Enterprise Edition of Google Glass beefing up for the workplace

As Google moves to reposition they next version of Google Glass to be primarily used for business and enterprise purposes, reports indicate the Glass team is beefing up the device to be a little more business friendly and more rugged to handle the stress of a workplace environment. Despite some of these changes, the overall form factor will stay much the same as the Explorer Edition with a prism located above the right eye and the electronics hanging on the right temple.

New to the next “Enterprise Edition” will be hinges for the temples so the device can be folded up like normal eyewear. This includes both the plain left temple as well as the right temple and all of the electronics located there. This should make it a little easier to keep the device close to a worker who could more easily stow it in a case, including a hard case, when not immediately needed.

Overall the materials and fit are getting beefed up. This should help protect it from bumps and drops that may occur in the workplace. Google appears to have worked on addressing some of the openings that existed in the first version of Glass, making them smaller or sealing them up altogether to improve water resistance.

Reports also indicate Google plans to ship the device with a larger prism to make it a little easier for users to view the screen. The new version is also expected to come with an Intel Atom processor providing better performance, possibly better battery life, and better heat management. An improvement in any of these areas would address some of the shortcomings of the original Glass devices.

The new Enterprise Edition of Google Glass is expected to only be available through Glass for Work partners with no retail option being available for general consumers. A device from Google recently passed through the FCC which many think was the new version of Glass, so it may not be much longer before we see reports of the next generation of Glass starting to show up.

source: 9to5Google

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