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Jackson Chen

Google is quietly releasing a successor to Google Glass into the wild

After a sneak peek during its May developer conference, Google is now taking its AR prototype to the streets. The company says it will be testing its AR prototype — which still doesn’t have an official name — in the real world. Judging from the teaser video and use cases, this prototype seems more consumer-focused follow-up to the Google Glass that was repurposed for enterprise use.

There’s a slim chance you’ll actually run into Google’s prototype though, since the company is only releasing a few dozen prototypes to Googlers and “select trusted testers.” It clearly wants to keep its project under wraps for as long as possible, but even Google admits that lab testing has its limitations.

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