It's Tuesday, July 18th and Following Apple's Recent Announcement and Roll Out of Augmented Reality Functionality in Future OS Updates AR is Back in the Spotlight

But one piece of AR Tech that seemingly came and went is now coming back into Focus. Google Glass according to a post on Medium use of the Enterprise version of glass used pretty much exclusively by workers not overly teched out Silicon Valley types never really went away and is now expanding looking more like techie safety glasses which is also kind of what they are. The Google Glass Enterprise Edition spectacles have found success in numerous business applications from aircraft maintenance to Warehouse inventory control to hospital work while the public version of glass was both a focus of interest and sometimes derision for those wearing it out in public.

The geeky Works specs may be about to expand their role into even more business applications and since they are subject to the usual forces of technological development that means future versions will likely be more capable less expensive and quite possibly much lower profile eventually. Google Glass could develop into the somewhat invisible everyday consumer product it was initially hoped to be and the folks at Google will say see Told You So.

Speaking of augmented reality, Apple is still in the spotlight with its recent announcement and roll out of augmented reality functionality in future OS updates. All eyes are on Apple as September gets ever closer and we will finally know what the iPhone 8 will look like and do. But competition may be coming from an unexpected player Nokia according to BGR Tech leaker Evan Bass has recently posted images on Twitter of what's being called the Nokia 8.

The name there Nokia anyway, the Nokia 8 is purportedly packing some serious flare with a 5.3 in QHD display that does have vessels twin vertical 13 megapixel rear cameras with Carl ice Optics Speedy snap Dragon 835 CPU four or even 6 gigs of RAM and a price expected to be under 700 bucks. Yes, it'll run on Android and current rumors suggest they'll hit the market on July 31st and once it's out you may even want to wait as an even more featured filled phone the Nokia 9 is expected by the end of the year looks like Nokia could be back in a big way so stay tuned.

