Even Realities is opening up access to their Glasses - they heard our feedback here! Help me upvote a web version so I can make the ideas mentioned in this video over on github: github.com/even-realities/EvenDemoApp/issues/4
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Your suggestions are great. Especially the part about using your own LLM and building your own apps. And it's best they find a way to run everything locally on the phone. I don't think the smartwatch will go away though, as they serve health and fitness needs that smartglasses cannot.
Why can glasses not serve health too though? Sure these don't have the heart rate monitor right now but there is no reason why they couldn't ever have it. Just not a priority right now in the first gen product. You can use radar on chip to detect heartbeat (think Google's project Soli) so you can put your glasses by the side of your bed and monitor your heartbeat/movement patterns etc as technology gets more compact one day. I am open to being wrong of course, but I think right now its a matter of personal choice and what we grew up with, but when the next generation of kids grow up with smart glasses (the iPhone of their time) then public preferences are likely to change IMO and people who are clutching on to their smartphones and watches will be the grandparents of tomorrow unwilling to change their ways. But again it may take longer than I expect and I may be ahead of my time for predicting the end of that device so may have to eat my words for the next few decades lol.
They are listening: They just opened up access to glasses and starting to make code samples. Help me upvote this one: github.com/even-realities/EvenDemoApp/issues/4
Great video. Agree with making the glasses a platform the community can develop on. Also for sound Even Realities could partner with Time-Kettle (or make their own headphones) that sync with the glasses to enhance mic coverage and speech recognition for this current v1 product. I wouldn't say the glasses beat out the other wearables, they can work together to create an even richer experience. My biggest use case for these is translation, as I live part-time in the US and Colombia. Right now, the hardest pill for me is the Pro Translate subscription. If we could connect a LLM we already have, so a load isn't being put on Even Realities servers that would be a nice alternative. I work as a digital designer, I stare at screens all day. I want something that i can use as a tool to connect better with those around me and be able to navigate cultures & conversations more seamlessly.
@@mbmdesigns4you we can run T5 model in JS locally on machine in browser to do translation across multiple languages. Combine that with whisper web turbo that does speech recognition faster than realtime and you got yourself an MVP for translation that's free.
@@tilter24 still very happy with them, they implement my feedback about showing stocks and other things, new frame design etc they are doing well. Still working as before I'm very happy with my purchase
Thank you so much for this video. It’s great to see clear feedback based on actual usage. When I first saw these glasses, it felt like they managed to hit the sweet spot in terms of design and the right kind of feature simplification. I’ve been pondering a lot about their practical usage, and your explanations helped clarify a few points for me. - Navigation: I hadn’t considered the benefits of using it while biking, but that makes total sense in terms of comfort and safety. Just for that reason, I would consider buying a pair. On the other hand, I don’t often go to places where I don’t already know the way. - Notifications: I can see how some people might prefer this, but even with the option to control which apps can send notifications, it still feels too intrusive. Most notifications don’t require immediate attention, and having them pop up on the glasses might feel like they’re controlling me rather than the other way around. - Teleprompting: This is a great feature if you give presentations or speak in public frequently. - Real-time Translation: It’s great that the glasses can translate what others are saying, but doesn’t it become an issue if you can’t reply effectively? This is interesting, but for my personal use, I wouldn’t need this very often. - AI Assistant: It’s useful, but is there an advantage to having the AI on the glasses rather than just using an app on your phone? - Quick Notes: Same as above-this could be super useful for some people, but I’m not sure it justifies using the glasses instead of a phone. Overall, I really like what they’ve managed to achieve in this form factor and truly hope they succeed. I just worry that there might not be enough critical use cases to make people choose the glasses over their phones.
For notifications you have 2 settings: 1. It just shows a tiny out of your way bell icon and you have to look up to see the notification. Does not get in your way at all. It actually tries to stay out of your life until you want to do something which I love. 2nd setting pushes the notification through instantly for addicts so everyone can be satisfied. lol. 2. Good point on translation - though I guess the vision here is if everyone is wearing such devices then everyone can see stuff in their language. A bit ahead of its time but in a world like that then it makes more sense. That being said I could also use it to listen to me and translate to say spanish and I could read that out to the person listening. Though I would have no chance for Mandarin. That being said, they could easily add to their app the ability to detect my voice and translate to the language I am translating from and play that via speaker of phone for other person to hear. Software update! And if they opened this up to JS developers like i mentioned - I could even make this using #WebAI on device so no cost.
for the translation feature, i could see this being very useful for language learners. listening comprehension is often the hardest part, especially if they use words youre unfamiliar with. Most of the time, youll probably get away with a short yes/no or this/that response (in their language) I'd be interested in these glasses if the translation works well for japanese
Im not sure if it has a timer but it does take dictated notes and shows you in the notes panel that you can then look at as you desire. That being said, adding a time and reminder associated with a note is an easy software addition so if they just open up the glasses to developers like I suggested then we can make such things pretty easily
Thanks for your take on the glasses my annual eye test is due in a month I will wait till I get my new prescription before ordering I am really interested in the teleprompt feature. I heard if you use the same words to close together in a sentence or paragraph in auto mode it can skip forward when you don't want it too. I also read somewhere the ArcX bluetooth smart ring will allow you too advance manually. How big are the notes you can put into the teleprompter? I do some Lay preaching would it take a sermon? I am new at it would love to be more engaging without constantly looking down at my notes
@@Maverick247 I've given a one hour talk worth of notes and not had any issues. I've only had issues skipping if I start answering a question mid way though my presentation and the next few words on my script are the same or similar as I'm talking in my answer and then it will think I'm saying that which honestly makes sense as I am saying that. My work around for now is to pause the teleprompter either using pause button in app or I think you can tap the glasses button too and then it will wait until I unpause to continue and no issues
@@JasonMayes Thank you so much for your reply and your workaround that is certainly a solution I read as I said on a forum about the ArcX bluetooth ring that you can manually advance the text something about the volume up and down on your phone does it and the ring controls that. Any way I was more interested if it would accept the volume of my notes that I currently use Apple notes for would be great if they integrated other apps to access the teleprompter feature on the glasses like Apple notes or Google Docs
@Maverick247 oh cool I didn't know that! I said to them using a ring with these glasses should be the ultimate combination looks like they can support with button up and down thats cool. I will check the ring. I wonder if any others work... Yeah if they could integrate with Google slides that would be perfect for me.
