10 PCWorld JUNE 2022NEWS THE 5 COOLEST THINGS AT GOOGLE I/O
work on PDF files? We’re excited and
intrigued, but still a bit wary. And there’s no
official word yet on when this feature will
roll out.IS GOOGLE GLASS BACK?
When Google killed Google Glass seven
years ago, PCWorld wrote that it was down,
not out (fave.co/3Mh8dvF). Apparently we
were more prescient than we knew.
Google showed off an unnamed
augmented-reality prototype at Google I/O
with either extremely limited capabilities or
an extremely focused perspective—how
you see it is up to you. Either way, the new
prototype (marked with PROTO-15 on theside of one demonstration model) is strictly
focused on communication. Google Glass,
with its focus on photos, video, and facial
recognition, flopped hard. But the new
Glass 2.0 simply listens for the voice of the
person you’re speaking with and projects a
transcript of the conversation on the inside
of the glass screens.
Google positioned this new Glass with
examples of an immigrant mother and
daughter who spoke different languages, and
of a man who spoke Spanish but no English.
It’s hard to say what, or, if, these glasses will
be, or whether they’ll come to market. But
even a “limited” version of Google Glass 2.
will have utility.Google’s automated summary or TL:DR Mode for Google Docs.