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Samsung's Gear Blink could be ready to rival Google Glass by March

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 14 Sep 2014 10:09 User comments (4)

Samsung's Gear Blink could be ready to rival Google Glass by March

According to multiple sources, Samsung is preparing their 'Gear Blink' Google Glass rival for launch in March of next year.
If accurate, the launch would coincide with the expected launch of the Galaxy S6 flagship phone.

Among the features of the Gear Blink are an augmented reality app that will turn your hands (or possibly other surfaces) into virtual keyboards. Although it is a bit difficult to decipher, it appears that the patents show one-handed and two-handed variations of the virtual keyboard, with letters specified to different parts of your fingers.

The Blink itself seems to look like a sportier version of the Google Glass, but otherwise looks very familiar. It charges via standard microUSB.

Just like their new Gear S smartwatch, Samsung is expected to run the Blink on a variant of the Tizen OS.






Source:
Tizen Experts

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4 user comments

115.9.2014 07:02

looks very slim compared to Google Glass

215.9.2014 08:53

Originally posted by A5J4DX:
looks very slim compared to Google Glass
It does, now glasses is the new object to go over. Slowly we are being assimilated. Sorry couldn't pass up STNG reference.

315.9.2014 20:02

Originally posted by molsen:
Originally posted by A5J4DX:
looks very slim compared to Google Glass
It does, now glasses is the new object to go over. Slowly we are being assimilated. Sorry couldn't pass up STNG reference.
^_^ Nice. Lol.

419.9.2014 13:46

link Yes, ST:TNG The Game was the episode.

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