@@JasonMayes Yes I was wondering if any other ring would work as I am in the UK and it is £60 for the ArcX other makes are much cheaper but might not work I will wait till I get my glasses and look into it a bit more thanks for your review on them it was your factual review (hard to find good reviews on them) that made me finally pull the trigger and decide to get them
Engr. Jason Mayes speaks the mind of all developers. To Even realities: I do believe that providing the enabling environment for JavaScript developers, to develop cloud based web apps, for costomizing user experiences while using this awesome G1 AR glasses, as well as integrating latest webAI features, will distinguish it from others in the market.
Excellent review Jason with the limited capabilities you could still do some advanced ar with the glasses if they allow dev access .Geofencing so without using external cameras etc. use the mobile gps to recognize when in zone and when it that zone have speech to text for devices in that area say control music device or notes specific to the zone say if your doing a meeting but it only shows up when in that fenced area would be great for the shops as well pop up a shopping list when at the store and only while in that fenced area. Ultimately i am interested in advanced ar glasses still cool though.
@@weimotu currently they need WiFi connection. If they allow me to hack on it I can make it work offline... So please tell them to open up an API so we can make it even better
@BooleanDev is a placeholder GitHub they are writing the code. I met with their CEO last week in Hong Kong. See my open bug on the GitHub to support JS example if you want to upvote
@@JasonMayes That's good, because I operate a mining plant and I often don't have my phone on me and still need to check the time and date constantly for logs and recording occurrences down to the minute whilst I often have my hands full and away from the control room, perhaps the quick notes will save me from needing to write everything on my forearm lol
@@archygrey9093 if you are underground though then they need to make that work offline like I suggested in my video. Totally possible with a local LLM and Voice recognition model both of which are capable of running on a modern smart phone like Pixel 9 pro or such
Thank you for your comments.. And you sharing your experience on these glasses... I speak in front of groups regularly... And want to use the teleprompter function of this glasses.... From what I understand I can have ai manage my teleprompter notes... Tracking where I am in my speech.... If I had 30 points to cover.... Would the AI get all confused? How good is the AI on the teleprompter? Everybody's talking about the the glasses but I have not seen a detailed.. Review on the teleprompter.. It's strength it's weaknesses.....
So I have only used it where the speaker notes are "full" vs "bullets". My guess is they would progress but if you mention anything similar to a bullet close by it may auto progress. I think it is better to use with full form speaker notes IMO at least from my initial usage. As long as you have good Wifi the teleprompter works better than I expected when using full speaker notes
@@JasonMayes I now have the glasses and have been checking out the teleprompter, have you been able to select AI or manual mode with a teleprompter? Every time I select those options it runs in automatic scroll mode am I doing something wrong?
@MrTroyprado for me I just go to the script I want to use, tap settings, select AI, then apply, wait a moment, and then start. That works fine for me on Android at least
@@JasonMayes where do I get the latest app and how do I update the firmware? Also you mentioned you apply I select the word AI then I click on the notes and click start, is there something wrong there?
Jason, thanks for the very thorough review. Many of us in the hard of hearing (HoH) community have been looking for smart glasses that can do transcription for a long time. The early reviews have been transcription is executed as a "translation" where source and target languages happen to be the same with a cloud API providing translation services. Because of all the moving parts translation / transcription, according to most early users, tends to have problems keeping up with anything but a single, very slow talking speaker. As a developer, do you think it would be difficult for Even Realities or a third party to move transcription processing only (not translation) to either the linked phone or onto the glasses themselves? This should make transcription much faster and provide a long desired solution for hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. Any insight on this question would be appreciated!
@@Riverview999 this is totally possible. Great use case. Android has great realtime speech recognition and has had this for years. I'm unsure if native apps can tap into that from the OS or not but even if not there are free models that you can run on your mobile web browser like whisper web turbo: whisper-turbo.com/# that download the model to run locally on your device! You could also check out the web speech API that's free too: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Speech_API
Honest question and not a jab at you. When using teleprompter mode, do people notice or mention your eyes moving as you read the text? I too give a lot of briefings for my job and think these would be awesome for the teleprompter feature alone.
@@derekfield4164 valid question. Usually when in such a mode you are on stage so no one has picked up on this yet. The effect of me reading is exaggerated here as I'm close to the recording device in my room Vs a stage scenario. Thank you for the question.
Same for me. If I’m on stage, having this tech would be transformative. Your eyes are always moving around when presenting too, making new eye contact etc. so I imagine this wouldn’t be a problem
6:34 i like the bluelightfilter and ai assistant the most together with navigation, this hud glasses are missing to often the important bluelightfilter for dayly life especially when you wear 2 displays directly in front of you all the time. frame ai glasses are also only 39gramms and normal looking but dont have a bluelightfilter and also no prescriptionglass option sadly and also because of the 1,5 days big battery and easy charging case i choose the g1 and refund frame ai glasses also when it hurts but the g1 seems to better for my eyes especially after reading the big list of protection stuff they put inside the linses.
@@zombos22222 brilliant labs frame is not comparable it's terrible I've tried both. The optics are horrendous and very blurry to look through with that huge glass distortion on the lens. Not even same league as these G1 glasses.
Thanks. Not much info out there about these. How easy is it to see through the wave guides. They seem pretty high up on the glass lens...do you have to have your eyes(not your head) look up slightly or is it clear even if your eyes are looking straight ahead you can see what is displayed? Do the glasses have a way to display time without having to raise your head to look up? Can people see a green tint when looking at you straight ahead or from the side?
@@SomeJohndoe completely clear no distortion like you get on the brilliant glasses which are terrible by comparison. These feel like regular glasses. You can adjust the tilt angle of head to be very shallow to activate with little movement. Most of time you can't see the green screen but you may catch the occasional flash of green when looking at just the right angle but as you can see from my recording wearing them not often.
