Oct 9, 2022 | Android, Apple, augmented reality, business, Facebook, Google, hardware, virtual reality
Augmented reality glasses will replace your mobile phone. Well, that’s the vision, so to speak. Don’t take my word for it. That’s what Tim Cook thinks, and I hear he’s pretty well informed. It’s not going to happen very soon. A lot of devices will come and go during...
Sep 10, 2022 | bruceb, domains, Google, news
On September 11, 1997, I registered the domain name “bruceb.com.” Four days later Larry Page and Sergey Brin registered the name “Google.com.” I expect Google will congratulate itself on its anniversary later this week, like it did five years ago. Pfft. I know who the...
Jul 28, 2022 | Apple, augmented reality, Google, Privacy
Google is going to send a few of its AR glasses to the outside world to get better testing feedback. Its announcement was carefully calibrated to forestall cheap jokes about a new generation of “Google Glassholes.” Apparently the Google AR team is carefully reading...
Jun 12, 2022 | augmented reality, Facebook, Google, law, Politics, security
Augmented reality will fail unless it comes with augmented privacy. This is completely separate from the technical difficulty of developing AR equipment. Apple decided not to talk about its AR glasses at last week’s developer conference because they need more time to...
May 15, 2022 | Android, augmented reality, Google, hardware
Google demonstrated an augmented reality product last week that may never exist. I don’t want you to look at it and decide to sit at your desk hitting refresh on the Google Store waiting for it to go on sale. It’s exciting but it’s not that kind of demo. It’s...
Mar 6, 2022 | Amazon, Apple, augmented reality, Azure, bruceb, business, Facebook, Google, Internet, Microsoft, virtual reality
I’ve been trying to figure out a role for Bruceb News in 2022. My life has changed – I’m working with Jim Rowson on our latest best-selling novel SMelL and I’m not doing much IT work any more, as planned. But I still devour tech news hungrily, scanning hundreds...
