Amazon may release augmented reality glasses

Amazon is not just an online retailer. The company has been producing world-famous readers, tablets, speakers and TV set-top boxes. He tried his hand Amazon and smartphone market. However, recent experience was not too successful and has led to the failure of the gadget sales and a series of layoffs in the ranks of Amazon.

And it seems that Amazon has decided to test himself still on the market smart glasses augmented reality. The company has already patented the design of the corresponding points in the US Office of Patents and Trademarks. The device is synchronized with smartphones and tablets “over the air”, or cable and allows you to display on the screen in the video glasses or a picture from a mobile gadget.

This smart glasses Amazon can not be called a virtual reality headset like Oculus Rift, because the picture is actually broadcast on transparent glasses and does not interfere with seeing the world around you.

Of course, these products are being developed by many manufacturers. And Amazon has not revealed anything new. Moreover, the fact that a patent does not guarantee that the company ever to release a real gadget based on it. But if it does happen, Amazon could open a new market, and the company’s customers will be able to work more effectively with content provided by Amazon.