I think the biggest success of this that so many pieces of technology completely miss is that it actually does what it says it will do. Every single function you tried worked fine. That's unfortunately very rare these days
@@bullpup1337 yes it is sponsored, but i just finished watching and it's genuinely pretty amazing tech. it looks like an impressive device that (in this case) appears to have some compelling and thoughtful features and worked well in practice, sponsored or not
Why arent these a bigger deal??? My in-laws are deaf, and if these could essentially have the translate always on to create subtitles for them, this is incredible.
These are out for a while. Tried them in berlin and they are very cool but these tech channels wont promote tech until they sponsor them. A shame. What the hell are you doing if not showing new cool stuff like this
I was thinking that too. It's not just useful for conversations, imagine being deaf, walking outside and get a warning when the mics pickup a police or ems siren. I know they're not cheap, but neither are decent hearing aids.
@livinlicious oh yeah, I'm definitely not buying this specific thing. Maaaaybe gen 3. But I still want this thing but cheaper, not the Apple vision glasses.
Too many smart glasses have went way too far too quickly wanting full color displays, mic, cameras, etc. But this is where the tech needs to be right now to be viable long term. More self contained and simpler, daily use functionality.
We need both, gotta have the company that makes a sensible good quality working product and the companies that push the boundary of technology until they make something huge. I wish companies like Meta would do their wild crazy stuff, but also do more sensible stuff that just works with current tech. Give the normies something and the razor edge enthusiasts.
They poison the well, too. These glasses are just odd enough to be noticeable as smart glasses. I think a lot of people are going to accost you about recording them, because they heard all about the Google Glass.
@@VaradiioRay Ban is doing a huge holiday push for their actually creepy Meta glasses. Those are a lot more clearly something than these are to the average person. These are very lowkey
My complaint with my XReal Air 2 glasses besides the poor fit for big noses is that I can’t change the size of the image or just show it on one eye like a heads up display. I would love that while driving. Directions and speed limit and speed hud.
This might be one of the more practical tech products I've seen in ages and the most useful implementation of AI in a consumer product. I'm actually reminded of the old Pebble watches in how simple and usable the UI is. Everything about it just feels like it was built for actual human use without any garbage gimmicks.
All of the features seem to be implemented in an extremely passive manner, right down to the "visually silenced" mode. I love it. It isn't in your face (well, uh...) but rather stays out of your way until it's needed. Your Pebble analogy is apt - I immediately thought of them after watching the video.
The mention of them open-sourcing the software at the end is what got me the most, that sounds so cool! Imagine if an actual ecosystem grows around them and they could integrate with your existing notes, calendar, running apps, etc.
Absolutely, the openness takes it from potentially having lots of cool features to 100% getting lots of cool features once the community starts their thing. I can see this being the Pebble watch of smart glasses
@@infiniti4654 I really enjoy them not focusing on camera integration and focusing more on the integrated display. I don't wanna buy glasses with camera on them...
Ooooh that would be excellent for flight attendants, or other's that frequently have to communicate with others that speak a different language. Though I suspect that these needing to have the language preselected in the app, while still useful, could be a bit of a hindrance. Maybe some day that will have a feature to auto detect the spoken language.
@@Locke99GS also not being able to respond in the same language limits the usefulness a bit. you'd have to know some basic way of saying "I'll get you someone who can speak your language"
11:30 Also, Chinese is a heavily contextual language with a lot of similarly sounding words (look for "The Lion-Eating Poet" poem), so the software maybe waiting for some amount of context to properly translate every word.
@@ku8721 Riley's upgrade was, I think, the second upgrade ever. It showed off his minimalist lifestyle. Hoarding dozens of screwdrivers is not minimalist.
@@Cylonknight the cracking happens if you over tighten them... though most places that sell glasses will adjust them for free as it only takes like 3 seconds
Those big lumps on the ends of the arms would be in the way of my (cheapish) hearing aids where they go over my ears, interesting product but would definitely need a trial weaaring before buying :p
it's ONE phone app that cost $700 and gives you ugly glasses.... don't know what game you're playing but i promise you it won't be changed by this.... it's a cool idea but it's just a shitty app that both Android as well as iOS have for free stock.... also the translation just being one way makes it objectively worse than literally every free translation app out there Should've partnered with a glasses manufacturer like RayBan spend 5 more years on the software to make it actually useful for anyone and it could've been a game changer... instead they rushed to market to get investors and hype, released a really shitty product that may be worse (and way more expensive) than the orange AI box thing that nobody wanted Also just design wise... the knobs behind the ear look like they're impossible to wear over ear headphones with
Yeah, I remember in school some kids were made fun of because wearing glasses was not cool. Heck, now I think, with these, wearing glasses might very well become cool. (PS, I never made fun of anyone wearing glasses)
@@tankerkiller125 Contact wearer too, and I have a eye condition that makes my left eye too dominant. So my lenses are very different and I have to close my left eye to see through the right effectively. Hopefully the software can let you compensate for this with displaying different or same images on each lens.
Due to my profession, English is the second language to over 70 percent of my customer base. I have customers from all over Northern Africa, India, Eastern Europe, from all over this beautiful blue marble. So now it makes me wonder why I took Latin as my "Foreign Language Class" in high school. Although it is a beautiful and instrumental language, the foundation for so many modern western languages, it is now a dead language used by priests, lawyers, and doctors. These glasses. The translation ability alone, if works as advertised, would be a game changer in my life. Not only would this expediate transactions but I can only imagine the look on one of my unsuspecting clients faces when I can understand them in their first language. I'd pay for the prescription lenses if I could only get corporate to cover the rest! I'll just add it to my ever-growing list of wanted supplies!
