Competitor Google Glass is more conventional and will cost $ 200

Google Glass has not even been released, but one of the biggest criticisms of smart sunglasses Mountain View giant is the simple fact that it is a strange device . After all , the vast majority of people are not used to walking with a device on the face and can be recording everything that happens around.

However , a new competitor Google Glass can solve this problem - at least part of the issue with regard to the discretion of the unit . We 're talking about a pair of smart sunglasses made ​​by a startup called Optical LaForge ( and , oddly enough , the company has only five employees studying at Rochester Institute of Technology ) .

A solution that aims to be simple
According to what was published by the site Venture Beat , the device in question is very similar to conventional glasses frames without really thick rods or prisms flashy . Furthermore , the device promises to be much more immersive Google Glass itself, resulting in a different experience.

For the product of LaForge - which still has no official name and or image for publication - could rely on these features , the gadget works with its own application for smartphones , called Voyager via Bluetooth . With this, you can connect to internet , send updates to social networks and access maps .

According to the CEO of Optical LaForge , Corey Mack , the intention is that intelligent people can buy eyeglasses and that are more conventional . And even not counting the autonomy of the apparatus of Google , Mack said his new delivery 80 % of consumers want smart glasses and with only 20 % of the complications created by its main competitor .

The new smart glasses also have the ability to work normally with prescribed lenses - ie , you can use the device normally has to impair vision . Also according to what was said by Mack , the company should open the season pre -orders next week , and the device will cost $ 200 (about U.S. $ 460, excluding taxes) .

Sales will be made through the site LaForge , which is still under construction - in any case , you can click here to access the correct page . Nevertheless , the company did not specify which technology will be used to " send " images for lenses , or with which mobile operating system you want to work and has not shown , in fact , your product release.

A little strange , especially for a product that should be in the final stages of production , is not it?

Source : VentureBeat