Telling label… An electronic label for a new Google device, nicknamed GG1, could indicate a redesigned Google Glass. It was tagged “BLUETOOTH & DTS/UNII a/b/g/n/ac” and has the model name “GG1”. Theo Priestly from Forbes, believes Google could draw the interest of many enterprises, particularly if they choose to channel their product on a single type of user: companies.
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The name GG1 can also be a misnomer, for distracting the people from what Google is actually submitting to the FCC. The label stated that the device will not be a standard physical label. The commission has also granted Google confidentiality for the new device.
Will this version of Glass be made for consumers? Google initially presented Glass in April 2012. If we look to an article which discusses how Glass can change advertising you can begin to see where this can lead.
The Explorer Programme launched in the United States in 2013, giving developers the chance to buy Glass for $1,500 (£990). Google had said at one point that eyecare centers would be able to sell prescription lenses within Google Glass and that consumers could make full use of their health insurance when purchasing Google’s glass gadget. Not too long ago the project graduated out of Google X labs to an official Google product headed by Nest CEO Tony Fadell.
Even though there is not much known about the second version of the Google Glass, according to a Wall Street Journal report in November 2014, the new version should be unleashed post the second half of 2015.
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Because this device has now passed through the FCC-just as the CAP1 health tracker from Google[x] did earlier this year-we can assume that Google might be ready to move toward wider testing potentially within the enterprise itself. The original Glass model was A4R-X1, so we’re pretty sure that the filing at the FCC is related to augmented reality glasses. Instead, the filing seems rather well equipped to protect the product’s anonymity. The scrolling directions are used on the last version of Glass as well.
