If you want a pair of glasses with hands-free video recording and an ai voice assistant, there aren't many options, and the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses are the clear leaders. But Solos, whose smart glasses currently only feature audio, says it will sell a camera-equipped version later this year, with OpenAI's new GPT-4o ai model to allow the camera to recognize objects and answer questions about what you're looking at. seeing.
The Solos AirGo Vision also includes the same interchangeable frame system as the other Solos glasses so you can change the camera – if you're going somewhere a camera wouldn't be socially acceptable, or if you'd just rather have one. A different look or sunglasses instead. Additional frames cost between $89 and $129.
The Vision will also have notification LEDs to alert you to incoming calls or emails, the company says, and claims they can also be integrated with Google’s Gemini and Anthropic’s Claude ai models. Like Meta’s Ray-Bans, they will answer questions via audio — they have no display other than the LEDs.
The AirGo Vision doesn't have a price or specific release date yet, but you can expect them to cost upwards of $249.99, because that's what Solos will charge for a pair. without the camera this July. Ray-Bans currently still start at $299.
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