Glu CEO reckons Google Glass will ‘revolutionise’ games

MCV Staff 29th November 2013 Publishing

Wearable technology such as Google Glass could have a revolutionary impact on games, claims the CEO ofGlu Mobile.

Speaking toVenturebeat,Niccolo de Masisaid the company had always backed Google’s technology early, and felt there was room for Glass "to be a phone replacer in the long-term". The studio is already looking to get into the wearable tech market with word gameSpellista.

"Every five or ten years, something more revolutionary than evolutionary comes along," said de Masi. "It’s been six or seven years since the first iPhone. This could be one of those moments. The next seven years could well be a wearable wave. It could happen as fast or even faster than the smartphone, this PC in your pocket."

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