Google wants to sell those Project Astra AR glasses some day

Google’s new Project Astra could be generative AI’s killer app
Google just launched a ton of new products—including Gemini 2.0, which could power a new world of agents. And we got a first look.
Google wants to sell those Project Astra AR glasses some day, but it won’t be today
Google is slowly peeling back the curtain on its vision to, one day, sell you glasses with augmented reality and multimodal AI capabilities. The company’s plans for those glasses, however, are still blurry.
Google teases smart glasses with amazing Project Astra update
Google's exciting Project Astra computer vision-aided AI assistant has been updated, and the company has teased it's working on smart glasses to go with it.
The Download: Google’s Project Astra, and China’s export bans
Top billing goes to Gemini 2.0—the latest iteration of Google DeepMind’s family of multimodal large language models, now redesigned around the ability to control agents —and a new version of Project Astra, the experimental everything app that the company teased at Google I/O in May.
See what Google’s Project Astra AR glasses can do (for a select few beta testers)
Google has released a prototype of Project Astra’s AR glasses for testing in the real world. The glasses are part of Google’s long-term plan to one day have hardware with augmented reality and multimodal AI capabilities.
How Google's Project Astra gives an AI agent eyes
Google is showing off an updated version of Project Astra, the all-seeing, all-hearing and all-remembering experimental AI assistant it showed a glimpse of earlier this year. Why it matters: Astra offers a preview for some of the ways future AI assistants will help navigate the physical world.
Google's Project Astra waitlist signups begin with enhanced AR features
We've been expecting AR glasses from Google ever since I/O 2024 when it showcased Project Astra. The demo showed how interactive and engaged Project Astra is (likely) designed to be. When wearing a pair of AR glasses, the device will "record" your surroundings in real time, so when you ask a question, the AI can answer it.
Here’s How You Can Try Google’s Project Astra (Kind of)
Google has quietly launched Stream Realtime on AI Studio which works very similar to Project Astra. You can share your live camera and talk to Gemini 2.0.
Gemini 2.0 and Project Astra Make Google's AI Your Know-It-All Assistant
Google is entering its AI agents era with the introduction of Gemini 2.0 -- the company's next generation AI chatbot -- and a limited release of Project Astra, a computer vision-assisted AI agent that can see and analyze the world around you, the company said in a press release on Wednesday.
Google smart glasses just got closer to real with huge Project Astra update
Project Astra is meant to be a "universal AI agent" that works on tasks in everyday life via your phone's camera and voice recognition software. This will morph into smart glasses a la Meta's Ray Bans. Google CEO Sundar Pichai teased Astra in a video on X and Google posted a YouTube video showing Astra in action.
Google’s AI enters its ‘agentic era’
Project Astra, Google’s prototype AI “universal agent,” responded smoothly. “The Sunday Afternoon artwork was discussed ...
Google’s new AI projects aren’t ready for the masses yet. Good!
Google DeepMind is showing off an AI assistant that sees and a Chrome extension that can browse the web on its own. They’re for testing purposes only—and that makes sense.
Google launches Gemini 2.0, its latest AI model that can 'think multiple steps ahead'
Google says its new generation of AI models can understand more of the world and take action on your behalf.