Google Glass 2.0? Wearable computer may return as a monocle

Google Glass may be making a comeback.

Google stopped producing much-hated and much-loved (depending on your point of view) wearable computer prototype in January. The company said it wasn't abandoning the project completely.

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Now, it appears Glass may be poised for a return...as a monocle.

Patent Office documents submitted this week by Google appear to be describing a new version of Glass.

"An electronic device includes a display and a band configured to be worn on the head of the user," reads the patent application's abstract. "The band defines a display end to which the display is affixed and extends from the display end to the free end. The band is adjustable such that it can be configured by a user to contact the head of the user at a first location near a temple, a second location along a portion of the user's ear adjacent the temple, and at a third location along a rear position of the head of the user. The display end is postionable away from the head such that the display element is suspended over an eye adjacent to the temple."

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