@@JasonMayes thanks for the reply! Hopefully they allow an always on mode for simple info like the date time and battery for certain times when you need to keep an eye on the time but staying focused on what you are doing then head up will still be the defacto to bring up the full dashboard. These would be great with a timer and stop watch feature as well. I feel these could benefit greatly if they had a ring like the meizu myvu ar glasses to move about the haos ui without need to tap on your glasses
@@SomeJohndoe I don't think that makes sense. If you want to see the time you just glance up. If you mean like a stop watch then something like a stop watch could be made to persist while in use as that could be useful. Else you want to save the battery life for when you are actually needing it. Teleprompter mode stays on screen until you are done presenting so it's all technically possible with a software change
I just read an article concerning the prescription lenses that on the G1 it is not a pop in and if your prescription changes, you will need to purchase new frames. Not a deal breaker for me, just food for thought.
Not sure how easy it would be to do or if its even possible without being bulky but some kind of eye tracker could be cool, could use it a bit like a cursor or something, imagine looking at a certain part of the display and blinking the left eye twice to perform an action for example rather than having to press buttons on the temple, good for reading e-books too as it can scroll along as you read. But other than that an amber display option and open API would make it perfect. I don't need or even want things like cameras or video displays in my glasses
@@archygrey9093 they have done the best with today's tech in such a small form factor. I have no doubt in the future other sensors will be shrunk down too and what you say may be possible in a V2 or V3. For today however this is a good balance of form Vs abilities. You can see how chunky it would be with other sensors by looking at the new Orion meta rayban glasses that just announced. They are not even selling those because they know they look huge. Still an incredible technical feat but they are not quite at the size that people would wear out like Even Realities is
@@JasonMayes oh certainly, I'd rather lose out on that extra functionality if it means keeping the glasses looking good, thinking of getting a pair myself, glad they are the panto style too as that's similar to what I already wear
Thanks for the video, the translation really works, 1. If you use it to listen to music. 2. Watch television. 3. Talk to a person, what percentage of the rating would you give to the glasses?
You can not use these glasses to watch TV or listen to music. These G1s are a mono screen (not a full colour display) so you wont be watching videos on them. It is good for tasks that send text results or simple imagery like map data. Maybe in v2 they will upgrade to colour display but currently that tech consumes more power and leads to bulkier glasses - see Meta's new Orion release and see the size difference. I have no doubt that is the future of all smart glasses, but right now, today, this form factor that the G1s have is something I would not be embarrassed to wear outside in public in a social situation. I am excited for their future products v2 and v3 etc - we are heading in the right direction! Also for music I much prefer my bluetooth headphones over say the Meta ray bans directional speakers to your ears as there is no bass on those.
@@JasonMayes I think you didn't understand my question. I mean, if I use them to listen to music at full volume or watch a movie on my television, do the glasses translate these sounds?
@@Kalilinu-np5xy if it's loud enough then it would theoretically try and translate what it hears I assume. Though it may not keep up with fast paced dialog in movie style action. Again better models will come and this just a software change if needed
@@Kalilinu-np5xy I think for movies and TV shows, it would always be better to use built in Closed Captions or Subtitles if they are available as it would be WAY WAY faster than to have it transcribed to the glasses. The transcribing feature I think works better for conversations with other people I feel.
The only thing keeping me from purchasing these glasses is that the pro translation feature is a paid service. Do you know if there is any chace the developers are planning on making this service free or at least more affordable in the future?
@@chrisparkinson8993 unless you buy a preorder pair then it's free. However as I mentioned in video we (developers) have Web AI models that could run locally all day long for free like T5 translate model if they open up to developers to make their own stuff... So it's a case of getting even Realities to open up API to the glasses. Let's all request this🌟
I feel like Smart Glasses are the precursor to what Alloy has in the Horizon series. One day smart glasses will be the equivalent of a Focus. A device that can show 3D images and text without having to be glasses with many different versions with similar purposes.
Thank you for your video. I have a question about the translation function. Does Even Realities only help with translating the other person's speech, but not translate what you say to the other person?
@@ishyandmikkischannel8811 that's not what this is about. This is not a full colour display. If you want a full colour display then you will need chunky glasses that look silly with today's tech. What you want is a few generations off into the future like the Meta orien glasses which are not available yet. Maybe even will come out with equivalent ones in V2 or V3
@@vlogforgrandma I don't have weighing scales sensitive enough but they are the same as normal pair of hipster glasses. They don't feel heavy at all. I can wear all day no issues.
@@nolimit5144 only occasionally when you are at just the right angle but you can't really read what's on it - it's just a blurry flash of light. I've worn these outside and no one realized I'm seeing things and everyone is shocked when they try them on that they are smart glasses
I know Will Wang mentioned they will not put a camera in them, I hope he stays true to his word, at least until it’s legally acceptable in private areas, like a hospital.
Well this version has no cameras for sure. Future versions they may decide to compete with Meta for say hand tracking etc which would need one I assume for more advanced things. In the meantime though I would prefer to use my phone as a camera to then ask a multimodal LLM what something is and then see the answer on my glasses as I explained I wanted to do in the video. That way you make use of your existing phone for when you need a camera with better quality photos too, but you can then read the answer with your phone back in your pocket. Anything that gets me off my smartphone more is a win for me.
I agree. But, they should get the app to use the phone camera and make the AI experience multi-modal. This way your experience can have eyes when you need them.
