The wearable electronics category has been dominated by smartwatches and earbuds in recent years. But companies keep trying to make smart glasses a thing, and Oppo’s entry in the space actually looks… not bad. Oppo Air Glass looks like a normal set of eyeglasses when you’re not using it for anything fancy. But you can snap […]
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Xiaomi unveils Smart Glasses concept with a microLED display
Nearly a decade after the introduction of Google Glass, smart glasses still haven’t been widely adopted, but that hasn’t stopped companies from trying to make them a thing. Now Chinese phone maker Xiaomi has introduced a Smart Glasses concept with a built-in microLED display and enough processing power to function not only as a smartphone companion, but also as a standalone device.
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Razer launches Anzu smart glasses with Bluetooth audio for $200
Razer is the latest company to launch a pair of smart glasses, but the company’s new Razer Anzu glasses have more in common with Bose Frames or Amazon Echo Frames than Google Glass or Microsoft Hololens. Essentially, the Razer Anzu smart glasses look like a normal set of glasses with slightly slick frames. There’s no […]
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Vuzix Blade smart glasses are now available for $1000
Google Glass may be dead and buried (or at least focused squarely on the enterprise market for now), but Google was hardly the only company developing wearable gadgets that could put information on a floating window right in front of your eyes. Vuzix has been producing wearable display technology for more than 10 years, but […]
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Intel scraps its Vaunt smart glasses project
Just a few months after revealing plans to launch a set of smart glasses, Intel has shut down the group working on the project. The Information reported on Intel’s decision to scrap its Vaunt smart glasses yesterday, and Intel released a statement to multiple sites, including The Verge, confirming the report. Basically the company says […]
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Intel Vaunt smart glasses coming this year (as a developer preview)
Intel is throwing its hat in the smart glasses ring, with a new platform called Vaunt. They glasses come in several different styles and work with prescriptions, and generally look and feel like an ordinary set of glasses… but when you’re wearing them you’ll be able to see what looks like a screen in front […]
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Report: Amazon is working on Alexa-powered smart glasses
Google Glass may have shifted from an experimental project aimed at the general public to an enterprise-class product for use in healthcare, industrial, and business environments. But that hasn’t stopped other companies from exploring the possibilities of wearable computing gadgets known as “smart glasses.” According to the Financial Times, Amazon has set its sights on […]
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Lenovo’s still developing Google Glass-like products
Google Glass may not have been a huge commercial success, but Lenovo still seems to think there’s merit in the idea of a wearable display that lets you see information at a glance without blocking your entire field of vision. The company unveiled its first smart glass prototype a few years ago. And at CES […]
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Microsoft shows mobile app that describes the world to blind users
Microsoft has painted a picture of a future where you interact with websites, mobile apps, and everything else by speaking to chat bots who can understand you using natural language thanks to machine learning. But while you may not be sold on the need to talk to a virtual concierge to book your next hotel […]
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Toshiba introduces, then quickly cancels smart eyeglass product
Toshiba introduced a set of smart wearable glasses in January, promising to deliver the Toshiba WearVue on February 29th. Now, just days ahead of the expected launch date, Toshiba has canceled the product altogether. Smart glasses had a bit of a moment when Google first introduced its Google Glass platform in 2012, promising a future […]