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PC World: Meet Alto Tech's 'Cool Glass,' a vastly cheaper alternative to Google Glass

PC World: Not surprisingly, no one at the Alto Tech booth at CES wanted to call its Cool Glass a knockoff of Google Glass. Sure, it looks almost identical. The name’s nearly the same. But Alto Tech representatives said that it developed a custom fork of Android to power it, and that the applications it developed were proprietary. (There’s an SDK for developers to tap into, too.)

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Stringerbell3027d ago

Hopefully we will see some innovation as opposed to a bunch of people riding Google's coattails for the novelty.

EXTREMETECH3025d ago

Yeah its a true competitor of the google glasses.

RetrospectRealm3025d ago

Still ugly as hell. Lmfao

Why would anybody EVER want to wear these? They're kind of super useless.

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Google's AR project shows what real-world subtitles could look like

Is this the next iteration of Google Glass?

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This Amazon-backed startup is working on smart glasses that don't suck

Modern technology is built into new smart glasses now being offered by Waterloo, Canada-based North, formerly Thalmic Labs. Focals feature a transparent holographic display built into its lenses that only the wearer can see.

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Google Glass Enterprise Edition Now Available

Google partner Streye is selling Google Glass Enterprise Edition for $1,800.

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ajax172451d ago

"780mAh battery" yeah, no thanks. I've seen what batteries do when they overheat; but hopefully they won't have a Samsung situation.