@@brandon_youtube Yep this is my point. Open up to devs to make cool side apps and then take the most promising ones and integrate into their native app working with the devs that created the cool features everyone enjoys. I chose JS here because when trying random devs creations I dont want to run their arbitrary code on my OS with access to all my files etc. JS is somewhat sandboxed in the browser and cant modify the device etc but can talk to the glasses and call APIs etc or even run AI in the browser like my demo here: th-cam.com/video/2TAimu6w2rg/w-d-xo.html
I liked these glasses a lot (especially because of the green text) until I discovered that they have no audio'. I need this to replace also my earbuds, so I was disappointed. I don't want a camera but audio yes, so I bought Solos glasses until EvenRealities incorporates audio in a new hardware generation. I love the concept and no more colors, in my opinion
@@novreis1952 why do you want earbuds replaced? Every glasses speakers I've tried are inferior to dedicated earbuds or headphones if you care about audio quality. I will just use these with my pixel buds for extra smarts too. I would rather have better battery life on the glasses than streaming audio to them. I'm genuinely curious why you need to replace them?
@@JasonMayes , I don't need, perhaps, the sound quality you are talking about, so there are two reasons 1) after some time the earbuds are physically bothering me 2) as I use prescriptions lens, to use glasses and earbuds at the same, increase a little bit more this discomfort. The main reason I bought Audio glasses is because I am learning a foreign language, so the closer I hear the accent ( not using earbuds), the better. But there are more advantages, like receiving a call I want to hear silently without handling the phone or putting on earbuds.
There's an argument that the smart watch survives long-term. The scenarios where you can't/won't wear glasses (sleeping, exercising, swimming, etc) are the smart watch's home turf
@@jbraunschweiger I thought the same as you initially but then I went down a rabbit hole... Swimming may have their own smart glasses customised to that sport in the future. Sleeping can be possible without wearing in the future, just by putting on side table next to your bed, possibly in the same way my Google home hub can monitor my sleep like that today without being on my bed. Incredible things you can do with new sensors. As for exercise I don't have an answer there - what do existing glasses wearers do there? Do people who need glasses to see take them off for exercise? I am curious now. If they don't then it's just a mindset change needed for the non glasses wearer of today.
@@JasonMayes Just because the glasses form factor CAN do certain things doesn't mean it will for most people. For example, contacts are popular because people don't always want things on their face. There will be other form factors.
@@JasonMayes I know a few people who take their glasses off when exercising because of the sweat dripping between the frame and their eyes or fogging up the lenses.
useful features?? You show google maps, unless you are traveling to random places each day that shouldn't be mentioned. It's a nice to have, but how about daily use? G1 should have transition lenses for that price... Like there is no point to wear them in bright sunny day... Putting on shades is a poor design. This is 600$ glasses not something that cost 1 dollar... My suggestion they need better reminders or notes, but there should be a "Show all notes" and by moving you head up down, left right you can see all notes even if there is 7000 words, so a gyroscope to help move the available screen to see more text or words. Next calendar would need to be perfect. If they hammer these features well they will sell very well.
@@TankTheSpank always room for improvement. For navigation I use it often. I travel often for work. I agree on having option for transition lenses but that would add higher cost and maybe there is a reason why it was not possible for v1. As mentioned for a first product from this company i am very impressed and excited for their future offerings. We should send constructive feedback to them to consider in future creations. I was also thinking of gyro / compass or such to use screen in a smarter way too. Looks like we are aligned there!
@@JasonMayes for trying to get a 600$ price tag this item has to be “essential to wear”. Currently the features offered isn’t that. All uses of this product currently isn’t that. Map? 99% of the population wouldn’t benefit maybe few times a year. Translate? 99% of the population wouldn’t use each day. Limited use cases. Notes could help a lot of people to keep reminders. The question is how ease of use is it? All you do is talk for obtaining and deleting the note? How good is it to capture the audio perfectly the first time? For 600 dollars I expect perfect such as a iPhone in terms of quality. That is no where there yet. Durability? No chance.
@@TankTheSpank you are welcome to make something better but I very much bet you won't be able to. This is the first pair of glasses that are looking normal and provide utility in my daily life. This is the start not the end. You are asking for too much with today's tech. If you want extra things it will be too large and you will look silly like those Snapchat glasses. This product is for early adopters, not you. We buy things before you and drive innovation to keep the early companies alive that become the next apple. Your product that you want is at least 3 generations away. We will get there but make your expectations more realistic with the tech of today.
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Even Realities is opening up access to their Glasses - they heard our feedback here! Help me upvote a web version so I can make the ideas mentioned in this video over on github: github.com/even-realities/EvenDemoApp/issues/4
This video is golden. I hope Even Realities is listening
@@brandon_youtube thank you kind sir 🙏
@@brandon_youtube I hope so
They are listening: They just opened up access to glasses and starting to make code samples. Help me upvote this one: github.com/even-realities/EvenDemoApp/issues/4
Your suggestions are great. Especially the part about using your own LLM and building your own apps. And it's best they find a way to run everything locally on the phone. I don't think the smartwatch will go away though, as they serve health and fitness needs that smartglasses cannot.
Why can glasses not serve health too though? Sure these don't have the heart rate monitor right now but there is no reason why they couldn't ever have it. Just not a priority right now in the first gen product. You can use radar on chip to detect heartbeat (think Google's project Soli) so you can put your glasses by the side of your bed and monitor your heartbeat/movement patterns etc as technology gets more compact one day. I am open to being wrong of course, but I think right now its a matter of personal choice and what we grew up with, but when the next generation of kids grow up with smart glasses (the iPhone of their time) then public preferences are likely to change IMO and people who are clutching on to their smartphones and watches will be the grandparents of tomorrow unwilling to change their ways. But again it may take longer than I expect and I may be ahead of my time for predicting the end of that device so may have to eat my words for the next few decades lol.
They are listening: They just opened up access to glasses and starting to make code samples. Help me upvote this one: github.com/even-realities/EvenDemoApp/issues/4
Great video. Agree with making the glasses a platform the community can develop on.
Also for sound Even Realities could partner with Time-Kettle (or make their own headphones) that sync with the glasses to enhance mic coverage and speech recognition for this current v1 product. I wouldn't say the glasses beat out the other wearables, they can work together to create an even richer experience.
My biggest use case for these is translation, as I live part-time in the US and Colombia. Right now, the hardest pill for me is the Pro Translate subscription. If we could connect a LLM we already have, so a load isn't being put on Even Realities servers that would be a nice alternative.
