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Came across this review on YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fxtl9VChZhM

Monochrome (green) head mounted display that looks like a regular pair of glasses. Mainly useful as a HUD. Has a microphone but no speakers. Seems to have basic head tracking. Marketing claims a day and a half of battery life with light use.

Main Features:

  • Teleprompter
  • Live Translation
  • Speech-to-Text 30-Second Notes
  • Phone Notifications
  • AI Assistant (an LLM)
  • GPS navigation
  • Time/Date/Weather

Screenshots

The G1 Smart Glasses:

Live Translation (in this case French to English):

Time/Date/Weather/Notifications:

Turn by Turn Navigation:

GPS Map:

What do you folks think?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sure, assuming the glasses' UI would let you control audio being piped to the earbuds. But I think Google Glass had bone conducting speakers that weren't heavy or power hungry. Maybe there's a good reason they left speakers off the G1 that I'm not considering.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

There are those Bose glasses headphones which, iirc, were pretty bulky, and also they leaked the sound so everyone nearby would hear. Maybe bone conducting would work but I think you need a bit of pressure for those to work well which would (probably) be uncomfortable after a while.