Of course, you can get more Tech news updates at digitaltrends.com on our Facebook page and YouTube channel and be sure to check out close to the metal our computer podcast where we'll be talking about gaming PCs thanks for watching we'll see you tomorrow.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enit's Tuesday July 18th and following Apple's recent announcement and roll out of augmented reality functionality in future OS updates AR is back in the spotlight but one piece of AR Tech that seemingly came and went is now coming back into Focus Google Glass according to a post on medium use of the Enterprise version of glass used pretty much exclusively by workers not overly teched out Silicon Valley types never really went away and is now expanding looking more like techie safety glasses which is also kind of what they are the Google Glass Enterprise Edition spectacles have found success in numerous business applications from aircraft maintenance to Warehouse inventory control to hospital work while the public version of glass was both a focus of interest and sometimes derision for those wearing it out in public the geeky Works specs may be about to expand their role into even more business applications and since they are subject to the usual forces of technological development that means future versions will likely be more capable less expensive and quite possibly much lower profile eventually Google Glass could develop into the somewhat invisible everyday consumer product it was initially hoped to be and the folks at Google will say see Told You So speaking of augmented reality and apple check out the mirror prism an augmented reality headset that for the time being only works with iPhones still in development the miror Prism Works sort of like Samsung's gear VR headset that the headset just holds your phone Mira's AR software app lets you play games work on stuff in floaty 3D and generally augment what you see looks kind of geeky in a fun way but if mirror can come through on their promises this could be a breakthrough product according to their website the mirror prism will roll out to developers in the fall with a consumer release slated for the holidays pre-orders are up now for $99 with an MSRP of 149 check out the story and video at the link all eyes are on Apple as September gets ever closer and we will finally know what the iPhone 8 will look like and do but competition may be coming from an unexpected player Nokia according to BGR Tech leaker Evan bass has recently posted images on Twitter of what's being called the Nokia 8 mattive call on the name there Nokia anyway the Nokia 8 is purportedly packing some serious flare with a 5.3 in QHD display that does have vessels twin vertical 13 megapixel rear cameras with Carl ice Optics Speedy snap Dragon 835 CPU four or even 6 gigs of RAM and a price expected to be under 700 bucks yes it'll run on Android and current rumors suggest they'll hit the market on July 31st and once it's out you may even want to wait as an even more featured filled phone the Nokia 9 is expected by the end of the year looks like Nokia could be back in a big way so stay tuned of course you can get more Tech news updates at digitaltrends.com on our Facebook page and YouTube channel and be sure to check out close to the metal our computer podcast where we'll be talking about gaming PCs thanks for watching we'll see you tomorrowit's Tuesday July 18th and following Apple's recent announcement and roll out of augmented reality functionality in future OS updates AR is back in the spotlight but one piece of AR Tech that seemingly came and went is now coming back into Focus Google Glass according to a post on medium use of the Enterprise version of glass used pretty much exclusively by workers not overly teched out Silicon Valley types never really went away and is now expanding looking more like techie safety glasses which is also kind of what they are the Google Glass Enterprise Edition spectacles have found success in numerous business applications from aircraft maintenance to Warehouse inventory control to hospital work while the public version of glass was both a focus of interest and sometimes derision for those wearing it out in public the geeky Works specs may be about to expand their role into even more business applications and since they are subject to the usual forces of technological development that means future versions will likely be more capable less expensive and quite possibly much lower profile eventually Google Glass could develop into the somewhat invisible everyday consumer product it was initially hoped to be and the folks at Google will say see Told You So speaking of augmented reality and apple check out the mirror prism an augmented reality headset that for the time being only works with iPhones still in development the miror Prism Works sort of like Samsung's gear VR headset that the headset just holds your phone Mira's AR software app lets you play games work on stuff in floaty 3D and generally augment what you see looks kind of geeky in a fun way but if mirror can come through on their promises this could be a breakthrough product according to their website the mirror prism will roll out to developers in the fall with a consumer release slated for the holidays pre-orders are up now for $99 with an MSRP of 149 check out the story and video at the link all eyes are on Apple as September gets ever closer and we will finally know what the iPhone 8 will look like and do but competition may be coming from an unexpected player Nokia according to BGR Tech leaker Evan bass has recently posted images on Twitter of what's being called the Nokia 8 mattive call on the name there Nokia anyway the Nokia 8 is purportedly packing some serious flare with a 5.3 in QHD display that does have vessels twin vertical 13 megapixel rear cameras with Carl ice Optics Speedy snap Dragon 835 CPU four or even 6 gigs of RAM and a price expected to be under 700 bucks yes it'll run on Android and current rumors suggest they'll hit the market on July 31st and once it's out you may even want to wait as an even more featured filled phone the Nokia 9 is expected by the end of the year looks like Nokia could be back in a big way so stay tuned of course you can get more Tech news updates at digitaltrends.com on our Facebook page and YouTube channel and be sure to check out close to the metal our computer podcast where we'll be talking about gaming PCs thanks for watching we'll see you tomorrowit's Tuesday July 18th and following Apple's recent announcement and roll out of augmented reality functionality in future OS updates AR is back in the spotlight but one piece of AR Tech that seemingly came and went is now coming back into Focus Google Glass according to a post on medium use of the Enterprise version of glass used pretty much exclusively by workers not overly teched out Silicon Valley types never really went away and is now expanding looking more like techie safety glasses which is also kind of what they are the Google Glass Enterprise Edition spectacles have found success in numerous business applications from aircraft maintenance to Warehouse inventory control to hospital work while the public version of glass was both a focus of interest and sometimes derision for those wearing it out in public the geeky Works specs may be about to expand their role into even more business applications and since they are subject to the usual forces of technological development that means future versions will likely be more capable less expensive and quite possibly much lower profile eventually Google Glass could develop into the somewhat invisible everyday consumer product it was initially hoped to be and the folks at Google will say see Told You So speaking of augmented reality and apple check out the mirror prism an augmented reality headset that for the time being only works with iPhones still in development the miror Prism Works sort of like Samsung's gear VR headset that the headset just holds your phone Mira's AR software app lets you play games work on stuff in floaty 3D and generally augment what you see looks kind of geeky in a fun way but if mirror can come through on their promises this could be a breakthrough product according to their website the mirror prism will roll out to developers in the fall with a consumer release slated for the holidays pre-orders are up now for $99 with an MSRP of 149 check out the story and video at the link all eyes are on Apple as September gets ever closer and we will finally know what the iPhone 8 will look like and do but competition may be coming from an unexpected player Nokia according to BGR Tech leaker Evan bass has recently posted images on Twitter of what's being called the Nokia 8 mattive call on the name there Nokia anyway the Nokia 8 is purportedly packing some serious flare with a 5.3 in QHD display that does have vessels twin vertical 13 megapixel rear cameras with Carl ice Optics Speedy snap Dragon 835 CPU four or even 6 gigs of RAM and a price expected to be under 700 bucks yes it'll run on Android and current rumors suggest they'll hit the market on July 31st and once it's out you may even want to wait as an even more featured filled phone the Nokia 9 is expected by the end of the year looks like Nokia could be back in a big way so stay tuned of course you can get more Tech news updates at digitaltrends.com on our Facebook page and YouTube channel and be sure to check out close to the metal our computer podcast where we'll be talking about gaming PCs thanks for watching we'll see you tomorrow\n"