These Smart Glasses Put a Tiny Display In the Corner of Your Eye

[@CNET]

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[@PBJ0204]

Imagine going to use the live translate and when someone says something you immediately roll your eyes.

[@fgerv]

The “whatever” look.

[@Insick_]

😂😂😂

[@R50_J0]

WiFi sucks at a tech show. Hilarious.

[@stephengreenwood2064]

and no one thought to bring a 5G hotspot??

[@Antenox]

That's what happens when you crowd three Disneylands' worth of people into a single conference hall.

[@orangy57]

​@@stephengreenwood2064 it's because there's just too many radio signals at once for routers to pick up on. You could have 1000 routers and 1000 hotspots but if there's a ton of devices trying to filter through signals it's just too noisy to decode

[@SilkyWayFPV]

Usually WiFi and 5G are overloaded on tech shows. Too many WiFi networks, too many users.

[@BigMacWitCheez]

What did you expect? It's literally a bunch of tech enthusiasts all in one space using the same bandwidth.

[@LeesReviews69]

I love my Even Realities glasses

[@BarelyAverageDude]

Would be dope with a camera like Raybans for visual context awareness.

[@huncho2x128]

Imagine being able to zoom with the glasses

[@BarelyAverageDude]

@huncho2x128 that would be too powerful 🤯

[@Sheenifier]

​@@huncho2x128imagine having bad vision, your glasses dies out, and now you can't see

[@docang9317]

Would it be weird to rolling eyes like that for no reason while You're talking with someone?

[@belalali3588]

You lost me at proprietary... No thanks...

[@SolisEmi]

Oh my god this is mind blowing!

[@EchoConstellation]

Does it feel like your eyes have to focus close up to see the screen? Or does the screen seem like it’s projected dozens of feet away?

[@urbanstrencan]

Smart glasses will be big on 2025

[@fgerv]

We had them since 2023.

[@Halliday_Global]

Absolutely agree! That’s exactly what drives us-we’re building for the future!

[@error.418]

@@fgerv We had them way before 2023... Google Glass was 2012 and I'm sure it wasn't the first either

[@deluge6479]

​@@fgervwere they mainstream in 2023? Did they have AI? Didn't think so

[@homeyworkey]

definitely 2026, idk with raybans atleast the battery just isnt good enough so i dont have high hopes for this year.

[@DodgeThisUK]

They are massive!

[@_sparrowhawk]

This is tech that Google couldn't get to work about 2 years ago.

[@JasonMayes]

Even Realities G1 do all of that and are thinner / less chunky and about the same price

[@heretikpapy]

And more good looking

[@deluge6479]

The display technology is not even the same though...

[@JasonMayes]

@deluge6479 yeah I know even is better as you don't have to look so high up, it's thinner and probably lighter, and can adjust the position of the screen rendering as it's in the glass and still no distortion on the lens to the end users perception.

[@tonkov4148]

Nah even g1’s easily cost 750£ outside US and 800$+ including prescription(base price:600$) meanwhile you can pre-order the Halliday for about 400$ rn including prescription.

[@JasonMayes]

@tonkov4148 ah ok including prescription that's good. Though I still don't like you have to look up at the screen. I prefer paying more for the G1 to not have to do that as it looks a bit odd if you are taking to someone eg giving a presentation

[@Halliday_Global]

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[@HanZHENG-kw3ul]

amazing glasses!!

[@mlillrose]

i feel like an optometrist or ophthalmologist needs to chime in and talk about the effects to your eye sight by looking up at a tiny screen so close to your eye.

[@andrewdo8192]

As long as the dioptric value is right, it wouldn't cause any eye strain

[@erikrounds]

Do these have speakers built in?

[@Sheenifier]

I'm not entirely sure, but from the previews I've seen, the device speaks to the user and there's a music option in the menu. However it could just be the video and the music control could purely be for control. But if they do have, it's probably low quality

[@erikrounds]

@Sheenifier I've found out that they do have speakers from one of their videos, but there was no information about the sound quality.

[@Sheenifier]

@@erikrounds that was one of the things I didn't like about Even Realities G1 apart from the price is the lack of speakers. If the quality is decent enough I might consider these ones

[@studiochannel8]

someone's talking to you in Spanish and you're looking spaced out staring up at the skies 😂

[@avelino34]

Groovy Baby! 🤓

[@ThyWhom]

they don’t look like REGULAR glasses, but go off

[@Sheenifier]

Well they look more regular than other smart glasses. In fact large frames are a norm these days. I daily drive a pair of Lucyds smart glasses and no one has ever said anything unless they're deliberately looking at them when they're off my face. My frames aren't too far off from them tho these have a gloss finish mines is matte

[@Nn-kt7bz]

READY PLAYER ONE

[@javierechegaray3151]

Por favor CNET, activen doblaje automático al español

[@This_man500]

Why do they all have to have the same hideous frames? I just one one smart glass brand to offer something unique

[@fgerv]

I probably don’t like anything you do. I can get over it.

