😳 Our Future According to "The Simpsons": Will We Live Wearing AR Glasses?

A few weeks ago, Apple unveiled its "revolution" in AR technologies — the Vision Pro glasses, priced at $3,499. Videos of strange people wearing them have already gone viral on social media, whether they're driving a Tesla or sitting in a cafe. Comments vary from admiration to ridicule of the absurdity of users waving their hands and talking to emptiness. We decided to figure out what these smart glasses could do.

💯 What the Apple Vision Pro Can Do

The Vision Pro features a super-clear display that allows users to see their surroundings while also opening apps in virtual space with hand gestures. However, many note that users feel lonely using them, experience discomfort from tight straps, and suffer headaches due to the gadget's weight.

➕ Display with super-clear video transmission.
➕ Can place application windows 360 degrees around the user.

❌ High cost.
❌ Loneliness.

😎 Portable "Monitor" ASUS AirVision M1

ASUS glasses, presented at the CES 2024 exhibition, are a new alternative to portable monitors. The main difference between the AirVision M1 glasses is that they do not support anything interactive in AR. They can project a desktop or several windows into space but must be tethered to a nearby device and do not recognize hand gestures. The cost is around $700.

➕ Allows expanding the screen up to 6–8 desktops with Full HD resolution.

❌ Image blurriness requires interpupillary distance adjustment.

😎 Here's another new product from Brilliant Labs:

Frame — these are smart glasses with a built-in AI assistant NOA and the Perplexity search engine. Thanks to the virtual assistant, you can open applications in real-time, recognize and translate speech, initiate image generation, and use GPT4. The frame is fully open source. The cost of the glasses is only $349.

➕ You can open multiple applications simultaneously.

❌ Not suitable for people with poor eyesight.

You can watch a review of the Vision Pro here.

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