Xbox AR Glasses could be coming soon

[chavosaur]

Sony and Oculus can't have all the fun amirite? According to some rumors floating around, Microsoft has been filing for patents for AR type wearable tech to be used with the Kinect and Xbox platform.

The company is currently applying for over eighty patents related to AR glasses, fuelling rumours that it's looking to create some sort of wearable Xbox One peripheral.

According to TechCrunch's report, Microsoft has coughed up as much as $150 million to buy the needed assets from wearable firm Osterhout Design Group - although it decided against snapping up the company entirely.

Kinect the dots

Back in 2012, an Xbox product roadmap leaked revealing some glasses described as "Kinect Shades."

Incidentally, the leaked files stated that the glasses SDK would be issued to developers by 2014. And would you look at the time!

Sorry for all the formatting as I'm posting the news from mobile. But what does everyone think about this? Personally id favor the use of AR type glasses over a full friggen headset engulfing my face so I'll certainly be on the lookout for these.

Source: http://m.techradar.com/news/gaming/...ood-fit-for-xbox-one-1238370?src=rss&attr=all

 

[FAST6191]

A real life hud you say.... tell me more.

 

[ferofax]

Mmm, big difference between AR and VR devices. One is the main screen, the other supplements it. Grouping them together is kind of confusing.

 

[Taleweaver]

I just happened to read just yesterday that in order to keep their working technology a secret, innovative companies tend to register far more patents than they're ever going to use (and TBH, that's nothing new either). So that really isn't saying much.

Also...it's kinda strange that I have to mention this, but...microsoft does more than just xbox stuff. Even if they're really going to make them, it's not said that it'll be for the xbone.

 

[KingVamp]

Samsung and Sony is working on AR too.

 

[tbgtbg]

AR is one of those things that is fun as a novelty for maybe half an hour, then it's like meh; enough.

 

[KingVamp]

AR is one of those things that is fun as a novelty for maybe half an hour, then it's like meh; enough.

MetaPro says otherwise.

 

[Gahars]

Could Microsoft shatter Google Glass?

No, no, probably not, but at least this competition should be fun to watch from the sidelines.

 

[tbgtbg]

MetaPro says otherwise.

Then MetaPro is wrong.

 

[KingVamp]

Then MetaPro is wrong.

We'll see.

 

[Veho]

AR is one of those things that is fun as a novelty for maybe half an hour, then it's like meh; enough.

But half an hour each day.