If Google Glass could sing, it would be singing Pink Floyd’s Learning to Fly today. Google has announced that it’s time for Glass to grow out of its baby steps and put on their big kid shoes.
Greyhound Research too believes that while Google Glass was not able to gain much traction as a wearable device in the consumer segment, its potential as a business device has strengthened with the roll out of ‘Glass at Work’ initiative by the company last year. “The device is already being used for Policing services in the city of Dubai as well as in the healthcare vertical by physicians across the globe to access critical patient information in real time. It is also slowly becoming more common in sports as teams and broadcasters worldwide are exploring options to bring fans closer to the action.
Augmented Reality applications on the glass can also prove extremely helpful for marketers in tracking the eye movements of the consumers for relevant advertising on the go,” says Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst and Group CEO, Greyhound Research.
Gogia explains that with Augmedix, the healthcare app developer for Google Glass receiving a series A funding of $16 million this month, more applications for the device in the healthcare segment are expected to come up this year, cementing the device’s position in the enterprise market. An Indian surgeon, based out of Chennai recently carried out two operations wearing Glass and allowed the world to see the procedure. With more healthcare apps in place, a new and improved Glass will surely be lapped up by the medical and paramedical forces.
“Though the device is being discontinued by Google as it aims to come up with a more refined version of it for consumers, Greyhound Research believes that the device will continue to gain popularity in verticals including healthcare, law enforcement, Augmented Reality, Navigation, sports etc. with the existing application developers in place,” Gogia concludes.
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