I work as a digital designer, I stare at screens all day. I want something that i can use as a tool to connect better with those around me and be able to navigate cultures & conversations more seamlessly.
@@mbmdesigns4you we can run T5 model in JS locally on machine in browser to do translation across multiple languages. Combine that with whisper web turbo that does speech recognition faster than realtime and you got yourself an MVP for translation that's free.
Would love an updated 3 month review, especially now that they open sourced things!
@@tilter24 still very happy with them, they implement my feedback about showing stocks and other things, new frame design etc they are doing well. Still working as before I'm very happy with my purchase
Thank you so much for this video. It’s great to see clear feedback based on actual usage.
When I first saw these glasses, it felt like they managed to hit the sweet spot in terms of design and the right kind of feature simplification.
I’ve been pondering a lot about their practical usage, and your explanations helped clarify a few points for me.
- Navigation: I hadn’t considered the benefits of using it while biking, but that makes total sense in terms of comfort and safety. Just for that reason, I would consider buying a pair. On the other hand, I don’t often go to places where I don’t already know the way.
- Notifications: I can see how some people might prefer this, but even with the option to control which apps can send notifications, it still feels too intrusive. Most notifications don’t require immediate attention, and having them pop up on the glasses might feel like they’re controlling me rather than the other way around.
- Teleprompting: This is a great feature if you give presentations or speak in public frequently.
- Real-time Translation: It’s great that the glasses can translate what others are saying, but doesn’t it become an issue if you can’t reply effectively? This is interesting, but for my personal use, I wouldn’t need this very often.
- AI Assistant: It’s useful, but is there an advantage to having the AI on the glasses rather than just using an app on your phone?
- Quick Notes: Same as above-this could be super useful for some people, but I’m not sure it justifies using the glasses instead of a phone.
Overall, I really like what they’ve managed to achieve in this form factor and truly hope they succeed. I just worry that there might not be enough critical use cases to make people choose the glasses over their phones.
For notifications you have 2 settings:
1. It just shows a tiny out of your way bell icon and you have to look up to see the notification. Does not get in your way at all. It actually tries to stay out of your life until you want to do something which I love. 2nd setting pushes the notification through instantly for addicts so everyone can be satisfied. lol.
2. Good point on translation - though I guess the vision here is if everyone is wearing such devices then everyone can see stuff in their language. A bit ahead of its time but in a world like that then it makes more sense. That being said I could also use it to listen to me and translate to say spanish and I could read that out to the person listening. Though I would have no chance for Mandarin. That being said, they could easily add to their app the ability to detect my voice and translate to the language I am translating from and play that via speaker of phone for other person to hear. Software update! And if they opened this up to JS developers like i mentioned - I could even make this using #WebAI on device so no cost.
for the translation feature, i could see this being very useful for language learners. listening comprehension is often the hardest part, especially if they use words youre unfamiliar with.
Most of the time, youll probably get away with a short yes/no or this/that response (in their language)
I'd be interested in these glasses if the translation works well for japanese
@BooleanDev I actually had a Japanese lady speaking to me at event and it worked!! I could understand her.
man, that green text and font reminds me of my favorite metal gear solid games. i kinda want these lol.
@@minusmartin if you are gonna pick a mono colour display this is the colour to go for. Really cool.
Oh a codec call would be amazing I hope they open up the api more
Hilarious that I ordered mine and my text ringer on my phone is the codec chime
As a nurse I can’t wait for dictating timed reminders and creating tasks to organize my day.
Im not sure if it has a timer but it does take dictated notes and shows you in the notes panel that you can then look at as you desire. That being said, adding a time and reminder associated with a note is an easy software addition so if they just open up the glasses to developers like I suggested then we can make such things pretty easily
Thanks for your take on the glasses my annual eye test is due in a month I will wait till I get my new prescription before ordering I am really interested in the teleprompt feature. I heard if you use the same words to close together in a sentence or paragraph in auto mode it can skip forward when you don't want it too. I also read somewhere the ArcX bluetooth smart ring will allow you too advance manually. How big are the notes you can put into the teleprompter? I do some Lay preaching would it take a sermon? I am new at it would love to be more engaging without constantly looking down at my notes
@@Maverick247 I've given a one hour talk worth of notes and not had any issues. I've only had issues skipping if I start answering a question mid way though my presentation and the next few words on my script are the same or similar as I'm talking in my answer and then it will think I'm saying that which honestly makes sense as I am saying that. My work around for now is to pause the teleprompter either using pause button in app or I think you can tap the glasses button too and then it will wait until I unpause to continue and no issues
@@JasonMayes Thank you so much for your reply and your workaround that is certainly a solution I read as I said on a forum about the ArcX bluetooth ring that you can manually advance the text something about the volume up and down on your phone does it and the ring controls that. Any way I was more interested if it would accept the volume of my notes that I currently use Apple notes for would be great if they integrated other apps to access the teleprompter feature on the glasses like Apple notes or Google Docs
@Maverick247 oh cool I didn't know that! I said to them using a ring with these glasses should be the ultimate combination looks like they can support with button up and down thats cool. I will check the ring. I wonder if any others work... Yeah if they could integrate with Google slides that would be perfect for me.
@@JasonMayes Yes I was wondering if any other ring would work as I am in the UK and it is £60 for the ArcX other makes are much cheaper but might not work I will wait till I get my glasses and look into it a bit more thanks for your review on them it was your factual review (hard to find good reviews on them) that made me finally pull the trigger and decide to get them
@Maverick247 happy it was useful. We are living in the future!
Engr. Jason Mayes speaks the mind of all developers.
To Even realities:
I do believe that providing the enabling environment for JavaScript developers, to develop cloud based web apps, for costomizing user experiences while using this awesome G1 AR glasses, as well as integrating latest webAI features, will distinguish it from others in the market.
