Google reports that it is developing a new AR headset

byTed Eytan

It is reported that Google is developing an augmented reality (AR) headset that can operate independently using Qualcomm's latest chip. According to the report, it seems that Taiwanese IT maker Quanta decides to develop AR headset, but the project seems to be still in its early stages.

Google plant eigenständiges Augmented - Reality - Headset à la HoloLens - WinFuture.de
http://winfuture.de/news,103281.html

Google is making an AR headset with new Qualcomm chips - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/5/18/17368624/google-ar-headset-qualcomm-chips

According to information gained independently by WinFuture, Germany's IT news media, the AR headset under development by Google is based on the "HoloLens"It seems that it is assumed to be used for design, training and industrial purposes. You can understand what kind of terminal HoloLens of Microsoft is by reading the following article.

We have experienced Microsoft's head-up display "HoloLens" that projects 3D holograms in real space and images overlap with the real world - GIGAZINE


The AR headset under development by Google can operate independently, and it is said that it will be equipped with the latest chip made by Qualcomm at the heart. Also, it seems to have a camera and a microphone. In the project we call the AR headset "Google A65", according to WinFuture development is still in its early stages and the release timing is undecided.

Not only does Google A65 work in the same way as HoloLens, it is said that the latest Chips manufactured by Qualcomm will be the same as HoloLens. It is rumored that Microsoft plans to update HoloLens in 2018, and it is predicted that the same Qualcomm chip will be adopted in this new HoloLens and Google A65. Besides, Qualcomm's "QSC 603" is considered to be adopted by the 4 core chips.

Google announced the Google Glass update that was thought to be "done" in 2017, but it is considered that a different AR headset from this Google Glass is under development.

That 'Google Glass' announced sales expansion beating the silence of two years - GIGAZINE


As for the difference between Google Glass and HoloLens, The Verge of foreign media, "Google Glass basically feels like a set of head-up display and camera, but HoloLens is mixed reality (MR), But it is not merely that the image is displayed overlapping with the reality, it is becoming visible as a part of the real world. "