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Apple granted patent for Google Glass-like device
Everyone's thinking about wearing technology. Apple is the latest to show an interest in wearable computing.
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Following Google's stunt-filled Google Glass demo, Apple is showing that it's also thinking about glasses, according to a patent granted today.
The patent application, filed on October 13, 2006, is for a wearable computing device that allows an image to be projected in a "head-mounted display apparatus." Sounds like cyborg status for sure.
The device will receive and process data to generate images on the display mounted in front of the user's eyes.
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As The Next Web points out, the device's description indicates that the glasses would be less of a mobile display than Google's glasses and more like a personalized computer display.
Wearable displays used to be something of the far off future, but with the interest of companies like Google, Apple and maybe even Microsoft, it's quickly becoming a reality.
See the full patent application below.
