Google wants to sell those Project Astra AR glasses some day

Google wants to sell those Project Astra AR glasses some day, but it won’t be today
Google is slowly peeling back the curtain on its vision to, one day, sell you glasses with augmented reality and multimodal AI capabilities. The company’s plans for those glasses, however, are still blurry.
How Google's Project Astra gives an AI agent eyes
Google is showing off an updated version of Project Astra, the all-seeing, all-hearing and all-remembering experimental AI assistant it showed a glimpse of earlier this year. Why it matters: Astra offers a preview for some of the ways future AI assistants will help navigate the physical world.
Gemini 2.0 and Project Astra Make Google's AI Your Know-It-All Assistant
Google is entering its AI agents era with the introduction of Gemini 2.0 -- the company's next generation AI chatbot -- and a limited release of Project Astra, a computer vision-assisted AI agent that can see and analyze the world around you, the company said in a press release on Wednesday.
See what Google’s Project Astra AR glasses can do (for a select few beta testers)
Google has released a prototype of Project Astra’s AR glasses for testing in the real world. The glasses are part of Google’s long-term plan to one day have hardware with augmented reality and multimodal AI capabilities.
Google's Project Astra waitlist signups begin with enhanced AR features
We've been expecting AR glasses from Google ever since I/O 2024 when it showcased Project Astra. The demo showed how interactive and engaged Project Astra is (likely) designed to be. When wearing a pair of AR glasses, the device will "record" your surroundings in real time, so when you ask a question, the AI can answer it.
It sure sounds like Google is planning to actually launch some smart glasses
Google is working on a lot of AI stuff — like, a lot of AI stuff — but if you want to really understand the company’s vision for virtual assistants, take a look at Project A
Google’s new Project Astra could be generative AI’s killer app
Google just launched a ton of new products—including Gemini 2.0, which could power a new world of agents. And we got a first look.
Google smart glasses just got closer to real with huge Project Astra update
Project Astra is meant to be a "universal AI agent" that works on tasks in everyday life via your phone's camera and voice recognition software. This will morph into smart glasses a la Meta's Ray Bans. Google CEO Sundar Pichai teased Astra in a video on X and Google posted a YouTube video showing Astra in action.
Google smart glasses with Gemini AI hands-on: Google Glass done right
After teasing the smart glasses with Gemini AI at the core, Google offered a select few a hands-on experience with the wearable.
Here’s How You Can Try Google’s Project Astra (Kind of)
Google has quietly launched Stream Realtime on AI Studio which works very similar to Project Astra. You can share your live camera and talk to Gemini 2.0.
Google reportedly working on smart glasses that can hold prescription lenses
For the most part, smart glasses and AR glasses are not solid or even capable of replacing prescription glasses. Usually, lens are ground at the glasses store where optometrists c
Google’s AI enters its ‘agentic era’
Project Astra, Google’s prototype AI “universal agent,” responded smoothly. “The Sunday Afternoon artwork was discussed ...
Google launches Gemini 2.0, its latest AI model that can 'think multiple steps ahead'
Google says its new generation of AI models can understand more of the world and take action on your behalf.