In addition to using Augmented Reality, they also use Virtual Reality to generate virtual work environments, playable videogame experiences and almost anything that comes to mind.
There is no denying that Google has accustomed us to give us clues about how the near future will be. Thanks to its economic muscle it is one of the companies that invests the most in research and development, imagining the technologies of the future and how we will interact with them.
They have been working in the field of Virtual Reality for several years thanks to Day Dream, which we can already test on many mobile phones, and they have also made important advances in Augmented Reality. Two technologies that come together in the Magic Leap One, the glasses of the future.
Remember that it is not the first time that Google works on a pair of glasses, in fact they already presented some years ago. Those Google Glasses were based solely on the Augmented Reality, introducing virtual elements "on top" of any reality.
That way we could, at a glance, obtain relevant information about the monument or point of interest we had before us, receive notifications or even take photographs or videos from the perspective of our eyes.