We already know that Google is working on the next Google Glass, but what kind of features can we expect from the device. Well, if a recent patent from Google is any indication, it looks like the company will implement eye-tracking features that could give you information based on what you’re looking at. It’s actually surprising that this wasn’t in the first iteration of Google Glass, which required wearers to use tap gestures and voice commands to control their smartglasses.
The next iteration of Google Glass is already in the works, but not much information has surfaced thus far about what the device’s hardware will be like. Google has given much of its focus and attention to the Glass at Work program over the last couple of years, and it’s no secret that specific work applications have been where the device has found its best use cases, but what will that mean for the direction that Google takes with the device’s hardware in the future? A newly-published patent might give us an idea, and it might involve a new way to get information from the wearable display device based on where you’re looking. There’s nothing overwhelmingly groundbreaking about it, but eye-tracking technology is definitely something that Google might be considering for the next version of Glass. Having to control Glass with voice and tap gestures can be cumbersome for a device that’s supposed to get out of the way and make its wearers lives easier, and eye-tracking might be just what Glass needs to make a wearable heads-up display practical in many situations.