Google killed its Iris augmented reality smart glasses as it shifts attention to building AR software
. Google employees described the Samsung partner goggles device as a direct response to fears of what Apple was working on.
Meanwhile Meta, which is also building AR glasses, plans to seed an early version of the device to developers as soon as next year,Two employees said it's possible Google may resurrect the Iris glasses one day and that some teams are still experimenting with AR technologies. Other teams were moved to work on the software platform and Samsung partnership, they said.
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