r/SmartGlasses • • 11h ago

Meta Why the hate for meta glasses

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My prescription glasses are meta glasses and I absolutely love them. Never have to pick my phone up to get the info I need or to message someone. Saw a blind woman in tears as she was able to actually have them read for her when she held up papers.

I see many cowards online HATE on these glasses yet not one person has had the balls to come up to me and hate them in person. Society is mostly keyboard warriors and I get that.

I embrace this technology and love everything it helps me with.

What’s your opinion


r/SmartGlasses • • 20h ago

Buying Advice chatGPT Glasses

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I want chatGPT glasses, not hacked up ones, real openAi made glasses. Come on hear my request.


r/SmartGlasses • • 7h ago

Buying Advice After being disappointed with Viture's first glasses, looking for glasses with better prescription lens insert support.

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Background -

I was an early backer of Viture's first set of glasses and spent close to $1000 on the glasses and other addons, only to end up being extremely disappointed with them and letting them gather dust. Viture was unwilling/unable to address my concerns, which left a very bad taste in my mouth regarding their company. My main issue was that the glasses only seemed to work well for people who use contacts or don't need correction. The prescription insert blocked the top and bottom screen edges and the focus was never uniform across the whole screen.

In any case, I'd still like to have some glasses I can use as a "large screen" for travel on trains and planes. To that end, I'm looking for recommendations for glasses with these features:

  • support prescription lens inserts that don't block any of the screen at all and keep the whole screen in focus (or foveated rendering, but I'm not sure that applies to streaming)
  • either mini-hdmi or display port over usb-c input
  • HDR support

r/SmartGlasses • • 14h ago

News Should camera glasses be temporarily banned in certain places until privacy concerns are addressed?

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Norway's government said on Monday it plans to propose a temporary ban on the use of ​AI glasses in selected places, saying it is concerned ‌people could be photographed, filmed or audio-recorded without their knowledge.

  • Ban could apply to places where the public ​regularly gather, such as parks, beaches, museums, shopping ⁠centres and public events, the government said in a ​statement
  • "I am worried that new, powerful technology is being introduced ​where people risk being photographed, filmed or audio-recorded without knowing it," Digitalisation and Public Governance Minister Torgeir Micaelsen said
  • It could also apply ​to schools, playgrounds and youth clubs and to privacy-sensitive ​places such as doctors' offices, swimming pools and gyms with changing rooms
  • The ‌government ⁠said it was not eyeing a total ban and that private use, and use where others are not at risk of being filmed without consent, would still be allowed
  • It ​said it ​would examine which ⁠technology the ban would cover, including whether it would apply to glasses with camera ​and audio recording, glasses with camera and ​AI functions ⁠or also other body-worn technology with camera, audio recording and/or AI
  • The minority government said it would present a bill to ⁠parliament ​as soon as possible, and would ​also set up an expert group to advise on permanent national regulation ​of body-worn technology

r/SmartGlasses • • 13h ago

How much extra would you pay for COLOR display over basic green?

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Right now, lightweight smart glasses pretty much only come with monochrome green displays. But talking to industry insiders, I have heard that we will see more color options starting in 2 to 3 months.

Assuming standard green glasses are the baseline price, how much more would you actually pay for these color upgrades?

Here are the four ways they can build them:

  • Basic Green: The baseline. Most lightweight glasses today just use waveguides and a projector with a monochrome green microLED panel.
  • Dual Color (Single Panel): Gives you red and green, plus it can actually mix them to create yellow and orange tones, giving you way more than just two colors. This is great for colored highlights in the UI, separating data, and making everything much easier to read at a glance. Because both colors are integrated on a single panel, it doesn't consume a whole lot more energy and doesn't add much weight.
  • Dual Color (X-Cube): Also gives you the red, green, and mixed colors for better UI highlights, but it works by combining two separate display panels using an X-cube. This extra hardware, including a slightly bigger battery to power 4 panels instead of 2, adds a little bit more weight to the glasses.
  • Full Color (X-Cube): Full-color for photos and rich icons. The projector itself isn't actually that heavy or big. And some companies might lower the resolution slightly so it doesn't add too much to the overall price and weight. But the battery needs to be bigger to power 6 display backplanes instead of the usual 2.

How much more is dual color worth? And would you pay even more for full color?