Tag: smartglasses

Huawei smart glasses to be released in summer of 2019

John Montgallo
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Huawei has partnered with Gentle Monster for its upcoming designer wearable glasses. Huawei smart glasses are expected to be out later this year, according to the company, which announced its wearable eyewear at the recent Huawei P30 launch event. The Chinese smartphone manufacturer revealed that the new designer shades were developed in collaboration with popular South Korean luxury eyewear brand, Gentle Monster. Unlike other smart glasses on the market, the Huawei wearables won’t feature cameras. The yet-to-be-released Huawei smart glasses reportedly don’t have any cameras according to Gentle Monster’s CEO…

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eSight Smart glasses bring sight to the visually impaired

Julie Campbell
smart glasses esight 3

People who are legally blind have the chance for an instant and significant vision improvement through these wearables. eSight, a Toronto, Canada-based wearable technology company, has developed a pair of smart glasses to help people with low vision. The eSight 3 device is meant to assist people who are legally blind to experience 20/20 visin correction. The glasses capture the image of the wearer’s surroundings in real-time and display it in a way the wearer can see. The smart glasses translate the image of the surroundings into a form that…

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Wearable technology may soon be a temporary tattoo, not a watch

Julie Campbell
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It may not be long before chunky smartwatches and fitness trackers are gone and tiny adhesive patches replace them. When looking at the current market for wearable technology, it is clear that the leaders are currently fitness trackers, with smartwatches far in the distance and smartglasses hoping for the future. However, one company is looking into an entirely different and much smaller version of wearables. A tech startup called Chaotic Moon is hoping to be able to eliminate the need for those chunky devices that often look like they are…

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Augmented reality smartglasses may be Amazon’s next focus

Julie Campbell
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The online marketplace has always had a considerable interest in tech development and AR glasses may be next. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent last week which belonged to Amazon and that described a new type of augmented reality smartglasses, indicating that this may be among the companies next areas of focus. This also suggests that, contrary to some predictions, the retailer may not be abandoning new tech hardware development. It is true that in August, Amazon did start to wind down some of its vast range…

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Google Glass may soon be capable of displaying holograms

Sam Lambert
google glass wearable technology

The smartglasses might be able to show them over the view of the real world in front of the wearer. A patent has now been published by Google for technology that would make it possible for Google Glass wearers to view holograms that are displayed overtop of their vision of the real world. This patents help to provide another level of understanding for the investment the company made into Magic Leap. The tech giant has recently invested in that firm, a augmented reality startup. As it appears as though Google…

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