Smart glasses

Google's investment in the field of artificial intelligence can be said to be huge, and in order to truly understand its vision in the field of virtual assistants, we have to pay attention to the Project Astra program. As early as in the spring of this year's Google I / O conference, Google demonstrated this full-featured multimodal virtual assistant, and positioned it as a "constant companion" in the life of the user. Although the technology is still between a "concept video" and an "early prototype," it represents Google's most ambitious attempt at artificial intelligence. In Astra's demo, one recurring element caught people's attention: the eye...

Amazon is working on smart glasses designed to provide its couriers with navigation to, around and into buildings to optimize a smoother final leg of package delivery to customers' homes, Reuters reports. According to people familiar with the matter, the glasses will provide couriers with detailed route navigation through a small built-in screen, including information on turns, elevator options and obstacle avoidance. The move aims to improve delivery efficiency by saving valuable time. In addition, the smart glasses will free up the couriers' hands, allowing them to carry more packages. Amazon's move is aimed at reducing each parcel's...

Xiaodu announced that it will release "AI new species" at the Baidu World Congress on November 12, and this new product release will be another "new category exploration" of Xiaodu in the field of AI + hardware. At present, Xiaodu's entire product line has been equipped with large model capabilities. I learned that the official has not yet detailed what kind of new products will be released. However, earlier today, Bloomberg reported that Baidu is preparing to launch a built-in Xiaodu AI assistant smart glasses, and plans to show at the 2024 Baidu World Congress on November 12 in Shanghai. The source revealed that this...

CareYaya Health Technologies recently launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered large-scale language model called MedaCareLLM, designed to help patients with dementia and Alzheimer's disease improve their daily lives. The technology is integrated into smart glasses that provide real-time "life-changing" assistance to patients through video data and facial and object recognition technology. When a patient wears these smart glasses, the AI recognizes familiar faces. Upon recognition, the system translates that person's information into prompts that are delivered through a bone-conduction headset or hearing aid...

Meta and Ray-Ban's collaboration on smart glasses has been making waves in Europe lately, with Meta's smart glasses outselling the traditional Ray-Ban in some stores even before the AI feature was introduced. According to the latest report, the smart glasses, called Ray-Ban Meta, have become the best-selling product in Ray-Ban stores at 60% Ray-Ban stores at 60%. The news comes from Stefano Grassi, the CFO of EssilorLuxottica, who in...

Meta has confirmed that photos and videos taken by users with Ray-Ban Meta smartglasses may be used to train its AI models, TechCrunch reports. Emil Vazquez, Meta's manager of policy communications, said in an email, "In regions where multimodal AI is available (currently the U.S. and Canada), images and videos shared with Meta AI may be used to improve our AI models, in accordance with our privacy policy." Earlier, a Meta spokesperson clarified that...

At the Meta Connect 2024 developer conference, Meta announced that the Ray-Ban smartglasses will receive a series of software updates to enhance the smart experience, as well as a limited edition clear frame. These new features include "Reminders," which allows the glasses to take a picture of their surroundings and alert the user later with a notification on their phone. Additionally, users can scan QR codes and dial phone numbers directly through the glasses. Meta Ray-Ban glasses already have the ability to extract text from still images and translate it. Now the company says it is...

Solos has launched a new pair of AirGo Vision smart glasses with a built-in camera, claiming to be the world's first smart glasses that support GPT-4o. They will be available later this year to compete with Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses. According to reports, users can use the GPT-4o AI model's ability to identify objects seen by the camera and ask it to answer questions about the object. Solos AirGo Vision is equipped with the same modular system as other Solos smart glasses: when users encounter a situation where the glasses are not suitable for them...

According to the New York Times, Meta will bring a series of multimodal AI functions to its Ray-Ban smart glasses starting next month, including translation, object recognition, animal and scene recognition, etc., which entered the early testing stage in December last year. Users only need to say "Hey Meta" and say a prompt word or ask a question to activate the built-in AI assistant of the glasses, and then respond through the speakers built into the frame. The New York Times found through testing that the glasses can be used in a variety of scenarios such as in grocery stores, while driving, or in museums and zoos...

OPPO released a new generation of Air Glass 3 smart glasses at the MWC 2024 exhibition, which is attracting worldwide attention. However, it is still in the prototype stage. In terms of conventional configuration, OPPO Air Glass 3 has built-in speakers and microphones in the temples, which can be interacted by sliding the temples. This pair of glasses continues to use resin diffraction optical waveguide lenses with a refractive index of 1.70. The overall frame is made of magnesium-lithium alloy and weighs only 50 grams. OPPO Air Glass 3 also has a built-in Xiaobu assistant, which uses AndesGPT…

Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman mentioned in the latest issue of the "Power On" newsletter that Apple is exploring "various possibilities" for future wearable devices. Here is a summary: AirPods headphones equipped with cameras Apple is studying how to equip AirPods headphones with cameras and more advanced artificial intelligence and health sensors. The project, codenamed B798, was launched last year and the core idea is to find a way to embed lower-resolution camera sensors into AirPods headphones. The product…

Meta has recently announced that it will launch a compelling multimodal AI feature on its Ray-Ban smart glasses to provide users with a smarter and more interactive experience. The feature uses the glasses' cameras and microphones to enable Meta's AI assistant to perceive the visual and audio information around the user and respond accordingly. Mark Zuckerberg demonstrated this update in a video on Instagram. He asked the smart glasses for matching suggestions for a shirt, and the smart glasses AI assistant responded and described the shirt and provided several possible matching pants suggestions. In addition, he also demonstrated the glasses' A…