@@corneliusdanielbako9659 they are opening up an API to the glasses! Please upvote my GitHub comment for web examples to be made first
Excellent review Jason with the limited capabilities you could still do some advanced ar with the glasses if they allow dev access .Geofencing so without using external cameras etc. use the mobile gps to recognize when in zone and when it that zone have speech to text for devices in that area say control music device or notes specific to the zone say if your doing a meeting but it only shows up when in that fenced area would be great for the shops as well pop up a shopping list when at the store and only while in that fenced area. Ultimately i am interested in advanced ar glasses still cool though.
@@ozzietradie6514 a lot of potential here if they open up to Devs in an easy to use way that makes sense.
Excellent review!! A quick question, I wondered if using teleprompter function would require wifi connection or just needs bluetooth.
@@weimotu currently they need WiFi connection. If they allow me to hack on it I can make it work offline... So please tell them to open up an API so we can make it even better
@@JasonMayesthey published a github a few weeks ago with a demo app and api docs. Not sure the extent of whats possible.
@BooleanDev is a placeholder GitHub they are writing the code. I met with their CEO last week in Hong Kong. See my open bug on the GitHub to support JS example if you want to upvote
Can I get them with progressive lenses? I normally wear readers.
What functionality do the glasses still have when not connected to your phone? Because even a simple time and date hud would be useful
@@archygrey9093 they show the time and date and any stored quick notes. Of course if they allowed developers access there could be much more too
@@JasonMayes That's good, because I operate a mining plant and I often don't have my phone on me and still need to check the time and date constantly for logs and recording occurrences down to the minute whilst I often have my hands full and away from the control room, perhaps the quick notes will save me from needing to write everything on my forearm lol
@@archygrey9093 if you are underground though then they need to make that work offline like I suggested in my video. Totally possible with a local LLM and Voice recognition model both of which are capable of running on a modern smart phone like Pixel 9 pro or such
Thank you for your comments.. And you sharing your experience on these glasses... I speak in front of groups regularly... And want to use the teleprompter function of this glasses.... From what I understand I can have ai manage my teleprompter notes... Tracking where I am in my speech.... If I had 30 points to cover.... Would the AI get all confused? How good is the AI on the teleprompter? Everybody's talking about the the glasses but I have not seen a detailed.. Review on the teleprompter.. It's strength it's weaknesses.....
So I have only used it where the speaker notes are "full" vs "bullets". My guess is they would progress but if you mention anything similar to a bullet close by it may auto progress. I think it is better to use with full form speaker notes IMO at least from my initial usage. As long as you have good Wifi the teleprompter works better than I expected when using full speaker notes
@@JasonMayes I now have the glasses and have been checking out the teleprompter, have you been able to select AI or manual mode with a teleprompter? Every time I select those options it runs in automatic scroll mode am I doing something wrong?
@MrTroyprado yes I always use AI mode. You have updated to the latest app and firmware right?
@MrTroyprado for me I just go to the script I want to use, tap settings, select AI, then apply, wait a moment, and then start. That works fine for me on Android at least
@@JasonMayes where do I get the latest app and how do I update the firmware? Also you mentioned you apply I select the word AI then I click on the notes and click start, is there something wrong there?
Jason, thanks for the very thorough review. Many of us in the hard of hearing (HoH) community have been looking for smart glasses that can do transcription for a long time. The early reviews have been transcription is executed as a "translation" where source and target languages happen to be the same with a cloud API providing translation services. Because of all the moving parts translation / transcription, according to most early users, tends to have problems keeping up with anything but a single, very slow talking speaker. As a developer, do you think it would be difficult for Even Realities or a third party to move transcription processing only (not translation) to either the linked phone or onto the glasses themselves? This should make transcription much faster and provide a long desired solution for hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. Any insight on this question would be appreciated!
@@Riverview999 this is totally possible. Great use case. Android has great realtime speech recognition and has had this for years. I'm unsure if native apps can tap into that from the OS or not but even if not there are free models that you can run on your mobile web browser like whisper web turbo: whisper-turbo.com/# that download the model to run locally on your device! You could also check out the web speech API that's free too: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Speech_API
Honest question and not a jab at you. When using teleprompter mode, do people notice or mention your eyes moving as you read the text? I too give a lot of briefings for my job and think these would be awesome for the teleprompter feature alone.
@@derekfield4164 valid question. Usually when in such a mode you are on stage so no one has picked up on this yet. The effect of me reading is exaggerated here as I'm close to the recording device in my room Vs a stage scenario. Thank you for the question.
@@JasonMayes your explanation is what I figured. Thank you for the response.
Same for me. If I’m on stage, having this tech would be transformative. Your eyes are always moving around when presenting too, making new eye contact etc. so I imagine this wouldn’t be a problem
6:34 i like the bluelightfilter and ai assistant the most together with navigation, this hud glasses are missing to often the important bluelightfilter for dayly life especially when you wear 2 displays directly in front of you all the time.
frame ai glasses are also only 39gramms and normal looking but dont have a bluelightfilter and also no prescriptionglass option sadly and also because of the 1,5 days big battery and easy charging case i choose the g1 and refund frame ai glasses also when it hurts but the g1 seems to better for my eyes especially after reading the big list of protection stuff they put inside the linses.
@@zombos22222 brilliant labs frame is not comparable it's terrible I've tried both. The optics are horrendous and very blurry to look through with that huge glass distortion on the lens. Not even same league as these G1 glasses.
Thanks. Not much info out there about these.
How easy is it to see through the wave guides. They seem pretty high up on the glass lens...do you have to have your eyes(not your head) look up slightly or is it clear even if your eyes are looking straight ahead you can see what is displayed?
Do the glasses have a way to display time without having to raise your head to look up?
Can people see a green tint when looking at you straight ahead or from the side?
@@SomeJohndoe completely clear no distortion like you get on the brilliant glasses which are terrible by comparison. These feel like regular glasses. You can adjust the tilt angle of head to be very shallow to activate with little movement. Most of time you can't see the green screen but you may catch the occasional flash of green when looking at just the right angle but as you can see from my recording wearing them not often.
@@JasonMayes thanks for the reply! Hopefully they allow an always on mode for simple info like the date time and battery for certain times when you need to keep an eye on the time but staying focused on what you are doing then head up will still be the defacto to bring up the full dashboard.
