#smart-glasses

#smart-glasses

Smart glasses are a hot buy. We've seen plenty of new models hit the market in the last several years, including Amazon's own Echo Frames, which first launched in 2019. They're an oldie, but certainly a goodie. In fact, our expert liked them so much, he ditched his Meta Ray-Bans, which are more expensive. Also: The best October Prime Day deals In if you're eyeing your own pair, you're in luck.

As humanity inches closer to an AI apocalypse, a sliver of hope remains: the robots might not work. Such was the case last week, as Mark Zuckerberg attempted to demonstrate his company's new AI-enabled smart glasses. I don't know what to tell you guys, Zuckerberg told a crowd of Meta enthusiasts as he tried, and failed, for roughly the fourth time to hold a video call with his colleague via the glasses.

Jason Hiner/ZDNET 1. You want the best-looking video from your eyewear Arguably, the biggest improvement with the newest Ray-Ban smart glasses is the ability to record in 3K video resolution. That's on par with the more expensive Meta Oakley HSTN model, and footage is noticeably sharper and more vivid when compared to the older Ray-Bans' 1080p recordings. Also: I biked with the Meta Oakley Vanguard, and they're easily the best smart glasses for athletes

I'm not being rude, I'm saying this because I've found myself doing this too. I was genuinely excited when Apple unveiled the Touch Bar, the Dynamic Island, and Camera Control. It felt ground-breaking for precisely 4 minutes before I then reminded myself... the Touch Bar was first put on a Lenovo laptop 2 years before apple, the Dynamic Island is still larger than most hole-punch cameras, and the Camera Control, while great, doesn't beat the innovation that Sony's had in their 'camera phone' era.

In a recent viral TikTok video, influencer Aniessa Navarro said that she was in the middle of a Brazilian wax - which involves removal of body hair from intimate areas - at her regular Manhattan location of the European Wax Center chain when she realized that her esthetician was wearing a pair of Mark Zuckerberg's spy spectacles. Surprised, Navarro asked the esthetician if she was "wearing Meta glasses,"

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced JioFrames at the 48th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Friday. It is a pair of hands-free artificial intelligence (AI)-powered smart glasses that feature a built-in AI voice assistant. There is support for multiple Indian languages, enabling users to converse with the voice assistant in their native language. JioFrames comes with an HD camera, which can be used to take photos and record videos. There are various health and fitness-tracking features as well.

The idea has now reached a new zenith. A startup called Halo is releasing a pair of smart glasses that will record and transcribe all your conversations and use it to beam you AI-powered insights. It'll remember details you forgot and recall what someone told you they like, the startup says, arming you with facts it looks up on the fly and answering questions you don't know the answer to so you can look like a genius.

The Envision smart glasses utilize multiple AI models to assist blind and vision-impaired users by reading text, describing surroundings, and recognizing faces.

The vertical-only shooting style is ideal for social: Instagram Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts. They're a one-button, point-and-shoot solution creators will crave.

Envision's Ally Solos Glasses, priced at $399, are designed for blind and low-vision users and equipped with features like text reading and object recognition.