Almost for a century, human life has been dealing with screens — cinema screens, TVs, desktops, laptops, smartphones or tablets. The rectangles of screens or squares consume considerable time of the users. Since then, a new generation of smart glasses have emerged in the world — Meta’s Ray-Ban or Apple’s Vision Pro headset. Would this new tech replace the screens or extend the screen time?
Smart glasses promise to be the next interface that is intimate, wearable and always on.
Smart glasses too have distinct categories. Meta’s glasses focus on hands-free capture and communication. However, they lack full AR display. They are in fact convenient, but they do little to substitute the traditional screens. However, models such as XREAL Air 2 pro project virtual screens ( via micro- OLEAD displays). Films and documents appear as floating windows. These seem to displace screens.
Glasses are worn on the face. Images and text could float directly in the user’s line of sight. Smart glasses thus become hyper notification machines. The wearer gets nudged every few minutes. He is 24×7 on with information literally in his front. Instead of constantly immersing the user in blue light, glasses can deliver snippets: an arrow pointing down a street or a real time translation. This reduces distractions we come across on smartphone interaction.
Facebook’s Phoenix mixed reality glasses merge augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR). The release is postponed to 2027 to make a polished device. The goggle weigh 100 grams and have lower resolution displays and weaker computing performance than high-end headsets such Apple’s Vision Pro. Smart glasses will be made with Ray Ban and upcoming AR glasses.
The extra time will help to get the details right. At present the goggles are lighter but less powerful.
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