[@1meen1]

@@This_man500 Meta glasses

[@cheezyspam7044]

I agree, rayban also has a "smart frame" and they're all shaped the same, but theirs is also super bulky. I wear a thick black frame already, but mine are more rectangular. All these smart glasses are huge and round. Hopefully they'll add options as they go along and hone their tech

[@szlomobronsztajn3115]

all mainstream glass frames are hideous, you really cannot buy frames with minimal bezels because of this stupid trend... I want glasses from the 2000s/2010s not these ginormous frames from the 60s

[@fgerv]

@@1meen1Dorky

[@error.418]

The glasses are a display, displaying AI output doesn't make them AI glasses... god I hate marketing these days. The display idea is neat, though. I'd enjoy it for sports, especially as a skydiving altimeter display or display of stats for running/biking, etc.

[@theyoutubechannels]

Your eyes will squint wearing these weird glasses😂

[@rafamadrigal12]

Do they hurt your eyes

[@joelapp]

All people really need are frames that can be found when they are lost.

[@fgerv]

Is that supposed to make sense?

[@error.418]

@@fgerv they mean that if you lose your glasses, have tech in them to help you find them

[@homeyworkey]

@@error.418 thats such a niche issue that isnt really important at all... the frames should be on your face, u aint losing that removing earbuds however is a much more condusive selling point

[@error.418]

@@homeyworkey tbf, I wasn't suggesting it, just clarifying what the other person meant

[@miraclesandmoonbeams464]

Hipster Ariel

[@AdmiralBison]

meh. I was hoping for a tiny video display so one could their Movies, TV shows etc...

[@fgerv]

Not what this tech is about b

[@knighthonor44]

​@fgerv i disagree. Xreal does that just don't have spacial AR down yet. Some of the smartglasses brands like INMO does this, just not high performance Waveguides since that'd expensive.

[@Economicfreedom-i6y]

@@fgerv Why not? Why not also have the ability to watch videos in smart glasses? Would add to the value proposition of watching ones favorite movies and tv shows lying on in bed, couch on the go hands free. Have bone conducting audio and a micro-sd slot to put in a 2TB Micro SD.

[@error.418]

@@Economicfreedom-i6y a lot of reasons. that would make them bulkier to support full color, it would cause them to consume more battery life (especially with all the other stuff you just piled on it), etc. pros and cons, different needs.

[@AdmiralBison]

​@@error.418 There's tech out there now that can achieve that - New Sodium Ion batteries have higher capacities and can be stored at the end arms of the glasses. They can be bigger because they placed behind the ear. - Have integrated screen within the glass not bird baths anymore which take up so much space. One of the smart glasses I forget which one uses a small built in display - bone conducting is more efficient than ear buds because its direct contact with the skin, it may simply be patented with Jabra - Can either have local storage via microsd slot at the glasses arms or offload all the process and stream via wireless hdmi from a phone.

[@1meen1]

Those don't look like a regular pair of glasses FYI 😂

[@TVCHLORD]

theyre massive

[@fgerv]

@@TVCHLORDIt depends on your head. She looks good

[@1meen1]

@@fgerv it does depend on your head and eyes, but they're definitely huge on her judging from her head and eyes. Also in general they just look like Amazon or dollar store toy glasses.

[@shangzhenwu6701]

i think it looks like a regular glasses i would wear lol

[@1meen1]

@@shangzhenwu6701 😂 it is subjective and personal preference in the end. Unless you're dealing with prescriptions.

[@brendywatson]

They don't look like regular glasses

[@knighthonor44]

Yes they do

[@error.418]

they do for certain trends right now

[@Stricks823]

Hopefully they'll soon figure that not all persons have the same dominant eye these would be useless to me, my dominant eye is the left one, and pls don't make this a smartwatch for our eyes (I mean take anything related to health and sport from a smartwatch what do you end up with)

[@fgerv]

Why do you think having a dominant eye has anything to do with these?

[@Stricks823]

@fgerv test it, place a paper with something written in a small font in the upper right and left corners of you field of vision then tell me if you could read it with the same ease on both sides.

[@DavidA.21]

@@Stricks823 get even g1, not sure if it works with Mudra link. But, it is something to consider or you could wait..

[@error.418]

@@Stricks823 this is a demo pair at CES. they didn't talk about if they will have options. also how big is the market for left vs right dominant, etc? the larger market will get the attention first. as a left-handed and left-eye dominant person, I feel you, but so used to this.

[@knighthonor44]

Requires Wifi, so that makes it useless out in the world away from home unless you walk around with your phone Hotspot on at all times.

