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My only Google I/O excitement was a two-second glimpse of secret Google hardware

At Google I/O 2024, the 'Project Astra' demo showed mysterious AR glasses with camera and DeepMind capabilities.

But one unannounced Google hardware project made a blink-and-you-miss-it appearance: a secret AR glasses prototype that looks surprisingly consumer-ready. But they're clearly AR glasses, given the holographic dot and text in the visual center that displays Gemini AI answers to her questions. In theory, Google's Iris AR glasses could follow after Samsung's headset with its own spin on AndroidXR, designed to be worn out in the world.

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