Lenovo’s Good Glasses Are Among the many Lightest You Can Purchase, however There’s a Catch

Meta might have an enormous head begin within the sensible glasses area proper now, however that doesn’t imply it’s acquired the shape issue found out. While its Ray-Bans have leaned into AI and pc imaginative and prescient by means of an onboard digicam, different entrants within the area don’t appear satisfied that sensible glasses want a digicam in any respect. Case in level? Lenovo.

The maker of the ThinkPad simply launched its first pair of sensible glasses, the V1, which include a micro LED display screen and are virtually impossibly gentle. Lenovo says its sensible glasses weigh simply 38g, which makes them 10 to 14g lighter than the Ray-Ban Meta Gen 1 and Gen 2 AI glasses and about 30g lighter than the Meta Ray-Ban Display. Though 10g (within the case of Meta’s non-display glasses) might not seem to be an enormous distinction, it’s price remembering that these are worn in your face, so each gram counts. Plus, the Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses don’t have a display screen.

As I alluded to earlier than, there’s a small caveat to that spectacular weight, although. Lenovo’s V1 glasses, notably, do not come outfitted with a digicam, which might be a dealbreaker for some. Anyone wanting to make use of sensible glasses to seize video hands-free whereas biking or taking part in sports activities wouldn’t get a lot use out of the V1. Likewise, anybody within the pc imaginative and prescient a part of sensible glasses (i.e., capabilities powered by Meta AI, which may translate textual content and reply questions on objects you’re taking a look at) could be disenchanted right here.

That being stated, a scarcity of a digicam will not be a dealbreaker for everybody. Other corporations within the sensible glasses area, like Even Realities, have additionally sacrificed cameras for enhancements in weight and to raised cater to these involved concerning the privateness implications of discreetly recording your environment. In the tip, sensible glasses may be extra concerning the display screen than all the opposite stuff, and on that entrance, Lenovo is off to a reasonably respectable begin. The V1 claims 2,000 nits of brightness, which wouldn’t make it the brightest show on this planet, but it surely isn’t slouching both (the Meta Ray-Ban Display has a max brightness of 5,000 nits). The show is a monochrome micro LED, like these in lots of different sensible glasses available on the market, and can be utilized in monocular or binocular modes (one or each eyes).

And no cameras doesn’t imply no AI, both. Lenovo is integrating its personal voice assistant, which permits real-time translation, voice instructions, and voice queries. Like Rokid glasses, these additionally embody a teleprompter mode that allows you to use the glasses’ show for displays.

If something, Lenovo’s V1 is simply additional proof that makers of sensible glasses are nonetheless testing the waters concerning what options and {hardware} shoppers discover important, and whether or not they worth weight and type over sure capabilities. If you’re dying to seek out out for your self, Lenovo’s V1 glasses can be found for preorder now for about $560 with an official launch date of Nov. 9, although the launch is clearly geared towards the Chinese marketplace for now.