Awesome work by the editors with all the UI in this video. Well, I've to say... I started the video believing in a price tag much much higher than the real one. For me it's not absurdly expensive, normal glasses aren't cheap and if you've got a particular sight problem could easily reach 800/900 euros price tag. Sometimes even for the lenses only. I would be curious to try these, but I admit that I cannot think to buy one only for see how they're by myself.
But do they actually include perscription-glasses? Otherwise "fake" glasses dont cost more than 100€. The precisely cut glass elements are what makes real glasses so expensive
Thought they’d go for at least twice their actual cost, honestly. It’s not cheap of course, but for a first gen product that even the biggest tech giants couldn’t get right I’d say it’s almost reasonable.
Same here ! Would've thought the glasses would cost like 900€, quite nice ! And that is for a new product, at launch. I'm sure the tech will get cheaper soon
These are the first smart glasses I have seen a video for here and actually been intrigued by. These seem extremely practical unlike some of the other smart glasses, while also delivering a form factor that would be unnoticeable by the average person. I am curious to see future development for these, and I might even get a pair when more features come to these.
thought the same, I always wait until a ~50% sale before getting new glasses (and a new frame for that matter), only being about double the normal price for essentially having smart glasses isn't that bad of a deal honestly, at least you get something for it and not just... glasses.
I literally dreamed of a product like this, with pretty much the same features, a couple years ago. And now it's real. Really excited for like, the 4th generation of these things.
These seem really cool. I think a better AI assistant integration will be key, as you suggested. Also, adding a maybe-optional bone conduction speaker to at least one side would be useful, since it could then speak back to you as well as display information. Finally, I'd love to see these integrated with a camera. Even (pun, get it?) without the extra features though, this is certainly interesting. Not sure I _want_ to be this connected, but if I did these seem like an effective product.
That's a really old application of this technology; automatic translation and captioning/speech to text software have been built on LLMs since the mid 2010s (Google Translate, for example, has been using a machine learning model since 2016), but they previously were never advertised as "AI".
Futuristic AR only reaches full potential in a world built around it. Imagine a world without physical signs cluttering the landscape, just virtual ones.
Honestly as someone who’s job involves a lot of public speaking from notes this could be so very useful especially the AI teleprompter - being able to go off script and add some other thoughts and it just starts scrolling when i come back to the notes would be amazing
It has been a bit since I've seen a piece of tech I'd be excited to own. Even at their price point they look mighty tempting. Especially the GPS! As someone who likes to walk to places their implementation looks great!
So excited for the future of this. A product that actually seems to exceed expectations based on what is advertised rather than attenpting to exaggerate or embellish their features. That's the right way to go
For me, the navigation overlay is the best part of this product. Walking around the city would be so much more seamless with this. I would've loved speakers though.
I actually love the fallout green and pixelated/stylised text, even if it is a limitation due to hardware it works so so well. And they carried over the style to the app, noice.
These are pretty amazing. Seems like almost should just have a plug on end to hook up ear piece for bluetooth general voice commands and calls/texts. I think they finally got to a point that these are getting viable and nifty. First new tech ive been excited about in awhile
These legitimately seem sick. I would love a pair of these for travel. Being able to have live translation, and having a heads up display for directions so that I don't have to constantly check my phone seems incredibly convenient. This is the kind of shit that was being promised by google 10 years ago that they never really delivered on.
1) Would farsighted people be able to see the output clearly? 2) I would have to have "clipons" to change the prescription for various ranges (to act like trifocals) or have multiple pairs of glasses with different corrections.
They support -12 to +12 for distance, and -4 to +4 for astigmatism correction, so farsighted people should be fine. I already carry multiple glasses; have separate glasses for outdoors/driving, and a different scrip that I wear inside with a weaker lens. I spend 8-14 hours a day, and sometimes more, focused on a screen 2-3 feet from my face, so resolving things out to 100+ feet isn't useful most of the time. I've tried bifocals, it wasn't very useful. Those work with a book/phone/tablet in your lap, but not monitors at proper height taking up much of your visual area. I have way less eyestrain than I have had in the years I went with just one pair for everything.
They need to implement coincident text on all these displays with limited visual field; Co-incident text projects the words of the string/document one at a time in the same display location while erasing the last word written so you get presented a "stream" of single words reading the text off to you visually. Used to be called "streamed text"; by some, back before the internet. Damn but that price is really nice.
The idea of smart glasses is appealing to me, a way to utilize quicker features that are in phones without having to go through the phone to get to it is something that should be strived for. However, I cannot get over that every single pair of smart glasses is designed to look like the trendy (5 years ago) "hipster" glasses frames and there's been no break on this trend that I've found yet. I get it's probably a more efficient shape for the screens to have the most space possible in the lens, but I'd prefer if manufacturers started looking into other styles in general. Edit: Apparently I should've just finished the video before commenting as one should do with any video, as he proceeded to drop that they're also working on a square lens style which makes my point completely moot, and I'm glad to see it happening with what seems like such a competent pair of smart glasses in general.
This is what smart glasses are suppose to be like. Quick notifications and features at a glance without annoying voice assistants. I'm honestly impressed!
Google Glass was probably the most excited I’ve ever been for a tech product, even though it ended up being a huge letdown. THIS is the content I want to see!
that price was way better then i expected especially given this is technically still the early days for it i can't imagine the battery life is that good though but thats just the state of batteries in general honestly
I just got a pair of these recently and the battery life easily lasts all day with no problems. I think by the end of the day I am typically at around 60%, and that is after wearing them from 7 am to nearly 10 pm
@@FinnShamrock Since you got the glasses, would you be aware of any blue light filter on the lenses? This is a must-have feature for me to use these daily.
