Different smart glasses offer different features, depending on who made them and on the hardware available. Typically, these frames come with an integrated camera, microphone, personal speakers, and a way to interact with an AI assistant. For Meta Ray-Bans, that assistant is Meta AI, while the new Intelligent Eyewear from Samsung and Google is linked in with Google's Gemini. While the basic hardware allows these glasses to be used as cameras or headphones, the extra capabilities are wholly dependent on the AI you have access to. Like smartwatches, they are essentially a way of interacting with
I'm not buying Google's 'Intelligent Eyewear' — here's why they're dead on arrival for meThe real tragedy here is that a few bad actors risk ruining the broader adoption of a genuinely useful product category. Hands-free capture is incredible for capturing candid moments with family or accessing real-time multimodal AI translations while traveling. But if the general public begins to look at anyone wearing smart glasses with intense suspicion, the segment faces a steep uphill battle.
Modders are turning Ray-Ban Meta glasses into spy gear for as little as $50…The glasses are engineered as phone companions, allowing users to access Google's Gemini AI and smartphone features via voice commands. The hardware integration combines Samsung's engineering with Google's AI…
…General technology Here is our best look yet at the computing puck powering XREAL's Android XR glasses The smartphone-like hardware companion introduces a touchpad and device projection to the wearable…
…need the hardware ready, the operating system needs to be ready, and then you need a great user interface,” Xu said. Xreal’s newest model Aura is wired smart glasses that have…
I've been testing all the best smart glasses and VR headsets for over five years now, and no time has been more exciting for this space than right now. I'm…
…Anyone who genuinely cares about Liquid Glass is probably already in Apple’s camp and will buy an iPhone regardless. They don’t want an imitation, even if the hardware is objectively…
Apple is reportedly testing AI-powered smart glasses in at least four frame styles, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported Sunday. The product is said to focus on everyday usability and fashion-first…
…hardware. The differentiator will be AI implementation. Android XR will utilize Gemini. Sources have remained quiet on design and software. And as for what the “AI” in these AI smart glasses looks…
From Mark Gurman: Apple, with its smart glasses launching at the end of 2027, isn’t just going after Meta. It’s aiming to disrupt the entire eyewear industry like its Apple Watch upended the mechanical watch market. Appl…
Hey HN, Henry here from Cactus. We open-sourced Needle, a 26M parameter function-calling (tool use) model. It runs at 6000 tok/s prefill and 1200 tok/s decode on consumer devices.We were always frustrated by the little e…
…The change lets Apple shift its resources to smart glasses, which have a greater mass-market potential for the company. Price and necessity were probable factors in the decision. A massive market…
…Early smart glasses like Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta devices currently lean heavily on smartphone pairing to get the most out of the technology they provide because the physical constraints of…
…And it’s one early glimpse of where smart glasses are heading. Over the past few years, Big Tech has been quietly (and not so quietly) placing its bets. Meta has been…