Google shows off prototype smart glasses with built-in display and Gemini integration
During a TED Talk, Google executives demonstrated AI glasses with an integrated miniature display.
During a talk at the TED Humanity Reimagined conference in Vancouver, Canada, Shahram Izadi and other Google executives demonstrated a prototype pair of AI glasses.
The smart glasses look like normal glasses and have a miniature display built in, writes Axios.
Nishta Bathia, product manager for Glasses & AI, demonstrated several use cases, including a feature called Memory, in which the Gemini AI assistant uses a built-in camera to track what the user sees and remind them where they've placed certain objects like keys. The glasses can also record, translate or transcribe conversations in real time. In English or other languages such as Hindi.
"These glasses work with your phone, streaming back and forth, allowing the glasses to be very lightweight and access all of your phone apps," Izadi said..
The Project Moohan mixed reality headset, which is set to release in 2025 and is being developed by Samsung, was also demonstrated. Both the headset and the smart glasses are based on the AndroidXR operating system announced last December.
Google and Samsung have not yet announced a smart glasses product. South Korean news portal ETNews recently reported that a product codenamed Haean is planned for this year and that features and specifications are being finalized.
It is not known if it will have a small display like the prototype shown at the TED conference. According to previous reports, Google and Samsung are planning a rival product to the successful Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, which do not have a display and are available from 300 US dollars.
Meta could take the next step at the end of the year and launch smart glasses with a small display for the first time, Bloomberg recently reported. However, the price is expected to be $1,000 or more.
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