@@stefen0074 so it is only on when you choose for it to be on basically. typically it only turns on when you look up at whatever angle you have chosen, but you can also change a setting to have it turn on whenever you receive a notification, and it will show the notification on the screen. Otherwise, yes, you have to interact with the glasses to have the screen turn on!
I feel like Riley didn't give it the enthusiasm this deserves, maybe because of the sponsor. These look like the first smart glasses most people would be willing to buy. Even Realities could even be purchased by a bigger company someday
The thing is, even when the batteries die, these are still glasses. That's more than you're going to get from a smartwatch that can't reliably tell time for 36 hours without a charging cycle.
12:02 that's what Zack Freedman has been doing for years with his Optogon, super cool that it's in a form factor that can be worn in public without attracting wierd looks. (To be clear I think the Optogon is super cool, but average non-nerds will probbaly disagree with me)
The Optigon has different features. It's a monocle, display is full color but requires a wired connection to a large belt-mounted computation unit, with large batteries, that runs things for an hour or two at a time. The computer runs fairly modern Android, with decent support for apps. The G1 has a binocular, monochrome green display of moderate resolution, that depends on a Bluetooth connection to your phone for communication and compute, and is limited in feature set, for all that the features it DOES have all seem to be ideal, and actually functional. In exchange, it runs all day and then some on the on-board batteries. If you want to be cool at a tech convention, Optigon. If you want something you can wear anywhere with low likelyhood of catching flack for your headwear, the G1 is among the best options available right now.
The features they offer right now, and the monochrome displays make them something I wouldn't buy, but 1 or 2 generation down the line, with a wider screen FOV, full colors and more functionalities, I could see myself buying them. When you consider how expensive normal glasses get, especially with the kind of ridiculous prescription that I need (I am mole man), $750 doesn't seem all that ridiculous, it's about what I would have paid the last time I changed glasses without the insurance coverage.
@@El_Chompo For a simple prescription that's fine, I got swimming glasses that way, it looks okay (certainly better than not seeing shit) but it's not good enough for everyday wear in my case. I need a significantly different correction in each eyes, I have slight astigmatism (which my glasses do help lessen thanks to the anti-glare coating), my field of view is offset to the right a little which needs to be accounted for in the lenses, and they are thinned down as much as possible. My sunglasses aren't thinned down to lower cost and they are almost 8mm thick (2/3 of an inch), could probably stop a low caliber air gun. Without glasses I can read a book from about 15cm (6 inches) away maximum.
I am very happy with how these look and how it actually does what it says on the box. Maybe have the option for not just green for the display and have voice reply to messages, otherwise I'm just about sold. Maybe if they offer different styles for different face shapes could be a killer in their market. Bravo guys!! 🎉
Yeah, I was looking for that. Seems OK-ish based on the video? Started at 100% and partway through the presentation it hit 98%, so if you assume there is a fair amount of cut content, it's maybe 1% every 10 minutes of moderate usage? So, something in the ballpark of 16 hours, or a whole waking day. It's probably going to be less than that realistically if you use it regularly, but it also does seem plausible, considering it seems to be a monochrome (green) display and most of the computing would be offloaded to the phone? The website claims 1.5 days of regular use on a single charge with a 160 mAh batter, with the case having 2000 mAh battery which is enough power to charge it 2.5 times as well (basically, 20% efficiency wireless charging). So, you could plausibly use them as much as you need every day and just charge them whilst you're asleep.
@@ThatSoddingGamer sorry... But that math doesn't check out 160 mah battery should be able to be recharged at least 10 times by a 2000 mah battery, even with a 20% inefficiency rate.
I might legit buy one of these, the notes feature seem extremely helpful, especially being great with someone like me with ADHD who misses stuff from conversations all the time.
I've paid more or less the same for a single pair of "dumb" prescription glasses... Usually getting a discount on a 2nd pair. But these seem more than reasonably priced for the added value.
I am not trying to be a smart ass, but if you are spending $750 for your glasses you should try a service like Firmoo, where even if you have a really strong prescription you can buy a pair of glasses for less than $200 CAD as long as you don't care about getting designer lenses. Online glasses retailers are a really good deal if you have someone to help you get your face measurements, its crazy how much instore companies like Hakim charge for what is essentially molded plastic frames and lenses.
Even with custom prescription lenses, I would still be hesitant to get an expensive glasses without 2 axis 180-degrees springed hinges. Just the other day I was applying some eyedrops while about to go to sleep and I lost track of where I had placed by glasses, I assumed I had just already placed them on the nightstand and just didn't register, and laid back and got myself comfy. Then a few minutes later I decided I felt more comfortable laying facing the other way that night and discovered I had been laying on my glasses the whole time and the double-hinges had allowed it to get harmlessly flattened against the mattress at a weird angle.
Wow! Polished product and a really thoughtful, well implemented software package where the subscription doesn't feel like a ripoff! I'm not even the least bit salty about the price, even though it's far too much for my wallet. So happy this exists!
Really cool! Not full of complex things, display isn't colorful and fancy. It doesn't need to be. I hope this level of design and usefulness takes off more so they become even more affordable. We don't need all the things, just the useful basics.
There's no real market until the technology improves, becomes smaller, cheaper and more convenient for the masses. Eventually we'll get AR in contact lenses but probably not this decade.
The waveguides these use are difficult to manufacture. Companies have developed techniques, but because of high-value commercial and industrial applications, have not wanted to license their process; this means new companies have to re-invent the wheel each time. Zack Freedman (here on TH-cam) has a number of videos on why head-mounted displays have taken so long to become useful; it's not an easy problem. These glasses seem to have finally found a balance of useful tech that actually works, with a cost that isn't insane.
