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Following reports that Google has been developing AR glasses, the company indeed announced a prototype pair of glasses at this year’s Google I/O conference.  Google’s focus with these glasses appears to be helpful features such as language translation. Google acquired smart glasses maker North in 2020, and its work with Google Glass pioneered smart eyewear nearly a decade ago. Now playing: Watch …

Google makes everything from connected thermostats to phones, speakers, TV dongles and laptops. Soon, you can add smartwatches and augmented reality glasses to that list. Why? To Google, the answer is simple: It wants to make technology less distracting.  The company discussed its vision for the future of computing during its annual I/O conference on Wednesday. A large part of …