SEOUL - Two giants get attention each other. New competitor of Google Glass made by Samsung
Samsung Electronics seemed to be creating a smart eyeglasses that will compete with Google Glass .
Patents according to news reported by The Wall Steet Journal will be a design registered in the Korean government since last October showing an electronic device in the form of glasses . Product was put into the category of " sports glasses . "
" This design is a kind of glasses that come with earphones . Users can receive phone calls and listen to music while exercising , "the memo stated on a number of images that device , which is registered by Samsung in early 2013.
The device is connected to a smartphone and displays various notifications sent by the phone . It is easier for users when both hands busy sports activities , wrote the memo . Samsung 's glasses have lenses that are transparent or semi - transparent .
Description of the design drawings and the memo shows that such glasses are not much different from the Google Glass , which is still in the process of development . A number of volunteers are still testing the device . However , the Samsung glasses seems to be more emphasis on the sport aspect .
If Samsung decides to launch the product , the glasses will be the company's latest effort to produce a wearable device , or devices worn on the body . The strategy proved to launch smart watches , the Galaxy Gear .
A Samsung spokesman said the company does not comment on plans related to products that have not come out .
Wearable devices become the new battleground for mobile phone manufacturers are struggling to begin a full and saturated market . However , many technological barriers that must be overcome .