This is the first time I got genuinely excited about a pair of smart glasses. They look like typical glasses you'd be able to purchase at any eye doctor while still providing a lot of daily functionality. I hope these continue to grow and this becomes the standard for smart glasses moving forward.
I've been following Linus and his empire for almost 10 years and always love listening to Riley. Funniest guy I know, and I don't even actually know him
Yoo!! I'm so glad a big channel was able to show off these glasses, and I really hope this will inspire other big channels to show them off too! I've made a couple videos on these myself, just because I don't think they have enough coverage given how awesome they are. I daily drive these glasses and I must say, they're as great as you think they can be. The software is solid and pleasing to use, and they're constantly coming out with new updates, on top of the fact that the open source software will be ramping up pretty heavily as more developers chip in to add extra stuff. Thanks for making this video!!
I think the biggest success of this that so many pieces of technology completely miss is that it actually does what it says it will do. Every single function you tried worked fine. That's unfortunately very rare these days
This is not a review, this is a sponsored video. Take it with a grain of salt.
@bullpup1337 It is sponsored but I have seen them trash enough sponsored products to know that If it didn't work they'd tell us.
It is a dark era when 'does the thing it says it does' is a huge compliment.
@@bullpup1337 yes it is sponsored, but i just finished watching and it's genuinely pretty amazing tech. it looks like an impressive device that (in this case) appears to have some compelling and thoughtful features and worked well in practice, sponsored or not
I got them and everything is true@@bullpup1337
Why arent these a bigger deal??? My in-laws are deaf, and if these could essentially have the translate always on to create subtitles for them, this is incredible.
price
I think they didn't spend much on advertising. Unfortunately that's how a lot of great tech dies.
These are out for a while. Tried them in berlin and they are very cool but these tech channels wont promote tech until they sponsor them. A shame. What the hell are you doing if not showing new cool stuff like this
I was thinking that too. It's not just useful for conversations, imagine being deaf, walking outside and get a warning when the mics pickup a police or ems siren. I know they're not cheap, but neither are decent hearing aids.
@@TheRatlord74 Not to mention the second you promote them as a hearing aid product the price gets tripled
Can we have a whole techlinked episode with this as a teleprompter?
i think they did
@@manitoba-op4jx well I need more I missed it.
Yes please 🙏
They didn't, you can see the screen on certain angles and lighting and it's not on
That would be really cool
Want it immediately. Don't need 3d nonsense, don't need fancy graphics, just want a cyberpunk HUD. Gimme gimme gimme.
IRL Survival meters. Maybe we don't display everything, though. Reality kicks in hard when you see your Happiness and Loneliness meters.
It's 700usd.
Hard no.
@@livinliciousA good pair of frames can run $450
@livinlicious oh yeah, I'm definitely not buying this specific thing. Maaaaybe gen 3. But I still want this thing but cheaper, not the Apple vision glasses.
But guys, please buy this so the product and company live on to bring us the nth gen that we might buy.. I like this a lot
Too many smart glasses have went way too far too quickly wanting full color displays, mic, cameras, etc. But this is where the tech needs to be right now to be viable long term. More self contained and simpler, daily use functionality.
We need both, gotta have the company that makes a sensible good quality working product and the companies that push the boundary of technology until they make something huge. I wish companies like Meta would do their wild crazy stuff, but also do more sensible stuff that just works with current tech. Give the normies something and the razor edge enthusiasts.
They poison the well, too. These glasses are just odd enough to be noticeable as smart glasses. I think a lot of people are going to accost you about recording them, because they heard all about the Google Glass.
@@Varadiiothey don't look different from all the other dumb glasses they have out
@@VaradiioRay Ban is doing a huge holiday push for their actually creepy Meta glasses. Those are a lot more clearly something than these are to the average person. These are very lowkey
My complaint with my XReal Air 2 glasses besides the poor fit for big noses is that I can’t change the size of the image or just show it on one eye like a heads up display. I would love that while driving. Directions and speed limit and speed hud.
This might be one of the more practical tech products I've seen in ages and the most useful implementation of AI in a consumer product. I'm actually reminded of the old Pebble watches in how simple and usable the UI is. Everything about it just feels like it was built for actual human use without any garbage gimmicks.
Was just going to say that it's like a Pebble watch in its simplicity. It's just a shame that, like Pebble, they're _definitely_ going to go bankrupt.
All of the features seem to be implemented in an extremely passive manner, right down to the "visually silenced" mode. I love it. It isn't in your face (well, uh...) but rather stays out of your way until it's needed. Your Pebble analogy is apt - I immediately thought of them after watching the video.
The mention of them open-sourcing the software at the end is what got me the most, that sounds so cool! Imagine if an actual ecosystem grows around them and they could integrate with your existing notes, calendar, running apps, etc.
Absolutely, the openness takes it from potentially having lots of cool features to 100% getting lots of cool features once the community starts their thing. I can see this being the Pebble watch of smart glasses
@@infiniti4654 I really enjoy them not focusing on camera integration and focusing more on the integrated display. I don't wanna buy glasses with camera on them...
I can already see someone integrating them into home assistant in a smart way xD
@@infiniti4654 So many Fallout mods! It looked like new Fallout HUD, so I'm sure that will be a thing.
But none of it'll work.
Up until now everytime we saw smart glasses it felt like prototypes. But this one woah that's just a good product.
Unironically wanna see Alec from Technology Connections try this on as a teleprompter.
zack freedman would love that i bet
So that's his name
Or Zack Freedman
Technology Connection is so good. Also, yeah, these.
