Best Smart Glasses 2024
The battle for second brain hardware is upon us.
2010s: Phone
2020s: ???/Glasses/Necklace/Pin
2030s: BCI
Ai Pin, Tab, Rabbit, Meta others competing to be the way you merge with AI.
I think smart glasses are the #1 form factor for wearable AI.
Glasses augment what we see and hear while capturing POV data. This gives personal AI rich context and a high bandwidth line to neocortex.
Here I show the state of the arts of smart glasses. My other vids show glasses AI help you learn new languages, manage ADHD, get super memory, improve communication skills, etc.
Hopefully this video is helpful to you in creating the future. Thanks to other helpful people in the space like
@mcdowall,
@Scobleizer,
@Karl_Guttag. Peace!
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LINKS
Convoscope (open source wearable AI):
github.com/TeamOpenSmartGlas…
Me:
caydenpierce.com TeamOpenSmartGlasses:
teamopensmartglasses.com
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To learn more about smart glasses, checkout these resources:
The AR Show -
thearshow.com
KGOnTech -
kguttag.com
AR subreddit -
reddit.com/r/augmentedrealit…
My YouTube:
youtube.com/@caydengineer
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All day wearability: Glasses must be under 45grams, and probably under 40 grams, to be all day wearable. I have tried dozens of them for all day use, and this has never been broken. Ray-Ban Meta Stories (latest) are ~49grams, and they are not all day wearable for most people. Of course, ergonomic design and weight balancing is crucial, more weight on ears and good, high spatial area coverage everywhere the glasses distributes weight on the head is crucial for comfort. For example, the Vuzix Shield is 140 grams, but I can rock it for 4 hours, and ran a 10K wearing them, because the ergonomics design is excellent.
Birdbath vs waveguide optics is a good thing to understand.
Waveguides: MicroLED light projector with diffractive or reflective waveguide lenses are seen in Vuzix Z100, Inmo Go, Meizu, MYVU, and other current state of the art all day HUD glasses. Waveguide material include plastic, glass, silicon carbide, and resin materials.
Birdbath: seen in XREAL, Rokid, etc. with OLED or other bright and larger projector. These have incredible, bright, high FOV, but they cover the eyes while feeling painful after hours of wear from their nose heavy weight. The latest birdbath glasses can be worn for a few hours (less than 90grams) for some use cases.
But what happens after 2040? We don't know but something like the singularity, ONeil Cylinder colonies, trillions of humans and AIs living in a higher dimensional metaverse, Centauri Alpha B causal chain ignition, Accelerando plot plays out.
FEATURED IN POST
@Humane Ai Pin,
@AviSchiffmann Tab,
@Meta @ray_ban Stories,
@rabbit_hmi R1
FEATURED GLASSES
@Vuzix Z100,
@ray_ban @Meta Stories,
@Razer Anzu,
@TCL_Global,
@TCL_USA, Rayneo X2 and TCL Rayneo X2 Lite,
@INMOGlasses, Go,
@MEIZU, Myvu,
@getviture One,
@XREAL_Global Air 2 Ultra,
@RokidGlobal @RokidInc Max,
@Snap Spectacles Next Generation, Solos Kopin Smart Glasses, Vuzix Blade 2, Vuzix Blade 1.5,
@Google Glass, Google Iris, Meta Orion, Meta Aria, Dispelix, microLED, birdbath,
@Huawei @HuaweiMobile Gentle Monster,
@brilliantlabsAR Frames, Meta Aria, Adhawk MindLink, Activelook Engo 2
@Activelook1, Vuzix Shield,
@amazon Echo Frames,
@Bose Frames,
XLIP.ai @xflipai Smart glasses,
@LucydEyewear, and more.
PARTNERS
Thanks to
@Vuzix for partnering with TeamOpenSmartGlasses on Convoscope deployment on Z100s, and for providing free hardware. Also thanks to
@Activelook1 ,
@TCL_Global, and others for the partnership and free hardware.
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