Apple is also working on something. What else.

The search giant recently began ramping up work on an AR headset, internally codenamed Project Iris, which it hopes to ship in 2024, according to two people familiar with the project who requested anonymity to speak without the company’s permission. Like the upcoming headsets from Meta and Apple, the Google device uses external cameras to combine computer graphics with a real-world video feed, creating a more immersive mixed reality experience than existing augmented reality glasses from the likes of Snap and Magic Leap. Prototypes being developed at a facility in the San Francisco Bay Area resemble a pair of ski goggles and do not require a restricted connection to an external power source.

Google’s headset is still in an early stage of development without a clearly defined strategy to reach the market, which indicates that the target year 2024 may be more ambitious than being set in stone. The device is powered by a custom Google processor, like the latest Google Pixel smartphone, and runs on Android, although recent job listings indicate a unique operating system is running. Due to power constraints, Google’s strategy is to use its data centers to display some graphics remotely and send it to the headset over an internet connection.

The Pixel team is working on some hardware pieces, but it’s unclear if the headset will eventually bear the Pixel branding, and the Google Glass name is almost certainly not on the table.