Apple patent around digital glasses… Next confrontation ground with Google?

During his last conference,
Google demonstrated its Project Glass glasses, glasses
using augmented reality capable of displaying information to
the user, an already well advanced project that could be available for the
general public in 2013/2014.

Even if it is still complicated to imagine what this
product type,It seems that Google is not alone working on
glasses. In any case, what seems to indicateand
Apple patent filed in 2006:

In this patent, Apple describeshow the images could be
projected on small screens contained in the glassescreating
An environment enriched for the user. On these two screens,
information could even appearin 3D for a more experience
immersive.

In this patent, Apple imagines that this device could be used in
augmented reality and even gives some examples
uselike surgery, police, army ... but also
For engineers who could view CAD drawings in 3D.

Other applications are also envisaged as reducing evil
transport. Finally, Apple would not be Apple if connecting these
glasses with the iPhone was not envisaged (knowing that the ORSque ​​the request for
Patent was made, the iPhone was not yet announced!).

Of course, it is only a patent grant and nothing indicates that
These frames can arrive on our nose one day. Nevertheless, this one seems
wider than Google those on the subject according to the analyzes here ... in
Hoping that this will not be the subject of a new pass of weapons in front of the
courts between the two giants ...

Here is a video presentation of the Google project:

What do you think of this type of solutions:Future or
gadget ?
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