Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn sells Google a patent that allows it to create a virtual image and superimpose it on a view of the real world.

Google Glass

Google buys patents from Taiwanese manufacturer Hon Hau Precision Industry, also known as Foxconn, to provide your glasses with augmented reality, Google Glass, of new features, which would allow you to outperform competing products.

The acquired patents refer to a technology that allows creating a virtual image and superimposing it on a view of the real world and that the Mountain View manufacturer could use to provide its Google Glass with vocal commands.

Google GlassThis technology, denominada Head Mounted Display, It is widely used in aviation screens, engineering and scientific design applications, as well as simulation devices and tools.

This purchase has been made public after learning that Google had decided to produce its augmented reality glasses in Foxconn's factory in California..

Foxconn Technology is the main supplier of Google's great competitor, Apple, which manufactures, among others, iPhone smartphones and iPad tablets.

By, 26 Aug, 2013, Section: Augmented Reality

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