This seems like the future for Google Glass -- those articles a few days back about how the program is waning / losing steam seem to overlook Magic Leap, which feels more like Google doubling down.
For notifications and wearables glasses was an idea that has proven to be a bad choice for social as well as practical reasons.
Augmented reality is well adding to our reality and I believe what people really want and NOT virtual reality. I can image Amazon Echo with a butler image would be a HUGE hit as opposed to the audio only option.