'iGlass': Could Apple top Google's computerized specs?

Not to be outdone by a chief rival, the House That Jobs Built nabs a patent for its own set of futuristic glasses

Google co-founder Segey Brin demonstrates Google Glass, a wearable interactive computer, on June 27: Apple might be creating its own head-mounted, hands-free computer.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Google hopes that its Project Glass — computerized specs that, come 2014, will reportedly allow a wearer to use vocal commands to send instant messages, look up directions, snap photos, and video chat with friends — will reinvent the way we use computers and be hugely profitable for Android. But Google isn't alone. Earlier this week, Apple was granted patent approval for a "peripheral treatment for head-mounted displays," which sounds an awful lot like Google's own computerized specs, but with a few twists. Here, a brief guide to what bloggers are dubbing everything from "iGlass" to "iShades":

What did Apple get approval for, exactly?

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