I can see him doing a bit where he cranes his neck way up and talks loudly to the ceiling
Main channel video needed! This needs to be made into a much bigger deal this is exactly what we want the wearable tech to go towards
I'm a flight attendant and having live translate is SO EXCITING to me.
I guess you need network connectivity for that feature, so make sure you are connected to the onboard WiFi if possible.
Ooooh that would be excellent for flight attendants, or other's that frequently have to communicate with others that speak a different language. Though I suspect that these needing to have the language preselected in the app, while still useful, could be a bit of a hindrance. Maybe some day that will have a feature to auto detect the spoken language.
@@Locke99GS also not being able to respond in the same language limits the usefulness a bit. you'd have to know some basic way of saying "I'll get you someone who can speak your language"
I thought the flight attendant couldn't use glasses
@@FlemminGB why tho? samsung galaxy s23 and s24 can live translate without access to Internet, with voice transcription
11:30 Also, Chinese is a heavily contextual language with a lot of similarly sounding words (look for "The Lion-Eating Poet" poem), so the software maybe waiting for some amount of context to properly translate every word.
3:30 if only Riley had a precision screwdriver to adjust that looseness by tightening a hinge screw..
You’re definitely right, but sometimes even tightening it doesn’t work or can crack if it’s plastic 🤷♂️
Really funny thing is when they do Riley's upgrade we'll see dozens of them in his house!
@@ku8721 Riley's upgrade was, I think, the second upgrade ever. It showed off his minimalist lifestyle. Hoarding dozens of screwdrivers is not minimalist.
😂
@@Cylonknight the cracking happens if you over tighten them... though most places that sell glasses will adjust them for free as it only takes like 3 seconds
It being open-source is a an absolute game-changer. I hope they actually mean "anything you can code up and the hardware will support - you can run".
In practice that never happens
looks like a game changer for people who are deaf or going deaf or have had some sort of injury causing hearing loss.
A smartphone or smart watch would do the same, not sure this will be enough
@@tiloaloyou have to look down at a device for those though
Those big lumps on the ends of the arms would be in the way of my (cheapish) hearing aids where they go over my ears, interesting product but would definitely need a trial weaaring before buying :p
@@tiloalomaintaining eye contaxt with the person you're talking to is a noticeable quality of life benefit
Also hearing aids are crazy expensive
it's ONE phone app that cost $700 and gives you ugly glasses.... don't know what game you're playing but i promise you it won't be changed by this.... it's a cool idea but it's just a shitty app that both Android as well as iOS have for free stock.... also the translation just being one way makes it objectively worse than literally every free translation app out there
Should've partnered with a glasses manufacturer like RayBan spend 5 more years on the software to make it actually useful for anyone and it could've been a game changer... instead they rushed to market to get investors and hype, released a really shitty product that may be worse (and way more expensive) than the orange AI box thing that nobody wanted
Also just design wise... the knobs behind the ear look like they're impossible to wear over ear headphones with
WOAH this look like they could be the Pebble of smart glasses instead of watches. Which is very exciting and scary at the same time
This is one of the coolest things I've seen this year and I don't even wear glasses.
I wear contacts, this is the first time I've actually thought I might want to wear glasses again in 10+ years.
@@tankerkiller125 I'm considering partially blinding myself just to have an excuse to wear these
Yeah, I remember in school some kids were made fun of because wearing glasses was not cool. Heck, now I think, with these, wearing glasses might very well become cool.
(PS, I never made fun of anyone wearing glasses)
@@tankerkiller125 Contact wearer too, and I have a eye condition that makes my left eye too dominant. So my lenses are very different and I have to close my left eye to see through the right effectively. Hopefully the software can let you compensate for this with displaying different or same images on each lens.
I don’t wear glasses and I use these! As a tech nerd and VR/AR geek, they are incredibly cool
Riley should do all the testing. He's very good at the product descriptions and how it is to use them.
This looks like one of the most practical AR and AI glasses devices I've seen on this show. Impressive.
Due to my profession, English is the second language to over 70 percent of my customer base. I have customers from all over Northern Africa, India, Eastern Europe, from all over this beautiful blue marble. So now it makes me wonder why I took Latin as my "Foreign Language Class" in high school. Although it is a beautiful and instrumental language, the foundation for so many modern western languages, it is now a dead language used by priests, lawyers, and doctors. These glasses. The translation ability alone, if works as advertised, would be a game changer in my life. Not only would this expediate transactions but I can only imagine the look on one of my unsuspecting clients faces when I can understand them in their first language. I'd pay for the prescription lenses if I could only get corporate to cover the rest! I'll just add it to my ever-growing list of wanted supplies!
Awesome work by the editors with all the UI in this video.
Well, I've to say... I started the video believing in a price tag much much higher than the real one. For me it's not absurdly expensive, normal glasses aren't cheap and if you've got a particular sight problem could easily reach 800/900 euros price tag. Sometimes even for the lenses only.
I would be curious to try these, but I admit that I cannot think to buy one only for see how they're by myself.
But do they actually include perscription-glasses? Otherwise "fake" glasses dont cost more than 100€. The precisely cut glass elements are what makes real glasses so expensive
Thought they’d go for at least twice their actual cost, honestly. It’s not cheap of course, but for a first gen product that even the biggest tech giants couldn’t get right I’d say it’s almost reasonable.
@@lynes2peters438 You didn't watch to the end, did you? :)
@@lynes2peters438 it includes if you pay a little extra. It is in the video.
