Speech-captioning glasses show deaf wearers what other people are saying

Noisy environments pose a challenge to deaf people, particularly when they’re trying to discern what a specific person within such a setting is saying. AirCaps glasses are designed to help, by providing real-time captioning to the wearer.Continue Readi… Continue reading Speech-captioning glasses show deaf wearers what other people are saying

Portable media streamer for XR glasses puts Google TV in your pocket

Augmented reality wearable company RayNeo and smart gadget maker SEI Robotics have partnered to launch Pocket TV, a palm-sized portable Google TV media device designed for RayNeo’s series of extended reality glasses.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Enter… Continue reading Portable media streamer for XR glasses puts Google TV in your pocket

Glasses with spiral lenses could help you see clearer, farther

Scientists have developed a new type of lens that creates multiple focal points, which could make for glasses or contacts that provide a clearer view over a range of distances. The secret? Making the lens a spiral shape.Continue ReadingCategory: Techno… Continue reading Glasses with spiral lenses could help you see clearer, farther

Vixion’s autofocus eyeglasses: Relax your eye muscles all day

The lenses in our eyes stiffen as we age, making it harder to switch focus between different distances. But autofocus systems are now getting so compact and efficient that they fit in a set of glasses – provided you don’t mind looking a bit dorky.Conti… Continue reading Vixion’s autofocus eyeglasses: Relax your eye muscles all day

Sonar-enabled glasses read wearers’ silently spoken voice commands

Some people lack the power of speech, while others may find themselves in noisy settings where speaking voice commands out loud just won’t work. Such folks might have use for the EchoSpeech glasses, which read their user’s silently spoken words.Continu… Continue reading Sonar-enabled glasses read wearers’ silently spoken voice commands

Xiaomi reveals wireless AR glasses with “Retina-level” adaptive display

Xiaomi has pulled back the curtain on a pair of augmented-reality glasses it’s working on called the Wireless AR Glass Discovery Edition, which are reported to be among the first in the industry to boast “Retina-level” image resolution.Continue Reading… Continue reading Xiaomi reveals wireless AR glasses with “Retina-level” adaptive display

Gold nano-coating works like an anti-fog heating element for glasses

While anti-fog sprays work to a certain extent, warming a glass surface is a better way of keeping it fog-free. A new coating material is designed to do so, and it utilizes light-absorbing gold nanoparticles instead of electricity.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Gold nano-coating works like an anti-fog heating element for glasses