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AI-powered visual search features arrived to Ray-Ban's Meta sunglasses last year with some impressive (and worrying) capabilities — but a new one in the latest beta looks quite useful. It identifies landmarks in various locations and tells you more about them, acting as a sort of tour guide for travelers, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth wrote in a Threads post.Bosworth showed off a couple of sample images explaining why the Golden Gate Bridge is orange (easier to see in fog), a history of the "painted ladies" houses in San…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. At a Glance: The Best Running Sunglasses Spending time outdoors is one of the many benefits of running, but you can get too much sun. UV rays – which are present even when it’s overcast outside – can wreak havoc on our eyes, as well as our skin. For runners spending hours a week outdoors, the discomfort and risks posed by UV rays are even higher. Here’s…

Heidi Klum remembers her rebel days as a teenager working at a club named Checker’s in Düsseldorf. She can still hear the pulsing synths of Eighties songs blasting from the dance floor as she stood behind the bar making coffee for guests, even though she was way too young to be working there. “With hair and makeup you can always make yourself look a little older,” she says with a giggle. Fast-forward four decades, and Klum’s love for dance music has only grown. Several months ago, the German supermodel had the…

Xreal, TCL, and Rokid smart glasses displayed together. Alan Truly / Digital Trends Conceptually, smart glasses with displays are great. You get a giant screen that hovers in the center of your view and personal stereo sound in a pair of glasses you can fold and put in your pocket. In practice, there have been some issues preventing this technology from going mainstream. Most notably, comfort has been a problem. I tried next-gen smart glasses from industry leaders Xreal, Rokid, and TCL to find out if these new…

Apple still hasn’t quite given the world a great reason to spend $3,500 on its Vision Pro AR/VR headset, nor even released it, but BMW Motorrad, the automakers’ motorcycle division, believes it’s come up with a convincing reason for riders to wear smart glasses. The company’s new ConnectedRide Smartglasses position dashboard metrics in riders’ field of view so they never have to take their eyes off the road.Cops Pull Over Self-Driving CarEven with the success of Meta’s and HTC’s VR devices, convincing consumers that…

Sunglasses are essential if you want to take good care of your eyes, but they can also be a luxury experience if you buy the right frame. Thanks to this early Prime Day 2023 deal, you won't have to pay as exorbitant of a price to get your hands on these Gen 2 Echo Frames, which bundle UV light-filtering lenses with hi-tech hardware.Amazon's Echo Frames have been discounted by 37% to just $170 for Prime members, and with them, you can make use of hands-free Alex to make calls, listen to podcasts or Audible…

SUNGLASSES HAVE always played two roles: to shield your eyes from damaging UV rays, and to make you look cool. Just what constitutes “cool” has fluctuated with the decades—remember our early-2000s obsession with bedazzled frames? But few designs have more questionable associations than flip-up, clip-on shades, despite their ability to cleverly block or let in sunlight via a hinge attachment. While aviator sunglasses evoke Tom Cruise in “Top Gun” and understated black frames conjure…

TCL’s prototype RayNeo X2 AR glasses were quaint, but they needed polish and better screens. Knowing what tech is already out there, both issues are not big hurdles.Photo: Kyle Barr/GizmodoIn just one of many Las Vegas hotel suites where tech companies were offering journalists like me the opportunity to get early tests of prototype tech, I didn’t expect much. I sat down in a spare casino suite with Lumus, an Israel-based company announcing its 2D ‘Z-Lens’ glass architecture, for use by other companies making AR glasses.…

Shady Rays, a Kentucky-based independent sunglasses company, will open the doors of its first Colorado brick-and-mortar store in Lone Tree in November. The location at 8401 Park Meadows Center Dr. on the second floor of the Park Meadows shopping mall is set to service shoppers ahead of Black Friday shopping. It will be the brand’s second retail space. “Our Denver customer-base is strong and their affinity for Shady Rays is evident in their interests in both our sunglasses and snow goggle collections,” said CEO Chris…

Pokemon Go has announced that it is collaborating with English singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran. A special in-game performance by Ed Sheeran will be available on the Pokemon Go app starting November 22 as part of the celebration of the release of his new album called “=” (Equals). The show will feature songs from the new album as well as some of his popular numbers. Also during the event, Pokemon Totodile, Mudkip, Piplup, and Oshawott will appear in the wild. Trainers can also find Squirtle wearing sunglasses as well as…