Same here ! Would've thought the glasses would cost like 900€, quite nice ! And that is for a new product, at launch. I'm sure the tech will get cheaper soon
These are the first smart glasses I have seen a video for here and actually been intrigued by. These seem extremely practical unlike some of the other smart glasses, while also delivering a form factor that would be unnoticeable by the average person. I am curious to see future development for these, and I might even get a pair when more features come to these.
I love the visuals done for this video.
Gosh feel like we haven't had a quality review like that in ages, nice one Riley!!
I was expecting over $1k for these glasses with prescription lenses, seeing that it's below that makes me very tempted to try them out
Same!
Dang! Some of my relatives have paid more for dumb glasses!
thought the same, I always wait until a ~50% sale before getting new glasses (and a new frame for that matter), only being about double the normal price for essentially having smart glasses isn't that bad of a deal honestly, at least you get something for it and not just... glasses.
it's sponsored but the product is actually cool and useful?!
10:47 - "wait, Bing chiling means ice cream?"
Someone haven't seen John Cena ice cream video
These make the technology exciting again. Maybe not mainstream ready this gen but in 5 or 10 years this will be pretty standard I suspect
I hope these are actually good. I've been waiting for GOOD smart glasses for so long. Google let me down so hard.
Some guy can also use them to look up everything about you as well without you even knowing he did so with these as well in public.
@@aj.j5833 As if people can't do that already with a smart phone
@@gecho8848 They do so why you want make it even easier for them to do so?
@@gecho8848 Also easier something is to do more people will do it as well.
@@aj.j5833 Huh? How is that any different than someone just looking you up on your phone?
What am I watching? Riley calm and collected? Wow!
Well done, love ya Riley!
I literally dreamed of a product like this, with pretty much the same features, a couple years ago. And now it's real. Really excited for like, the 4th generation of these things.
These seem really cool. I think a better AI assistant integration will be key, as you suggested. Also, adding a maybe-optional bone conduction speaker to at least one side would be useful, since it could then speak back to you as well as display information. Finally, I'd love to see these integrated with a camera. Even (pun, get it?) without the extra features though, this is certainly interesting. Not sure I _want_ to be this connected, but if I did these seem like an effective product.
This is legitimately the first time I ever felt these "AI" features are actually useful. I might actually buy this for the translation function alone.
That's a really old application of this technology; automatic translation and captioning/speech to text software have been built on LLMs since the mid 2010s (Google Translate, for example, has been using a machine learning model since 2016), but they previously were never advertised as "AI".
Putting smarts in an upgradeable phone would be the best part especially with how ubiquitous they are.
14:03 so you were going 96 on a school zone?
These engineers took the "Heads-up display" in a literal sense.
Futuristic AR only reaches full potential in a world built around it. Imagine a world without physical signs cluttering the landscape, just virtual ones.
Honestly as someone who’s job involves a lot of public speaking from notes this could be so very useful especially the AI teleprompter - being able to go off script and add some other thoughts and it just starts scrolling when i come back to the notes would be amazing
this product just keeps getting better.
they're open sourcing the code? Thats absolutely awesome
It has been a bit since I've seen a piece of tech I'd be excited to own. Even at their price point they look mighty tempting. Especially the GPS! As someone who likes to walk to places their implementation looks great!
8:05 the croissant fishing rope was hilarious
So excited for the future of this. A product that actually seems to exceed expectations based on what is advertised rather than attenpting to exaggerate or embellish their features. That's the right way to go
Ok, ok... this is getting into the usable mode! Give it two more years and perhaps we may get a entire glass screen with even more options!
This product, to me, is more impresing than my own quest 3. I need it.
Looks like an interesting product and I'd be very interested to hear Riley's thoughts on the glasses after a month or two of use
Durability should be a big one. Glasses have a rough life.
For me, the navigation overlay is the best part of this product.
Walking around the city would be so much more seamless with this.
I would've loved speakers though.
I actually love the fallout green and pixelated/stylised text, even if it is a limitation due to hardware it works so so well. And they carried over the style to the app, noice.
These are pretty amazing. Seems like almost should just have a plug on end to hook up ear piece for bluetooth general voice commands and calls/texts. I think they finally got to a point that these are getting viable and nifty. First new tech ive been excited about in awhile
These legitimately seem sick.
I would love a pair of these for travel. Being able to have live translation, and having a heads up display for directions so that I don't have to constantly check my phone seems incredibly convenient.
This is the kind of shit that was being promised by google 10 years ago that they never really delivered on.
1) Would farsighted people be able to see the output clearly? 2) I would have to have "clipons" to change the prescription for various ranges (to act like trifocals) or have multiple pairs of glasses with different corrections.
They support -12 to +12 for distance, and -4 to +4 for astigmatism correction, so farsighted people should be fine. I already carry multiple glasses; have separate glasses for outdoors/driving, and a different scrip that I wear inside with a weaker lens. I spend 8-14 hours a day, and sometimes more, focused on a screen 2-3 feet from my face, so resolving things out to 100+ feet isn't useful most of the time. I've tried bifocals, it wasn't very useful. Those work with a book/phone/tablet in your lap, but not monitors at proper height taking up much of your visual area. I have way less eyestrain than I have had in the years I went with just one pair for everything.
2:46 where did riley go?!?!
Really appreciated the editing on this one. It helped me so much to see what he saw.
what about battery life? not mention of that anywhere?
Battery life is great. You can easily get about 1.5 days out of it, but I've never noticed mine die as at night I just put them back in the case.
I'd like to know too!
@@waitokyeah7564so as an actual user of them, what would you say are their biggest feature and flaw in your perspective?
