Frame, the open-source smart glasses designed for hackers and other creative people, is produced by the inventive startup Brilliant Labs. Marketing of Halo, a new set of smart glasses being released today, is based on their artificial intelligence capabilities, as would be anticipated in our modern age. In contrast to the Panto-style frame, Halo has a wayfarer-style design; for glasses wearers, prescription lenses will be offered in more than 100 countries thanks to a partnership with SmartBuyGlasses.
Brilliant Labs raised $300 million to develop generative AI-enhanced AR glasses and proudly highlights that Halo is equipped with a camera, microphone, and bone-conduction speakers, all housed within its elegant frame. Many smart glasses have had the challenge of balancing the need for trade-offs needed to keep a lightweight design with enough functionality. Particularly given that the smart glasses feature a color OLED display and a battery promising 14 hours of operation on a single charge, achieving a weight of just 40 grams is an outstanding accomplishment.
Sadly, Halo functions by projecting information into the user’s peripheral vision instead of providing a display superimposed onto the lens. Brilliant unveiled Noa, its artificial intelligence agent developed only for eyeglasses, last year. The company claims that Noa will interact in a way that seems natural and intuitive, similar to having a conversation with a real person, when combined with Halo. It asserts that the secret to this interaction resides in Noa’s capacity to understand what it sees and hears in its surroundings and provide real-time contextually appropriate information.
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Naturally, a set of artificial intelligence-powered smart glasses will cause privacy issues; Brilliant guarantees that Noa would act as a VPN between the user and the underlying AI model. By default, interactions will be private; users will be able to control their data sharing preferences using strong privacy settings. Voice instructions will also enable users to turn off the camera, microphone, and glasses themselves as needed.