Smart Glasses? Pros/cons......Best ones?

[El Presidente]

I certainly have "smart glasses" on the radar for 2025. Given the way I work, on the surface, they make sense as a tool. Hamlet has used his Ray Ban smart glasses for some time and loves them. 

Your experiences? recommendations? 

 

There are new ones coming out almost monthly. As a reference for those new to the subject. 

 

 

The tech giants are racing to create augmented reality glasses that look like normal eyewear. Startup Even Realities is taking a solid step in that direction with the G1. They combine optical and display lenses using a special eco-friendly adhesive that seamlessly bonds the two without increasing thickness. Working with a companion app, they offer real-time translation, directions, notification display with a lift of the head, hidden teleprompter features, and typical AI assistant chores like note-taking and recall. The lightweight frames adopt a classic panto silhouette and have touchpads on the earpieces to activate the microphones, reducing the risk of unwanted listening.

[Chitmo]

I want the fancy Harvard ones 😜 

 

[Chibearsv]

Are you headed this direction?

[Shakey]

Don’t use them regularly myself but have tried a few kinds and the Ray-Ban gen 2 seems to be the best so far. Others seem to have shorter battery life and cameras that don’t work as well.  

[cnov]

One of my mates has some and he looks like a tool, love him dearly but he has an obsession with the latest gadget. I'd rather move further away from technology than put it on my face.

[El Presidente]

5 hours ago, cnov said:

One of my mates has some and he looks like a tool, love him dearly but he has an obsession with the latest gadget.

Have fowarded to Hamlet. 

[Puros Y Vino]

Google Glass saw a rise in people with glasses getting punched in the face. I suspect this trend will pick up.😁 While I like the tech, I hate the application of it in public. Every smart phone is already a surveillance device, add this to the mix and you've increase the data quality 100 fold. There are good applications in non-public facing industries for these. If I ever walk into a shop and I see staff with these, I'm walking out.