Different Good Glasses We’ve Examined
We have examined a number of extra pairs of sensible glasses—some good and a few unhealthy.
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Lucyd Reebok Octane for $199: Designed in partnership with Reebok for cyclists and runners, these light-weight Bluetooth sun shades characteristic silver polarized lenses, good high quality audio system, and 8-hour battery life. I loved listening to music and podcasts whereas mountain climbing, and I like that you could hear the world round you. The sound leakage isn’t too unhealthy, so that you gained’t hassle folks you go. In addition they have bodily controls which might be a lot simpler to make use of than contact controls, even when your arms are moist (they’re water-resistant too). You possibly can take calls, get instructions, and ask your most popular AI assistant questions. Lucyd has been making Bluetooth sun shades for a number of years now and provides a variety of various types. We additionally tried the Lucyd 2.0 Bluetooth Sun shades (7/10, WIRED Assessment) a few years in the past.
Rokid Max 2 Glasses for $529: The Spider-Man fashion lenses give these snug sensible glasses a little bit of character, although they gained’t be to everybody’s style. They mission a 215-inch display screen (1,080p, 120 Hz, 600 nits, 50-degree FoV) and boast diopter dials for focus changes, however I struggled to get rid of blurring across the edges, and as a substitute of fashionable electrochromic dimming, there’s a clip-on plastic blackout protect. I additionally tried the Rokid Station 2 ($149), which provides an Android TV interface to entry leisure apps but in addition a trackpad and an air mouse for simpler management. The unique Rokid Station was a extra primary moveable Android TV.
Even Realities G1 for $599: The Even Realities G1 Good Glasses (6/10, WIRED Assessment) are maybe the closest sensible glasses with a projected HUD that might go for normal glasses, however they don’t have cameras or audio system. WIRED reviewer Chris Haslam praised them as sensible glasses you’ll wish to put on, with a massively spectacular HUD projector that shows crisp, inexperienced digital textual content (640 x 200 pixels). They supply notifications and boast AI help for turn-by-turn navigation and audio language translation, however neither characteristic works completely, and the Perplexity-powered AI service will be sluggish to answer queries.
RayNeo Air 2S for $450: TCL-owned RayNeo has a number of fashions, and whereas the Air 2S glasses are cheaper than our different digital display screen picks, I discovered them inferior in design, match, and luxury. They provide a 201-inch digital display screen (1,080p, 120 Hz, 600 nits), however it’s blurry across the edges. RayNeo’s software program, required for 3 DoF, could be very buggy and unpolished. The 2S are solely barely higher than the older TCL RayNeo Air 2 XR Glasses (5/10, WIRED Assessment) with enhanced sound, brightness, and adjustability, however they endure the identical failings.
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Amazon Echo Frames for $300: The Amazon Echo Frames (3/10, WIRED Assessment) are a bit previous now, however you may nonetheless buy them. Too unhealthy they don’t do a lot. They work as sun shades, filter blue gentle, and are IPX4-rated. Tech-wise, they’ve a speaker and microphone in every temple, and you should use them to question or command Alexa, as you’d with a wise speaker, however there are not any cameras right here, making them far much less succesful than the equally priced Ray-Ban Meta glasses.
Asus AirVision M1 for $693: I used to be excited to see Asus launch sensible glasses, however the lack of fanfare was a purple flag. My first impressions of the light-weight design have been promising, and the M1 provides as much as a 100-inch digital show and spectacular 1,100 nits brightness. Designed to plug into your telephone, laptop computer, PC, or handheld gaming system, just like the ROG Ally, by way of USB-C, the M1 additionally options built-in audio system and a microphone. Sadly, the refresh fee maxes out at 72 Hz and is proscribed to 60 Hz except you use the Airvision software program, which additionally allows you to choose completely different modes (working, gaming, infinity), tweak display screen place, and set interpupillary distance (IPD). I discovered the in-focus candy spot was small, and most of my digital display screen was blurry, regardless of how I tweaked the settings, making them uncomfortable to make use of, particularly for work. There’s additionally a primary plastic protect to dam gentle, reasonably than electrochromic dimming, and the speaker high quality is decidedly common, leaving me puzzled about why the value is so excessive.
Solos AirGo Imaginative and prescient for $299: With a built-in AI assistant powered by ChatGPT, the Solos AirGo Imaginative and prescient provides a digicam on prime of the Bluetooth-connected audio system in the remainder of its vary. Grant it unfettered entry to your location and picture library, and it may well describe what you’re seeing. The obvious use instances are translation and navigation, although I’m not satisfied in regards to the accuracy of its solutions. The design is attention-grabbing, with chunky temples housing the smarts and interchangeable frames. There’s no digital display screen or HUD, however you may get prescription lense,s they usually look comparatively regular. Sadly, the picture and audio high quality are horrible, and the contact controls are frustratingly finicky. The app can be energy hungry and calls for too many permissions. The Ray-Ban Meta glasses do the identical issues higher.
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