[@DAaaMan64]

It doesn't require wifi. It requires a connection to your phone, which you're then subject to however much signal your phone has. The signal is just overcrowded at CES.

[@goodfella1401]

Maybe it's just me but didn't Google Glass showed that people are not interested in wearing this

[@1meen1]

@@goodfella1401 Just you. People were interested, however, 1. The design wasn't something you would wear everyday, 2. It was somewhat expensive, and 3. The biggest issue was privacy concerns. 3 is less or more of a concern generally now because smartphones, filming, and content creation are the norm now.

[@solomonhilliard5357]

@@1meen1 Social media has successfully conditioned everyone to want (or at least expect) to be on camera at all times. That process was still ongoing 12 years ago.

[@fgerv]

They only demonstrated that society doesn’t like cameras on glasses but have not learned the lesson. These have no cameras.

[@paulhanson1600]

Google glass didn't quite look like real glasses, also it heated up and was burning your head after an hour! And the battery was terrible!

[@error.418]

it's been 13 years, times change, as we all expected they would

[@davealexander59]

Whatever happened to the concept of Glassholes? Did we all just forget?

[@l-_-lForkBombl-_-l]

Oh it never went away lol.

[@fgerv]

Check out the compition. They are mostly honing down the glass hole.

[@error.418]

Google Glass in 2012, sure, but we're 13 years from that and we all knew culture would shift to be more accepting of ubiquitous computing

[@CHJM605]

So can it see through clothes or not?

[@fgerv]

Next gen.

[@StringDeposit]

No-one talks about eye tracking. Will you be comfortable with your visual attention data being harvested? You pay attention to your feed being tuned to browsing data.. can you imagine when eye tracking pattern recognition begins to feed to government/advertisers/power-hubs ?? You ain't seen nothing yet!!

[@error.418]

there's no eye tracking in this, though

[@StringDeposit]

@error.418 think Dr Porsche and the pre-war VW. The building blocks are being assembled under your nose. Sold to you as convenience.

[@error.418]

@@StringDeposit tbf, they would be sold over my nose

[@vincentblake2856]

Can the radiation affect your eyes

[@Halliday_Global]

😆😆😆

[@tonkov4148]

Really hoping y’all deliver

[@CMFGAR]

This isnt anything new 🤣

[@Burn_In_Oled_On_Purpose]

I wish there was smart glasses with no ai. I have the xreal air smart glasses that has no ai. I'm looking for a pair of smart glasses with no ai and works with my backbone controller when I use both the smart glasses and the back both controller at the same time. Basically smart glasses as the external display and the back bone controller for playing games like call of duty mobile and call of duty war zone mobile. I use the backbone controller because the headphone jack on my phone is being blocked when my phone is attached to the backbone controller so I use the headphone jack on the back bone controller when I play call of duty mobile and call of duty war zone mobile. I use the buttons on the back bone controller to navigate on my phone with physical buttons since it makes it faster to navigate with my phone. I use the xreal air to watch 4k youtube videos and watching movies that I store locally on my micro sd cards and the audio is being played back from my phones headphone jack when the smart glasses are connected to my phones usb c port with zero latency for the audio from my phones own headphone jack and it just works with zero batteries from my headphones. I don't need to throw away the headphones away since there are no batteries like bluetooth headphones when the batteries stopped holding a charge. With bluetooth headphones, you can't use the same pair for 10 or more years since the batteries are non user removable and non user replaceable. With wired headphones there are headphones with user removable cables that has a built in mic for talking on the phone or when playing games online and chatting with friends when playing multi-player games and the user replace able cables are cheaper than paying for a decent pair of mediocre bluetooth headphones. Wired audio is just superior for audio fidelity and the wired audio can't be manipulated with software updates with planned obsolescence since software updates can decrease the battery life and even affect the noise canceling functionality with software updates happening to the bluetooth audio devices. There are some bluetooth headphones that require and rely on using a 3rd party app to the bluetooth headphones. Unfortunately, going that route has some risk because of the possibility of the sketchy permissions that the 3rd party app are asking just to be able use the headphones.

[@capnsteele3365]

well maybe it has ai but just not this gen ai bs

[@Burn_In_Oled_On_Purpose]

​@@capnsteele3365 I went to xreal website and it says that the xreal air has no ai.

[@Burn_In_Oled_On_Purpose]

@capnsteele3365 I just check nreal air website for the 1st gen xreal air glasses that I have and it says that there is no ai.

[@fgerv]

Check out Viture. These are not for you.

[@error.418]

the glasses don't have AI, they're just a display that talks to your phone. can you have your phone send it AI output? yes. does that make them AI glasses? no. could you use them without AI? yes. the current marketing hype around AI really needs to die out...

[@tookool5616]

Nice seeing white woman on camera instead of usual.

[@error.418]

wat

[@OTH89]

Ready Player One is reality.

[@error.418]

not even close...