But we may have written off Google’s Glasses too soon — because Google just revealed a new prototype pair in a blink-and-you-missed-it moment at Google I/O.

Google used a pair of smart glasses to show off a nifty AI chatbot, and this hardware certainly raised our eyebrows.

AI and AR are going to dovetail. Meta has already stated this, and at Google I/O, a new AI initiative called Project Astra, that can continuously scan camera feeds to provide contextual understanding of the world around you, certainly looks like a model for where next-gen glasses and AI devices could be heading.

Google left the details of the AR smart glasses to the imagination. Blink during the brief Project Astra video, and you'll miss it.

In a video demonstrating the prowess of its new Project Astra app, the person demonstrating asked Gemini "do you remember where you saw my glasses?" The AI impressively responded "Yes, I do. Your glasses were on a desk near a red apple,