Apple Said to Explore Smart Glasses in Deeper Wearables Push

  • Early product testing comes as company searches for next hit
  • Similar Google Glass project flopped as a consumer product

Apple Said to Explore Smart Glasses

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Apple Inc. is weighing an expansion into digital glasses, a risky but potentially lucrative area of wearable computing, according to people familiar with the matter.

While still in an exploration phase, the device would connect wirelessly to iPhones, show images and other information in the wearer’s field of vision, and may use augmented reality, the people said. They asked not to be identified speaking about a secret project.