Google Glass: The New Facelift

The Google Glass 2 may feature a monocle design, resting on one ear.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Google a patent in November for a “wearable device with input and output structures” that many are speculating will serve as a revived Glass, according to Mashable.

By the patent’s description alone, it could be said that once it is configured, the device will retain its form.

That awesome FKA twigs collaboration aside, the public launch of Google Glass in 2014 was practically dripping with controversy and criticism.

The “monocle” Google Glass will rest perched on top of the user’s ear and hover above one eye. “The device would offer a heads-up display for playing video that could even be viewable in the other eye via a prism”, described CNet.

Time.com noted, however, that this patent doesn’t solve any of the problems the first Google Glass prototypes encountered in its long, scandalous life.

It appears the design of the frame is flexible and malleable to an extent, so that the user can adjust it to the shape of their head.

Perhaps it’s going to look like an extended version of a Bluetooth device?

Sales for the Google Glass ceased in January of this year as the company needed to temporarily halt production and recalibrate the development and direction for which that device was aimed at. Traditional-looking glasses are believed to be developed for enterprise customers. Glass was shelved earlier this year.

The same report also said that the new addition for Google will not bear the name Google Glass 2.0 but will be tagged as the “Enterprise Edition”.

“It has been tweaked, though, and there are at least a few differences noticeable from the outside”.

BGR shares an interesting point as well by saying that for the Google Glass to become a hit, the company may want to make it look like a regular pair of glasses.