AR glasses

Day 2 of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 has concluded with some innovative and groundbreaking announcements. With almost every new launch, we are seeing more and more use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. It is as if these companies think that if they do not have some AI angle in their product, they will be immediately thrown into the dustbin of history. Listed below are the top 5 gadgets that were the talk of the show at the MWC 2024.Top 5 Gadgets at MWC 2024Humane AI Pin: Humane, an AI startup…

A young passenger wears Rokid Max smart glasses during a flight. Rokid Sick of those tiny seatback screens on long flights? Thanks to a new partnership between Rokid and Hainan Airlines, that could become a thing of the past. Instead of small, glare-streaked LCDs, you could be enjoying a giant virtual display when you don futuristic smart glasses while flying. China’s Hainan Airlines loaned pairs of Rokid Entertainment Kits to passengers of flight HU7874 on February 7, 2024, which made it the world’s first AR flight…

Brilliant Labs CEO models the company’s new Frame smart glasses. Brilliant Labs Smart glasses keep getting better and adding more features. The latest from Brilliant Labs is called Frame, a pair of smart glasses with two primary points of interest: an astounding weight of just 39 grams and some nifty AI features. According to the online retailer Glasses.com, “the majority of eyeglasses weight 25 to 50 grams.” The fact that Frame sits right in the middle of this range is seriously impressive, especially since the…

Augmented reality glasses maker Xreal is raising fresh funding at a valuation that tops $1 billion, according to Chief Executive Officer Chi Xu, aiming to get out ahead of future devices from Apple Inc., Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google.The Chinese startup is raising $60 million in the round, bringing its total to more than $300 million, Chi said in an interview. That latest money comes from a key supply chain partner that he declined to identify. “This will help us scale our manufacturing capabilities and…

RayNeo X2 Lite AR glasses are slim and lightweight. RayNeo It’s been a long time since Google Glass fell on its face, but at CES 2024, some advanced AR companies are attempting a revival of sorts. TCL-backed RayNeo showcased its latest breakthrough in AR glasses with two new pairs: the RayNeo X2 and RayNeo X2 Lite, a two-ounce (60g) wearable that includes 1,500-nit displays, a 12MP camera, and AI with voice and image input. The RayNeo X2 will be available to consumers via Indiegogo in February, but the company…

Xreal Xreal just announced its latest pair of AR glasses ahead of CES 2024. And although they’re made for developers, they still look fascinating. The Xreal Air 2 Ultra are a pair of AR glasses that have spatial computing capabilities that allow you to control interfaces with hand gestures. Based on the Xreal Air 2 smart glasses, this new product adds tracking and 3D sensing technology without the bulk and weight of earlier solutions. Weighing just less than 3 ounces (80 grams), the Air 2 Ultra is claimed to be…

Apple 2023 was the year the world at large was introduced to the term spatial computing. Even though Apple didn’t invent the term, its use of it while announcing the Vision Pro instead of “mixed-reality” or “augmented reality” was notable. In short, a spatial computer is a new type of device with a wearable display, the ability to sense the surrounding area, and a user interface based on the wearer’s hands, eyes, and voice instead of a traditional screen. But Apple is hardly alone in its pursuit. 2023 saw some huge…

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Nadeem Sarwar / Digital Trends Apple has been trying to sell the idea of using an iPad — the Pro model, specifically — as a legitimate computing machine for a while. It started with putting a Mac-borrowed M-series silicon inside the tablet, followed by bringing Stage Manager to the tablet. Then came desktop-grade productivity apps like Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Da Vinci Resolve, preceded by Microsoft 365 and Adobe’s editing tools. The ability to plug in an external monitor is also neat for a tablet, but that…

It was Wednesday night and I was sick as a dog with some mysterious virus. Waves of nausea and brain fogging left me too weak to sit up. I was on my back for the night — and that gave me the perfect opportunity to test my fancy new AR glasses. Just a few nights before, I’d gotten a pair of Lenovo’s Legion Glasses. I got the shades alongside my Legion Go and figured I’d use them to enjoy some gaming on a giant 1080p display right in front of my eyes. Since I couldn’t really get out of bed, I decided to strap them on…