The best smart glasses in 2024

If you’ve been thinking of smart glasses as a technology of the future, you should take a closer look. You can find top-quality glasses that are as light and comfortable as sunglasses right now. Some smart glasses present large, vivid displays, letting you carry a theater experience in your pocket. Others feature AI chat to … Read more

I’m replacing my normal glasses with smart glasses. Here’s why

Andy Boxall / Digital Trends I wear glasses so I can see what I’m doing. This means I have to wear them all the time, so they have to be light, comfortable, and stylish. Smart glasses made over the past few years have never really ticked all these boxes, and getting prescription lenses in them … Read more

Google Glass is back? In spirit, yes

RayNeo X2 Lite AR glasses are slim and lightweight. RayNeo It’s been a long time since Google Glass fell on its face, but at CES 2024, some advanced AR companies are attempting a revival of sorts. TCL-backed RayNeo showcased its latest breakthrough in AR glasses with two new pairs: the RayNeo X2 and RayNeo X2 … Read more

Xreal brings spatial computing to a pair of AR glasses

Xreal Xreal just announced its latest pair of AR glasses ahead of CES 2024. And although they’re made for developers, they still look fascinating. The Xreal Air 2 Ultra are a pair of AR glasses that have spatial computing capabilities that allow you to control interfaces with hand gestures. Based on the Xreal Air 2 … Read more

Spatial computing went public, but the true test is ahead

Apple 2023 was the year the world at large was introduced to the term spatial computing. Even though Apple didn’t invent the term, its use of it while announcing the Vision Pro instead of “mixed-reality” or “augmented reality” was notable. In short, a spatial computer is a new type of device with a wearable display, the … Read more

A viral TikTok trend is paving the way for smart glasses

Photo by Tracey Truly / Digital Trends Smart glasses have had a bad reputation ever since the Google Glass days. Despite iterations on the technology, public perception hasn’t changed much, and that’s made it hard for smart glasses to take off in any meaningful way. That might be finally changing. The new Ray-Ban Meta Smart … Read more