Google plans to test AR glasses in public from August to ‘help users’

With an aim to help users, tech giant Google has announced that it is planning to test augmented reality (AR) glasses in public beginning next month.

The company said that testing AR prototypes only in a lab environment has its limitations.

“Starting next month, we plan to test AR prototypes in the real world. This will allow us to better understand how these devices can help people in their everyday lives,” the company said in a blogpost. “And as we develop experiences like AR navigation, it will help us take factors such as weather and busy intersections into account — which can be difficult, sometimes impossible, to fully recreate indoors,” it added.