An in-depth look at Google’s AI glasses strategy: “100 Mirrors War” didn’t come, but Google wanted to be “great again” with Gemini

After Google I/O this year, Android XR was once again introduced in detail as a key step in Google’s next AI glasses strategy – not only Google’s own AI glasses equipped with Android XR as the grand finale, but also in the keynote speech. With such a high specification, it is hard not to remind people of the “ancient AI glasses” Google Glass, which was also released at Google I/O in 2012. At that time, Sergey Brin wore it and jumped out of the cabin of the plane and broadcast the whole process live. It is still a famous scene in the history of technology. But Google Glass is not a commercially successful product. Thirteen years later, Sergey Brin came to the I/O scene again to endorse Google’s next step in the field of AR glasses, and even admitted in an interview with the media that he “made a lot of mistakes” on the Google Glass project. “I didn’t understand the consumer electronics supply chain at the time, and really, I didn’t know how hard it was to build such a pair of glasses, sell them at a reasonable price, and manage all the manufacturing processes.” Sergey Brin said in an interview with the media. Brin also mentioned that there was a “technology gap” when Google Glass was born more than a decade ago, but this no longer exists today. ” Nowadays in the field of AI, these glasses can help you without constantly distracting your attention, which is much more useful than before. “Sergey Brin interviewed the media | Image source: Google In the past two years, as Google has gradually gained a place in the market with Gemini and a series of AI capabilities, Sergey Brin, the legendary entrepreneur of the year, has returned to Google and participated in Gemini’s research and development work. His speech largely represents Google’s current attitude towards Android XR and even AI glasses: hardware carriers, even Android XR, are not the current focus, but a complete set of AI capabilities represented by Gemini. Google’s live demo of AI glasses | Image source: Geek Park In the Gemini AI capability exhibition area, the demo of Google AI glasses is also the most queued exhibition area; many developers stood in line for more than an hour under the sun, just to be able to experience the Google AI glasses ability in less than five minutes in the highly confidential display area. Not only Sergey Brin, Google even directly declared in the keynote speech that glasses will be “the best carrier of Gemini”, putting its status above smartphones and all other AI hardware forms.