When it comes down to Augmented Reality glasses, right away we think about Google Glass, but that's about to change as Lenovo is hoping to get a piece of the pie with its own Glass-like device. Lenovo's Glass live device is built under the company's NBD platform.
This platform is basically a call for collaboration where other companies including Lenovo, will work together to bring forth more household devices that are powered and driven by the Internet.
Lenovo's Glass-like device is called the C1, and so far we know little about it and what the company aims to accomplish with it. From what we can tell so far, it will compete directly with the Glass, and the device's battery is worn around the neck. That's an odd device, and the biggest differentiator when compared to Glass.
Based on reports, the C1 will come packed with 12GB of internal space, and users will be able to sync content to Lenovo's own cloud services. On the matter of the camera, the C1 is rocking a 5-megapixel shooter; however, Lenovo noted that the quality of the camera might see some improvement before its official launch.
Other feature includes a touchpad, gesture controls, voice recognition, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connectivity. In addition, the C1 is running an older version of Android, version 4.0.4.
Everything here is connected to Lenovo's NBD platform, which is known as "New Bench" in China. Lenovo launched NBD to coax other companies to collaborate with them in hardware manufacturing to help push forward the Internet of Things.
What is the Internet of Things?
It's basically all your household products being connected to the Internet and communicating with each other. Companies have been working on the best possible way to bring this concept to life for years, but at the moment, it appears we are still at least a decade behind.
Lenovo's C1 will launch first in China, and we should get more details about the device in October. It would be interesting to see how it stacks up to Google Glass, and if Lenovo is capable of making it cheaper to get a leg up on Google on its home turf.
