Sunday, June 2, 2013

Atheer’s Eyewear Brings ‘Minority Report’ to AR. Google Drops Facial Recognition

“While Google prepares to release eyewear that provides a window to the Web, a startup on the edge of its campus is readying glasses that overlay the Internet on the world in 3D,” writes Yahoo! OMG!. “Atheer Labs on Thursday provided the first public look at prototype eyewear that lets people manipulate virtual objects, maps and more in the air in a style reminiscent of a scene in the film ‘Minority Report.’” Read more.
Meanwhile, “Google late Friday put out word that it won't add face-recognition features to Glass, in a bow to privacy fears raised about the camera-enabled Internet-connected eyewear,” reports Yahoo! Sports New Zealand. “’We won't add facial recognition features to our products without having strong privacy protections in place,’ Google said in an online message aimed at software developers creating applications for Glass.” Read more.

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