You’ve heard that Google is working on computerized glasses. They’re called Google Glass, and developers can already buy them.

Microsoft is working on something similar. It filed these patents on the project and Unwired View dug them up.

But  Google Glass isn’t going to use “augmented reality” – where data and illustrations overlay the actual world around you. Google Glass is actually just a tiny screen you have to look up and to the left to see.

Microsoft’s glasses seem to utilize augmented reality. In this patent illustration, you can see that the glasses put data on top of a live action concert and a baseball game.

Could this replace the smartphone as the dominant way people access the web?

 

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