@@waitokyeah7564 same here
Bizarre that an entire video didn't mention it
They need to implement coincident text on all these displays with limited visual field; Co-incident text projects the words of the string/document one at a time in the same display location while erasing the last word written so you get presented a "stream" of single words reading the text off to you visually. Used to be called "streamed text"; by some, back before the internet. Damn but that price is really nice.
Oh wow. The live translate feature can be so good for traveling around.
The idea of smart glasses is appealing to me, a way to utilize quicker features that are in phones without having to go through the phone to get to it is something that should be strived for. However, I cannot get over that every single pair of smart glasses is designed to look like the trendy (5 years ago) "hipster" glasses frames and there's been no break on this trend that I've found yet. I get it's probably a more efficient shape for the screens to have the most space possible in the lens, but I'd prefer if manufacturers started looking into other styles in general.
Edit: Apparently I should've just finished the video before commenting as one should do with any video, as he proceeded to drop that they're also working on a square lens style which makes my point completely moot, and I'm glad to see it happening with what seems like such a competent pair of smart glasses in general.
the overlay you guys did was cool
Wonder if this was provided by the glass company
This is what smart glasses are suppose to be like. Quick notifications and features at a glance without annoying voice assistants. I'm honestly impressed!
Google Glass was probably the most excited I’ve ever been for a tech product, even though it ended up being a huge letdown. THIS is the content I want to see!
They actually look quite good. This is the best I've seen in regards to smart glasses
Riley taking off glasses can pull off a Superman transformation
pretty darn awesome for a 1st gen product. love the build philosophy (having the electronics at the back, bendable ears, solid front)
that price was way better then i expected especially given this is technically still the early days for it
i can't imagine the battery life is that good though but thats just the state of batteries in general honestly
Allegedly they last 1.5 day out of the case, and recharge in it (according to Google search and YT comments).
I just got a pair of these recently and the battery life easily lasts all day with no problems. I think by the end of the day I am typically at around 60%, and that is after wearing them from 7 am to nearly 10 pm
@@FinnShamrock how often is the display on? does it only show up when you get a notification or use one of the features?
@@FinnShamrock Since you got the glasses, would you be aware of any blue light filter on the lenses? This is a must-have feature for me to use these daily.
@@stefen0074 so it is only on when you choose for it to be on basically. typically it only turns on when you look up at whatever angle you have chosen, but you can also change a setting to have it turn on whenever you receive a notification, and it will show the notification on the screen. Otherwise, yes, you have to interact with the glasses to have the screen turn on!
My dad is hard of hearing, and irl subtitles actually sounds like an amazing tool
these seem incredible. we need more of this tech
I feel like Riley didn't give it the enthusiasm this deserves, maybe because of the sponsor. These look like the first smart glasses most people would be willing to buy. Even Realities could even be purchased by a bigger company someday
tech is dead and stagnant
10:25 finally I can see the subtitles in real life 🤔
wearable tech has never been timeless. Landfill tech.
The thing is, even when the batteries die, these are still glasses. That's more than you're going to get from a smartwatch that can't reliably tell time for 36 hours without a charging cycle.
12:02 that's what Zack Freedman has been doing for years with his Optogon, super cool that it's in a form factor that can be worn in public without attracting wierd looks. (To be clear I think the Optogon is super cool, but average non-nerds will probbaly disagree with me)
I was also thinking that. I wonder what he thinks of these glasses?
The Optigon has different features. It's a monocle, display is full color but requires a wired connection to a large belt-mounted computation unit, with large batteries, that runs things for an hour or two at a time. The computer runs fairly modern Android, with decent support for apps. The G1 has a binocular, monochrome green display of moderate resolution, that depends on a Bluetooth connection to your phone for communication and compute, and is limited in feature set, for all that the features it DOES have all seem to be ideal, and actually functional. In exchange, it runs all day and then some on the on-board batteries. If you want to be cool at a tech convention, Optigon. If you want something you can wear anywhere with low likelyhood of catching flack for your headwear, the G1 is among the best options available right now.
Best smart glasses I've seen so far! Super exided for the future of this company, especially since it's not an absurdly large corporation.
The features they offer right now, and the monochrome displays make them something I wouldn't buy, but 1 or 2 generation down the line, with a wider screen FOV, full colors and more functionalities, I could see myself buying them.
When you consider how expensive normal glasses get, especially with the kind of ridiculous prescription that I need (I am mole man), $750 doesn't seem all that ridiculous, it's about what I would have paid the last time I changed glasses without the insurance coverage.
I pay about 20 dollars for prescription glasses. I just search amazon for glasses plus my prescription number.
@@El_Chompo For a simple prescription that's fine, I got swimming glasses that way, it looks okay (certainly better than not seeing shit) but it's not good enough for everyday wear in my case.
I need a significantly different correction in each eyes, I have slight astigmatism (which my glasses do help lessen thanks to the anti-glare coating), my field of view is offset to the right a little which needs to be accounted for in the lenses, and they are thinned down as much as possible.
My sunglasses aren't thinned down to lower cost and they are almost 8mm thick (2/3 of an inch), could probably stop a low caliber air gun.
Without glasses I can read a book from about 15cm (6 inches) away maximum.
@@ledocteur7701 Dang yeah mines not nearly that bad. I just have -1.25 in each eye I think. I can read from about 2 feet away.
The more I watch Riley, the more I like him. The dry presentation is hilarious.
2:54 You're a wizard, Riley!
I am very happy with how these look and how it actually does what it says on the box. Maybe have the option for not just green for the display and have voice reply to messages, otherwise I'm just about sold. Maybe if they offer different styles for different face shapes could be a killer in their market. Bravo guys!! 🎉
What's the battery life like? Or did I miss that somehow?
