The Frame glasses from Brilliant Labs look like a regular pair of glasses but are powered by Open AI’s artificial intelligence.
WithApple Vision Prohype hitting critical mass, the spatialheadsethas already made waves in the tech industry. Now, a new startup with ex-Apple talent is also entering the mixed reality industry with a pair of newsmart glasses, with a twist.
The Frame glasses from Brilliant Labs is the newest kid on the block, powered by a “multimodal” AI assistant called Noa.
Thesesmart glassesare unlike what we’ve tested here at Dexerto – includingXReal Air 2,Rokid Max,Rayneo Air 2, and theViture One. It is similar to Google’s now-defunct Google Glass and closer to Meta’s RayBan smart glasses. It can display text or graphics as an overlay in real-world environments.
These glasses connect wirelessly to your smartphone, where all the AI processing takes place, so they do not need a massive battery – meaning that the glasses are incredibly light at just 40 grams.
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The Frame uses various AI tools like the conversational search engine Perplexity AI, text-to-image modelStable Diffusion, OpenAI’s modelGPT-4, and Whisper, a speech recognition system.
With the help of these powerful AI tools, you can ask Frame questions, and it can respond by projecting images or text in front of your right eye.
In terms of utility, the Frame glasses are similar to theRabbit R1introduced at theCESthis year, though in a significantly different form factor.
Jitendra Soni was a Tech Writer on Dexerto’s UK Team. An expert in tech, especially smartphones, he has almost 10 years of experience. He spearheaded the TechRadar India editorial operations and has written for TechRadar, TechRadar Pro, Free Press Journal, Mobile Scout, IB Times Singapore, Indulge Express, and more.
