Augmedix, a San Francisco-based EHR (electronic health record) company, has raised $17 million to incorporate Google Glass into its product, TechCrunch is reporting. Separately, BioBeats, which has a biometrics coaching app, says it's raised $2.25 million. Augmedix has an interesting model. A common complaint about AR visors in social situations is that they distract the … [Read more...]
Next-Gen Glass Will Use Intel Chips, says WSJ
The WSJ reports that the next version of Google Glass -- you mean there's going to be a next version? -- will use Intel processors instead of TI's. The article then goes into great detail on a point that no reader here will be surprised about: that the visor business will find success not with consumers but in enterprise applications. At least the reporters name-check two great … [Read more...]
Google Picks Its First Five Glass Software Partners
There's more signs of Glass's life in the enterprise: Google has selected five software companies as its first Google At Work Certified Partners. We met the guys at APX Labs at Glazed earlier this month, although they were demoing their enterprise data application on Epson's Moverio. Aside from its hooks into enterprise data of all kinds, what's interesting about APX is an … [Read more...]