Yeah weird they didn't mention and it was sponsored so it's probably so bad the sponsor didn't want it mentioned.
Just googled it and it says 1.5 days so not too bad.
Yeah, I was looking for that. Seems OK-ish based on the video? Started at 100% and partway through the presentation it hit 98%, so if you assume there is a fair amount of cut content, it's maybe 1% every 10 minutes of moderate usage? So, something in the ballpark of 16 hours, or a whole waking day. It's probably going to be less than that realistically if you use it regularly, but it also does seem plausible, considering it seems to be a monochrome (green) display and most of the computing would be offloaded to the phone?
The website claims 1.5 days of regular use on a single charge with a 160 mAh batter, with the case having 2000 mAh battery which is enough power to charge it 2.5 times as well (basically, 20% efficiency wireless charging).
So, you could plausibly use them as much as you need every day and just charge them whilst you're asleep.
Happy to see i am not the only one who thinks thats a important invo that thay should have mentioned 😢
@@ThatSoddingGamer sorry... But that math doesn't check out 160 mah battery should be able to be recharged at least 10 times by a 2000 mah battery, even with a 20% inefficiency rate.
The fact that sometimes I just forgot that Riley was still wearing the tech is already a huge win for this product
Those glasses actually look pretty decent on Riley. Not surprised he uses them somewhat regularly.
I might legit buy one of these, the notes feature seem extremely helpful, especially being great with someone like me with ADHD who misses stuff from conversations all the time.
I have glasses with a s24 ultra straped to it. Now that I think about it it's pretty cool for cheating in tests
Wow, these look like the pebble watch of smart glasses, the essentials with no nonsense and open source OS is really nice !
16:11 ok Dr Robotnik, I shall
Okay this is awesome, the open sourcing is the cherry on top! The first pair of smart glasses I would actually consider buying!
I've paid more or less the same for a single pair of "dumb" prescription glasses... Usually getting a discount on a 2nd pair. But these seem more than reasonably priced for the added value.
I am not trying to be a smart ass, but if you are spending $750 for your glasses you should try a service like Firmoo, where even if you have a really strong prescription you can buy a pair of glasses for less than $200 CAD as long as you don't care about getting designer lenses. Online glasses retailers are a really good deal if you have someone to help you get your face measurements, its crazy how much instore companies like Hakim charge for what is essentially molded plastic frames and lenses.
Even with custom prescription lenses, I would still be hesitant to get an expensive glasses without 2 axis 180-degrees springed hinges. Just the other day I was applying some eyedrops while about to go to sleep and I lost track of where I had placed by glasses, I assumed I had just already placed them on the nightstand and just didn't register, and laid back and got myself comfy. Then a few minutes later I decided I felt more comfortable laying facing the other way that night and discovered I had been laying on my glasses the whole time and the double-hinges had allowed it to get harmlessly flattened against the mattress at a weird angle.
What the heck was that audio fart at the end 🤣 16:18
Square dropping *now
They dubbed over him with another voice indicating the square model is out now, rather than whatever he said originally.
I don't know why but I feel like I can trust Riley, more than any other tech reviewer
Wow! Polished product and a really thoughtful, well implemented software package where the subscription doesn't feel like a ripoff! I'm not even the least bit salty about the price, even though it's far too much for my wallet. So happy this exists!
The glasses with the least amount of AI is the most useful. This is basically boiled down Google glasses and that's great.
8:53 The British would like a word about your gesturing.
Really cool! Not full of complex things, display isn't colorful and fancy. It doesn't need to be. I hope this level of design and usefulness takes off more so they become even more affordable. We don't need all the things, just the useful basics.
Its actually weird that we dont have more options for smart glasses these days. Especially since the google glasses were so long ago.
There's no real market until the technology improves, becomes smaller, cheaper and more convenient for the masses.
Eventually we'll get AR in contact lenses but probably not this decade.
The waveguides these use are difficult to manufacture. Companies have developed techniques, but because of high-value commercial and industrial applications, have not wanted to license their process; this means new companies have to re-invent the wheel each time. Zack Freedman (here on TH-cam) has a number of videos on why head-mounted displays have taken so long to become useful; it's not an easy problem. These glasses seem to have finally found a balance of useful tech that actually works, with a cost that isn't insane.
They really suite you, especially with the sunglasses
Model looking ass: "this is what I look like without glasses"
Unironically he should wear contacts sometimes
This is the first time I got genuinely excited about a pair of smart glasses. They look like typical glasses you'd be able to purchase at any eye doctor while still providing a lot of daily functionality. I hope these continue to grow and this becomes the standard for smart glasses moving forward.
I've been following Linus and his empire for almost 10 years and always love listening to Riley. Funniest guy I know, and I don't even actually know him
right?! also like him more down to earth like in this vid. feels like a talk with a friend.
Yoo!! I'm so glad a big channel was able to show off these glasses, and I really hope this will inspire other big channels to show them off too! I've made a couple videos on these myself, just because I don't think they have enough coverage given how awesome they are. I daily drive these glasses and I must say, they're as great as you think they can be. The software is solid and pleasing to use, and they're constantly coming out with new updates, on top of the fact that the open source software will be ramping up pretty heavily as more developers chip in to add extra stuff. Thanks for making this video!!
I have waited so long for a reviewer I knew and trusted to actually review these!!! Thank you
This is amazing! All of those features seem to work very well, and it's honestly something I'd use constantly. They look good and have good features.
Super cool video and product! Love seeing Riley in different contexts lately.
Good stuff!
Wow. A gen-1 product that WORKS. Genuinely impressed, bravo! 👏👏
This would work like magic for deaf people
This was a really good video thanks Riley and team!