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Smart glasses won me over, and this is the pair that did It

Livemint

Livemint · 7m ago

Smart glasses won me over, and this is the pair that did It

The writer discusses their experience with smart glasses, particularly the Ray-Ban Meta camera sunglasses and the Apple Vision Pro headset. They found the Ray-Bans to be simple, affordable, and well-designed, enjoying the camera feature for capturing photos and videos without distractions. They also had a preview of Meta's Orion prototype, which offers a mixed-reality experience through holographic projectors and finger/hand navigation using a sensor wristband. The writer mentions Meta's plans to release a version of the sensor wristband and a pair of Ray-Ban-like glasses with an in-lens screen in the future.

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Apple could launch AI-powered smart glasses in 2026 | TechCrunch

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The Verge · 7d ago

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