Computerworld January 14, 2025
Smart glasses makers are promising lightweight, stylish frames with limited features that should offer an alternative to bulkier mixed-reality headsets now on the market.
Smart glasses attracted a lot of attention at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show, with a range of devices on display that combine lightweight frames with functionality such as heads-up displays and AI-powered assistants.
These contrast with the mixed-reality headsets that created a buzz early in 2024, including Meta’s Quest 3 and Apple’s Vision Pro – both of which are much heavier devices designed for shorter periods of use.
“This year, the focus definitely seemed to be more on smart glasses than on headsets, in part because the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses were a huge hit...