You probably have not considered Google Glass in a while, but the Enterprise Edition of its heads-up screen is getting a neat new trick: itll have the ability to use Google Meet (previously Hangouts Meet) to let remote managers translucent the eyes of their workers in the field and assist them complete jobs with live chat.
In its main blog post, Google says the brand-new Meet functionality is only for paying Google Workspace (previously G Suite) clients, and even they will need to look for the beta currently, in spite of the fact that Google opened direct sales of the Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 in February. I expect you might just point your phone with Google Meet at your work, however then you would not be hands-free.
An illustration of what Google Meet need to look like. Google says it dogfooded the app in its own information centers.Image: Google.
Google has been pushing Meet a lot given that the COVID-19 pandemic hit, which makes sense given the rise of competing teleconferencing platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams. The business just recently inserted the video chat platform into Gmail, rolled out its own Meet meeting room hardware packages, and added group calls to its Nest clever displays.
Its a concept Microsoft has actually been pursuing considering that the very first HoloLens demonstrations, where it strolled us through the procedure of repairing a light switch by means of a Skype video call. However Microsoft has since discontinued its Skype for HoloLens app. Rather, it charges in between $20 and $65 per user per month for access to its more recent Dynamics 365 Remote Assist program. (See the video listed below.).
Both Microsoft and Google currently have a variety of enterprise customers for their headsets. One noteworthy early win for Google was Boeing, which used it to assist construct aircrafts by augmenting the PDF assembly guides they had to see on laptop screens.
