Smart technology is the present and the future. Starting from home appliances to mobile devices, and other appliances like smart glasses for the tech-savvy. Artificial intelligence has touched all these areas in a significant way, which makes it more smarter and convenient to use. Taking smart home devices, for example, if you get multiple smart home devices, you can use a single platform to operate them. An amazon echo can be used to operate event every other Alexa-supported device in your home. The mode of operation of all these devices could be via mobile applications or speech commands.
Another popular one is the google home/google nest to connect other google smart devices like bulbs, sockets, faucets, smart routers, and more. These are the most current commercial capacity of smart appliances with artificial intelligence. We might have seen different types of smart glasses in movies like spy kids, tony stark, or other futuristic movies.
However, smart tech is close-to, to that stage as they work like a virtual reality appliance. There are quite a limited number of things you can use the smart glasses, and let’s take a look at what they are, what you can use them for, and why you need them… or not.
What are Smart Glasses?
Smart glasses are wearable-technology devices that compose the graphic abilities of mobile appliances, artificial intelligence, and Augmented reality. They are Optical wave guild technology for lens display capabilities made of nanotechnology components. Through the reflection of the lens, a much larger display is offered to the eyes. With these smart glass devices, you can make phone calls, get notifications, 3D map navigations, graphic translation, virtual reality gaming, and more.
Features and Benefits of Smart Glasses
Smart glasses contain many features between the tiny space of the lens with the help of nanotechnology. The top 5 features they possess include; Camera/Video capture, Wireless connectivity, artificial intelligence, Augmented reality, and Lightweight.
Augmented reality
With smart glasses, you would get a graphical feature that enables 3D display. These 3D displays will give a well-enlarged view through small lenses, and when connected to your phones, you’ll get to see through a wider view.
You’ll be able to see your phone apps, and notifications and even use some apps from a binocular viewing angle. This feature is useful in viewing movies in cinematic view, 3D map view, navigation, and also in gaming. Some smart glasses have the capacity of playing virtual reality-like gaming.
Camera and Video Capture
Expectedly, all smart glasses have this feature, with just a tap on the side handle, you could control and take photos and videos. This feature is improving, and via connectivity, you won’t have to hold your phone to snap pictures.
There’s an inbuilt camera with a tiny lens in most cameras which would be up between 5 – 10 mp mostly. The quality of the camera might vary by the brand of course. Apple is also currently cooking some smart glass whose camera might be like that of iPhone quality. Presently, smart glasses like Ray-Ban, Anzu, or amazon echo glass do have good camera capture and quality.
Wireless connectivity
Connecting to your phones and gadgets wirelessly. This will integrate your gadgets and devices and enables you to receive calls, get notifications, and use mobile apps on a wider screen. Most smart glasses enable connectivity via both wifi and Bluetooth.
They do have inbuilt speakers, and audio devices, so you can just put your phone away after connection. The length at which you can use your connected phone varies and depends on the brand. Some allow you to use some designed app like phone, message, and other messaging or social apps. While others could allow users of every app on your phone and you’ll view them at a wider angle and have good graphics
Artificial intelligence
Not only controlled via wireless means but also artificial intelligence or assistance. Smart glasses do come with sensors that… also, support virtual assistance AI like Siri, Amazon Alexa, and google voice. Before you get a smart glass, do check the supported AI assistance for speech commands. You can use the speech command for easy operations just like in iPhones and androids.
All activities can be done via speech command when you are connected to your phone. Also, sensitivity control by just tapping handles(check), and they are sensitive to when you wear or remove, when you need to switch to glass mode, and more.
Lightweight
All these features are in just moderate, lightweight glasses. This has to be the most fascinating part as most smart glasses nowadays are not rugged looking or a bigger piece. It’s now three in one, technological evolvement, smartness, and fashionable. They are not only light in weight but also designed in a fashionable way where you can switch modes.
Disadvantages of Smart Glasses
- Just like most glasses, they are prone to breaking so they are not handled carefully. Both the glass part and the hinged corner could get broken if they fall too much. Though they are rugged and they won’t just spoil once they fall for the first time, it’s of great maintenance to avoid that.
- Just like most smartwatches, they can’t have many operations or usage Independence. Most of the features, they’ll require being connected to your phone or your intended gadgets.