These would be great with a timer and stop watch feature as well. I feel these could benefit greatly if they had a ring like the meizu myvu ar glasses to move about the haos ui without need to tap on your glasses
@@SomeJohndoe I don't think that makes sense. If you want to see the time you just glance up. If you mean like a stop watch then something like a stop watch could be made to persist while in use as that could be useful. Else you want to save the battery life for when you are actually needing it. Teleprompter mode stays on screen until you are done presenting so it's all technically possible with a software change
I just read an article concerning the prescription lenses that on the G1 it is not a pop in and if your prescription changes, you will need to purchase new frames. Not a deal breaker for me, just food for thought.
@@warryncampbell1040 well given how advanced the optics are on these it's frankly amazing they even offer prescription. My opticians mind was blown. 😅
Looks so cool! I want one
We are living in the future we were promised as children 🙂
I ordered mine last week!
Amazing! Enjoy the start of something very cool!
Not sure how easy it would be to do or if its even possible without being bulky but some kind of eye tracker could be cool, could use it a bit like a cursor or something, imagine looking at a certain part of the display and blinking the left eye twice to perform an action for example rather than having to press buttons on the temple, good for reading e-books too as it can scroll along as you read.
But other than that an amber display option and open API would make it perfect.
I don't need or even want things like cameras or video displays in my glasses
@@archygrey9093 they have done the best with today's tech in such a small form factor. I have no doubt in the future other sensors will be shrunk down too and what you say may be possible in a V2 or V3. For today however this is a good balance of form Vs abilities. You can see how chunky it would be with other sensors by looking at the new Orion meta rayban glasses that just announced. They are not even selling those because they know they look huge. Still an incredible technical feat but they are not quite at the size that people would wear out like Even Realities is
@@JasonMayes oh certainly, I'd rather lose out on that extra functionality if it means keeping the glasses looking good, thinking of getting a pair myself, glad they are the panto style too as that's similar to what I already wear
Thanks for the video, the translation really works, 1. If you use it to listen to music. 2. Watch television. 3. Talk to a person, what percentage of the rating would you give to the glasses?
You can not use these glasses to watch TV or listen to music. These G1s are a mono screen (not a full colour display) so you wont be watching videos on them. It is good for tasks that send text results or simple imagery like map data. Maybe in v2 they will upgrade to colour display but currently that tech consumes more power and leads to bulkier glasses - see Meta's new Orion release and see the size difference. I have no doubt that is the future of all smart glasses, but right now, today, this form factor that the G1s have is something I would not be embarrassed to wear outside in public in a social situation. I am excited for their future products v2 and v3 etc - we are heading in the right direction! Also for music I much prefer my bluetooth headphones over say the Meta ray bans directional speakers to your ears as there is no bass on those.
@@JasonMayeshe was actually talking about the translation if will translate if you’re watching a foreign film or music
@@JasonMayes I think you didn't understand my question. I mean, if I use them to listen to music at full volume or watch a movie on my television, do the glasses translate these sounds?
@@Kalilinu-np5xy if it's loud enough then it would theoretically try and translate what it hears I assume. Though it may not keep up with fast paced dialog in movie style action. Again better models will come and this just a software change if needed
@@Kalilinu-np5xy I think for movies and TV shows, it would always be better to use built in Closed Captions or Subtitles if they are available as it would be WAY WAY faster than to have it transcribed to the glasses. The transcribing feature I think works better for conversations with other people I feel.
I have a question,can we use these glasses in exams ,will it detect the text itself and show the answers in the glasses by searching from ai?
@@bhattaraianuska no as there is no camera on them
The only thing keeping me from purchasing these glasses is that the pro translation feature is a paid service. Do you know if there is any chace the developers are planning on making this service free or at least more affordable in the future?
@@chrisparkinson8993 unless you buy a preorder pair then it's free. However as I mentioned in video we (developers) have Web AI models that could run locally all day long for free like T5 translate model if they open up to developers to make their own stuff... So it's a case of getting even Realities to open up API to the glasses. Let's all request this🌟
I feel like Smart Glasses are the precursor to what Alloy has in the Horizon series. One day smart glasses will be the equivalent of a Focus. A device that can show 3D images and text without having to be glasses with many different versions with similar purposes.
They had a display in the advanced war fighter games, and heavy rain that are much like this too!
Thank you for your video. I have a question about the translation function. Does Even Realities only help with translating the other person's speech, but not translate what you say to the other person?
@@vuduong2441 it translates both. I was speaking to myself to test it the first time before I could find a friend to try on
How are the glasses supposed to translate what we say?
@@dave.reid1958 using the built in microphones
If it had the ability to mirror the phone screen that would have been great. Because reading documents etc is important
@@ishyandmikkischannel8811 that's not what this is about. This is not a full colour display. If you want a full colour display then you will need chunky glasses that look silly with today's tech. What you want is a few generations off into the future like the Meta orien glasses which are not available yet. Maybe even will come out with equivalent ones in V2 or V3
The glare/reflection of the glasses in this video sucks; do they not use anti-reflective coating? Or are they unable to?
@@User24x I have studio quality bright lighting for recording the video this is my fault it's like most glasses IRL no one has commented on this irl
thanks for your video!
what is the weight of the glasses?
@@vlogforgrandma I don't have weighing scales sensitive enough but they are the same as normal pair of hipster glasses. They don't feel heavy at all. I can wear all day no issues.
can someone see the green screen through it when you are looking at? if someones close
@@nolimit5144 only occasionally when you are at just the right angle but you can't really read what's on it - it's just a blurry flash of light. I've worn these outside and no one realized I'm seeing things and everyone is shocked when they try them on that they are smart glasses
Good video
I know Will Wang mentioned they will not put a camera in them, I hope he stays true to his word, at least until it’s legally acceptable in private areas, like a hospital.
