Google Glass competitors vie for attention as industry grows

Plenty of eyes may be focused on Google Glass as the device attracts attention in the field of “augmented reality,” but a crop of other players developing their own glasses-like products are also hoping to stand out as the industry matures.

Take Scope Technologies, which has partnered with Epson to develop computer-assisted glasses it calls the “augmented reality training system,” designed to help guide the user through complicated industrial maintenance processes like assembling fuel pumps, making changes to HVAC systems, or fixing broken car parts.