According to korea Times,Samsung is going to launch a Galaxy Glass wearable computer, as early as September at the IFA trade show in Germany .
Samsung registered a charter with the Korea Intellectual Property Office last year for "sports glasses" that included a diagram of what many believe will eventually be Samsung's Galaxy Glass design. The device is linked to a smartphone for handling calls, but also has a USB connector that extends from the ends of the ear pieces on the sports glasses.
"Smart glasses won't become commonplace with consumers for five to 10 years," said Patrick Moorhead, an analyst at Moor Insight & Strategy.
Samsung registered a charter with the Korea Intellectual Property Office last year for "sports glasses" that included a diagram of what many believe will eventually be Samsung's Galaxy Glass design. The device is linked to a smartphone for handling calls, but also has a USB connector that extends from the ends of the ear pieces on the sports glasses.
"Smart glasses won't become commonplace with consumers for five to 10 years," said Patrick Moorhead, an analyst at Moor Insight & Strategy.
"Like other wearables, vertical implementations will be more successful than horizontal " Moorhead said. "Samsung knows this too, but wants to be seen as an innovator and therefore would launch a smart glass product well before it becomes mainstream."
"Samsung will have a competitive product to Google Glass for competitive pressure and wanting to own emerging markets," said Jack Gold, an analyst at J. Gold Associates. "Google Glass is not a mass market product because it is too complex and too expensive and not as user friendly as needed. It is rather a proof of concept. So I expect Samsung to try the same thing and likely sell more than Glass does just because of Samsung's sheer channel strength. But that doesn't mean it is a final consumer friendly product that's ready for market.
Apple and Microsoft are also expected to enter the smart glass market, although not in 2014. IDC analysts recently predicted in a report that Apple won't introduce either smart glasses or a smartwatch in 2014, contrary to some rumors, preferring instead to offer a larger-display iPhone in 2014.
Also at CES, Sony showed off a Smart Eyeglass prototype for augmented reality in gaming applications. Wearing the Sony Smart Eyeglass will provide information cover on your field of vision on a TV screen. Some have theorized Sony will use Smart Eyeglass, with added functionality, as a competitor to Google Glass