Well this version has no cameras for sure. Future versions they may decide to compete with Meta for say hand tracking etc which would need one I assume for more advanced things. In the meantime though I would prefer to use my phone as a camera to then ask a multimodal LLM what something is and then see the answer on my glasses as I explained I wanted to do in the video. That way you make use of your existing phone for when you need a camera with better quality photos too, but you can then read the answer with your phone back in your pocket. Anything that gets me off my smartphone more is a win for me.
I agree. But, they should get the app to use the phone camera and make the AI experience multi-modal. This way your experience can have eyes when you need them.
@@brandon_youtube Yep this is my point. Open up to devs to make cool side apps and then take the most promising ones and integrate into their native app working with the devs that created the cool features everyone enjoys. I chose JS here because when trying random devs creations I dont want to run their arbitrary code on my OS with access to all my files etc. JS is somewhat sandboxed in the browser and cant modify the device etc but can talk to the glasses and call APIs etc or even run AI in the browser like my demo here: th-cam.com/video/2TAimu6w2rg/w-d-xo.html
13:20 As a JavaScript developer I 1000% agree!
@@logilous huzzah! #WebAI for the win in JS!
you misspelled typescript
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Are glasses capable of answering questions written on paper or a screen without me having to speak?
@@MinovaClassic no. There are no cameras so that would not possible
I liked these glasses a lot (especially because of the green text) until I discovered that they have no audio'. I need this to replace also my earbuds, so I was disappointed. I don't want a camera but audio yes, so I bought Solos glasses until EvenRealities incorporates audio in a new hardware generation. I love the concept and no more colors, in my opinion
@@novreis1952 why do you want earbuds replaced? Every glasses speakers I've tried are inferior to dedicated earbuds or headphones if you care about audio quality. I will just use these with my pixel buds for extra smarts too. I would rather have better battery life on the glasses than streaming audio to them. I'm genuinely curious why you need to replace them?
@@JasonMayes , I don't need, perhaps, the sound quality you are talking about, so there are two reasons 1) after some time the earbuds are physically bothering me 2) as I use prescriptions lens, to use glasses and earbuds at the same, increase a little bit more this discomfort.
The main reason I bought Audio glasses is because I am learning a foreign language, so the closer I hear the accent ( not using earbuds), the better.
But there are more advantages, like receiving a call I want to hear silently without handling the phone or putting on earbuds.
@@novreis1952 I see thanks for explaining
There's an argument that the smart watch survives long-term. The scenarios where you can't/won't wear glasses (sleeping, exercising, swimming, etc) are the smart watch's home turf
@@jbraunschweiger I thought the same as you initially but then I went down a rabbit hole... Swimming may have their own smart glasses customised to that sport in the future. Sleeping can be possible without wearing in the future, just by putting on side table next to your bed, possibly in the same way my Google home hub can monitor my sleep like that today without being on my bed. Incredible things you can do with new sensors. As for exercise I don't have an answer there - what do existing glasses wearers do there? Do people who need glasses to see take them off for exercise? I am curious now. If they don't then it's just a mindset change needed for the non glasses wearer of today.
@@JasonMayes Just because the glasses form factor CAN do certain things doesn't mean it will for most people.
For example, contacts are popular because people don't always want things on their face.
There will be other form factors.
You could be right if I could keep the Glasses and smartwatch watch, then, bin the Smartphone. The would be an ideal experience.
@@JasonMayes I know a few people who take their glasses off when exercising because of the sweat dripping between the frame and their eyes or fogging up the lenses.
@@kingzach74 ah that makes sense. Fair enough!
I wanna buy them but I don’t wanna buy then they come out with something new and I’m -550 lol
@@Handle45258 the only constant is change you have to commit at some point and embrace the change.
If even realities doesnt respond to this guys nitpicks im gonna be upset
@@STEVENARMSTRONGOFFICIAL 🙏🌟
@@STEVENARMSTRONGOFFICIAL thank you for the support
useful features?? You show google maps, unless you are traveling to random places each day that shouldn't be mentioned. It's a nice to have, but how about daily use? G1 should have transition lenses for that price... Like there is no point to wear them in bright sunny day... Putting on shades is a poor design. This is 600$ glasses not something that cost 1 dollar... My suggestion they need better reminders or notes, but there should be a "Show all notes" and by moving you head up down, left right you can see all notes even if there is 7000 words, so a gyroscope to help move the available screen to see more text or words. Next calendar would need to be perfect.
If they hammer these features well they will sell very well.
@@TankTheSpank always room for improvement. For navigation I use it often. I travel often for work. I agree on having option for transition lenses but that would add higher cost and maybe there is a reason why it was not possible for v1. As mentioned for a first product from this company i am very impressed and excited for their future offerings. We should send constructive feedback to them to consider in future creations. I was also thinking of gyro / compass or such to use screen in a smarter way too. Looks like we are aligned there!
@@JasonMayes for trying to get a 600$ price tag this item has to be “essential to wear”. Currently the features offered isn’t that. All uses of this product currently isn’t that. Map? 99% of the population wouldn’t benefit maybe few times a year. Translate? 99% of the population wouldn’t use each day. Limited use cases. Notes could help a lot of people to keep reminders. The question is how ease of use is it? All you do is talk for obtaining and deleting the note? How good is it to capture the audio perfectly the first time? For 600 dollars I expect perfect such as a iPhone in terms of quality. That is no where there yet. Durability? No chance.
@@TankTheSpank you are welcome to make something better but I very much bet you won't be able to. This is the first pair of glasses that are looking normal and provide utility in my daily life. This is the start not the end. You are asking for too much with today's tech. If you want extra things it will be too large and you will look silly like those Snapchat glasses. This product is for early adopters, not you. We buy things before you and drive innovation to keep the early companies alive that become the next apple. Your product that you want is at least 3 generations away. We will get there but make your expectations more realistic with the tech of today.
The presentation mode needs WiFi? Yeah, if in middle of presenting and Wi-Fi goes out, you’re hosed.
@@Dfwlending agreed I hope they use on device models in the future. Will save them money too.
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Can you have it so something is up all the time? (where you don't have to raise your head).
@@frankly3498 some things work like that like teleprompter so it's possible to do just need to expose the setting to user