smart glasses

Smart glasses have a problem that has little to do with artificial intelligence. They need to be useful enough that you want to wear them, while also making people around you comfortable with a camera sitting on your face. HTC is tackling both issues with the HTC VIVE Eagle, its screen-free AI smart glasses. After

Smart glasses have a basic problem: the more technology companies add, the harder they can become to treat like normal glasses. Price: TBD Where to Buy: RayNeo Cameras raise privacy questions. Displays and batteries can add bulk. And if you’re expected to wear smart glasses throughout the day, comfort and usefulness matter more than simply

Smart glasses are becoming more capable, but there is still a practical question hanging over the category: how many features can manufacturers add before the price makes you wonder whether pulling out your phone would simply be easier? Rollme ProView Smart Glasses Price: $99.99 Where to Buy: Rollme Rollme is taking another swing at that

Camera glasses get harder to police when they stop looking expensive. Price: $89 AUD ($63) Where to Buy: KSmart For years, camera glasses felt like a Silicon Valley problem. They were pricey, visibly branded, and easy to file away as something early adopters would argue about before the rest of us had to care. The

Most smart glasses are trying to disappear on your face. The Caviar Ray-Ban smart glasses go the other way: they want you to notice the metal, the leather, and the myth before you think about the camera. Price: $6,130 Where to Buy: Caviar The timing is convenient. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is now in theaters,

XR glasses keep promising the same magic trick: a giant private screen that fits in a pocket. The harder part has always been less glamorous. Can you wear them through a movie, a flight, or a long handheld gaming session without feeling every gram on your face? 👓 Viture Pro 2 Price: $299 Where to

Smart glasses have spent years promising a computer you can wear all day. Heat is the part of that promise that keeps getting left out. Put a processor, cameras, wireless radios, translation tools, and a display inside a frame that sits against skin, and the thermal problem arrives before the futuristic payoff does. I keep

Halliday has a second-generation pair of smart glasses, and the pitch is unusual for 2026: no camera at all. The G2 is built to pass as ordinary eyewear in a meeting room, trading the photo and video tricks of camera-equipped rivals for a display and an AI assistant aimed squarely at work. Price: $599 Where

Covering a camera lens with a piece of tape has always felt like the easiest privacy trick there is. It has worked on laptops, dashcams, and doorbell cameras for years, and for a while it worked on smart glasses too. Meta just spent an entire newsroom Q&A explaining why that trick no longer works on