Intel announced last week that it was disbanding the department New Devices Group, which worked on futuristic smart glasses with augmented reality. At the beginning of this year, information leaked to the surface about the Vaunt smart glasses, which were supposed to look like classic glasses and project an image on the retina. But Intel buried the project even before it was realized.
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So Intel is moving away from focusing on wearables and instead focusing on current and future generations of processors and chips for PCs, Macs, servers and mobile devices. "Intel is constantly working on new technologies," Intel said in a statement to CNBC News. He also noted that while it has created something that differentiates itself from competing products, it is notonec decided to send the glasses to the eternal hunting grounds and not launch them on the market. Intel believes that the device would not achieve the sales success it expects.
Victory for Apple?
Intel has decided to end development of its smart glasses, which it referred to as either Vaunt or Project Superlight, leaving other companies such as Apple, essentially opening the way to greater opportunities. Apple has been developing its own smart glasses for a long time, which we refer to as Apple Glass.
Concept Apple Glass from iDropNews:
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Although the Cupertino company did not reveal when the augmented reality glasses might hit the market, the CEO Tim Cook hinted that the company is working on big things in the augmented reality space. However, there has been recent speculation that Apple Glass could see the light of day in late 2019 or early 2020.
RIP New Devices Group
Intel introduced the New Devices Group in 2013, when current CEO Brian Krzanich took control of the company from then-CEO Paul Otellini. A year later, the group expanded with the acquisition of Basis, which created the Basis smart watch. However, Intel canceled the wearable after complaints of overheating surfaced. He thus returned the money to the buyers instead of trying to somehow correct the mistake. The New Devices Group formally fell under the New Technology Group division, which has been retained for the time being.
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