Do you know of exisiting or upcoming ar glasses, prescription support, looks ok, display, sdk, phone as a smart part.

No need in mic, camera, audio.

Even realities look like that, with overkill of a mic, but there is no sdk. Anything else looking like that?

I wonder if xreal was able to achieve the higher fov and slimmer profile due to the new Sony microdisplay: https://www.oled-info.com/sony-launches-new-10000-nits-044-inch-fhd-oled-microdisplay-worlds-brightest Or if not...I'm excited for next Gen ar glasses to come out with slimmer profiles and different optic configurations! Also it seems frustrating to me that Sony can make such a dense display now (5000 ppi) and yet they STILL LOCK THEMSELVES TO 1080P 🙄 Why not bump up the resolution and keep the display larger? Many of us are looking to productivity usage and 1080p just doesn't cut it.

Faced with the market demand generated by large AI models, the widespread deployment of edge-side AI models signals that AI+AR glasses are poised to sweep China's wearable market, becoming the next explosive growth point in consumer electronics. However, edge-side large models have significant limitations in enhancing the experience of voice assistants, leading to a much lower-than-expected efficiency in human-computer interaction for wearable AI voice assistants.

Liu Yi, VP of Business Development at Hongshi Intelligence points out two problems in this regard:

1. Both AI voice assistants and AI glasses are early, immature products. Their reliance on "voice" as the primary interaction mode fails to deliver a good user experience. Therefore, it is necessary to integrate AR heads-up display capabilities into the glasses. However, currently available wearable device chips, except for the AR1, lack SoC-level integration and optimization for AR+AI capabilities. This becomes a bottleneck preventing AI glasses from overcoming the low efficiency of human-computer interaction.
2. For existing AI+AR glasses products, the synergy between the two is not significantly enhanced. For example, the action of "using AI to order takeout" requires calling upon capabilities such as GPS and MCU, and performing millisecond-level computational optimization and presentation separately for both the voice assistant and AR display. This is difficult for current chips to achieve, indicating that more spatially oriented use cases that demand deeper AR+AI integration pose even greater challenges.

In 2025, AI+AR hardware terminal products are expected to experience exponential sales growth. This growth will be driven by more mature and mass-producible optical display modules and a more powerful ecosystem of application services.

Among them, Hongshi Intelligence is focused on the research, development, and manufacturing of MicroLED micro-display chips for the optical display portion of AR glasses. By the end of 2024, Hongshi Intelligence has established strategic partnerships with several leading companies to jointly promote the development of new forms of AR glasses. Samples have also been delivered to other XR-related customers.

In terms of MicroLED technology and production capacity, Hongshi Intelligence has invested over 100 million yuan in its focused silicon-based MicroLED chip technology. It holds independent patents for challenging technical hurdles such as epitaxial growth, mass transfer, and monolithic color stacking. Simultaneously, a new production line located in Moganshan, Huzhou, will be operational by the end of the year. By 2025, Hongshi Intelligence will have the capacity for KK-level (tens of millions) mass shipments.

Source: Hongshi

Something with a bit of light blocking around the sides?

Also I’d like to hear what you guys have for opinions on the various offerings currently on the market… Meta, XREAL, Viture…?

Which one is best, bang for buck?

I’m not looking for a Vision Pro (although the eye tracking and pass through clarity blew me away) and I shouldn’t expect the same experience from glasses as a headset… I have a Quest 2 and I’ve played with some of the others as well… Steam, PlayStation, Etc

I’m not really that into the immersion stuff, I’m really enjoying the productivity side of things - I want to play with AR and overlays and just “use my computer” with a cool stereoscopic head-mounted display like some sort of sci-fi character.

It can be plugged in all the time, that might even be a preference…

Anyone have any leads?

We are developing an educational AR web app/site that primarily uses anchoring.

The current version uses webXR, so it is limited to Android devices that are ARCore-capable.

From my research, SLAM-based anchoring is quite locked to ARCore and ARKit, but hopefully I am wrong.

I have tried location-based anchoring via LocAR.js (from the makers of AR.js), GPS anchoring is quite unreliable indoors.

Any good advice or thoughts on this?

Hi everyone. Can anyone recommend a good pair of smart glasses that can translate text real time to the glass screen? Seems like there are no glasses with a screen and also camera,right? And I don’t like the bulky ones like the Vision Pro.

Looking for collaborators to mad dash a grant submission together.

We have have concept and scaffolding and need a unity dev.

Hey people,

I'm Quest 3 Unreal Engine developer who wants toa achieve continuous object tracking, I searched for ARPins, OpenCV solutions, Spatial Anchors but for example; I want to track real life ball location in the app I'll make.

Any idea how to do it? Thanks in advance!

I've got some frames I'm very fond of. Is there anything either current or upcoming that could be retrofitted onto a normal pair of glasses for everyday wear ?

I want to get some AR glasses, but I believe my IPD of 55 is at the lowest end of the IPDs supported for these glasses. So I wanted to ask if there was anyone else with a low IPD and if so what glasses work for you?

Thank you!

In a new interview, Shachar Scott, VP, Marketing at Meta Reality Labs, shares what the display in the upcoming Meta will be used for: Messaging, (text) information that you need, navigation, and Google Lens-style overlays:

Using live translation I can look at a menu in Spanish, I have it translated for me into English - audio. You can imagine a world in which, very soon, that would actually overlay in English a different version of the menu for you.

Scott also mentioned that the display could show a picture book of a recipe people could follow along while they cook. Previously, Meta VP of Wearables, Alex Himel said that the users of the current glasses without display want a viewfinder for the camera and they want to see reactions displayed during livestreams.

Meta will expand to other EssilorLuxottica brands to grow the market. Sports is one area and we have already heard about the upcoming Oakley AI glasses. Another area is fashion and luxury!

What do you think, which brand will be used for the first fashion and luxury smart glasses by Meta?

Prestigious licensed brands are also part of the EssilorLuxottica family, including Giorgio Armani, Brunello Cucinelli, Burberry, Chanel, Coach, Dolce&Gabbana, Ferrari, Jimmy Choo, Michael Kors, Moncler, Prada, Ralph Lauren, Starck Biotech Paris, Swarovski, Tiffany & Co., Tory Burch and Versace.

Credit: WSJ

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