Google will be testing a small number of prototypes within select areas of the US with strict limitations on where testers can operate, and the kinds of activities they can engage in. Testers will have to go through device, protocol, privacy, and safety training. And the company is warning that it will have prototypes that look like normal glasses, though they’ll have an in-lens display and visual and audio sensors like a microphone and camera onboard. An LED indicator tells people in the vicinity if image data is being saved for analysis and debugging, which they can request to have deleted.
Google is planning to explore use cases like speech transcription and translation, as well as visual sensing scenarios like translating text or helping with navigation. The company claims that its prototypes don’t support photography or videography, though any image data captured during its tests will be deleted unless the data is used for further analysis or debugging. In that case, the image data is first scrubbed for sensitive content, including faces and license plates. Then it is stored on a secure server, with limited access by a small number of Googlers for analysis and debugging and deleted after 30 days.
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https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/19/23270219/google-ar-prototypes-test-public