“Amazon’s Alexa software has already made its way into just about every Internet-connected device you can imagine, like smartwatches, lamps, and refrigerators, to name just a few,” Lisa Eadicicco writes for TIME Magazine. “Next, Amazon’s voice-enabled digital assistant could live in your glasses. At CES 2018, wearable display company Vuzix unveiled its latest pair of augmented reality glasses, the Vuzix Blade, which can communicate with Amazon’s Alexa assistant. The glasses are set to launch in the second quarter of 2018 for $1,000.”
“Vuzix’s Blade AR glasses feel like an improved version of Google Glass with better picture quality,” Eadicicco writes. “The Android-based headset work fine on its own, as it’s a fully functional computer, but it must be tethered via Bluetooth to your smartphone or connected to a Wi-Fi network to access certain features, like email and text notifications. There’s also an 8-megapixel camera for snapping photos. Vuzix says the glasses will be compatible with prescription lenses.”
“Vuzix envisions a future in which a user could walk down the street wearing its glasses, glance over at a sign for an upcoming concert, and then ask Alexa to purchase a ticket for that event,” Eadicicco writes. “During my experience wearing the Blade AR glasses, I was able to get a basic sense of how Alexa would handle a few simple commands. Asking for the weather, for example, pulled up a tiny widget showing the temperature in the upper right corner of my field of view. Alexa was also able to put directions to the airport in my line of sight — arguably the most practical use case for augmented reality glasses right now. ”
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It’s so nice being able to ask Alexa to adjust my Nest thermostat, right from the couch. I wish Siri could do it, but she cannot. Poor girl.
hi im Alexa and I watch every move you make and listen to every conversation you have – because your too F$#@ lazy to get off you ass and adjust a thermostat. wait I can now watch you too! (check) https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2018/01/10/man-charged-over-super-creepy-apple-mac-fruitfly-malware/#668df425273b
Mute button you idiot.
I bet you are fun at parties.
Why are you Trolling and spreading false info? Is this a paid gig for u?
Ofcourse u can control thermostats with siri … there are quite a few if them around and they have been around since 2015 …
Ifu are not trolling, then under what rock have u been living?
You cannot control the NEST thermostat with Siri. I didn’t say all of them, just the nest, you need reading glasses, dude.
My bad.. never the less u are trolling..
Telling the truth is trolling? Dude, really…..
…your Intent is .
Yes, thats a marketer’s dream. Amazon will track your location, speech and visual tracking. While you are shopping, Alexa will offer to sell you the item (from amazon) and ship it for free. A lot of people who don’t care about privacy are going to love it.
Got to say they do look like the dark glasses that the blind wear. Not an ideal fashion statement.
with seniors dealing with macular degeneration.
The smart glasses I make are better than ANYTHING on the market right now… mainly because mine don’t exist.
There is no way to get “better” at smart glasses. As long as they’re capturing your surroundings, there will be someone who doesn’t want to be recorded. And you’ll be asked to remove them.
They are smart to go after the sunglasses market first. These can be used for travel, sports, sightseeing- All places were its not unusual to take a picture or video. Indoors and at the office google glass was creepy….
I finally got the Apple Watch (series 3 with LTE), and when exercising I’m constantly checking my heart rate to make sure it’s not going over the recommended bps for my age. It would be really convenient to have the heart beat and other workout info displayed on smart glasses.
Also, it would be cool if the smart glasses detected eye glances and performed specific operations. For example, a glance to the right might forward the song track in an Apple Music playlist. The eye gesture glances would be much easier and less embarrassing than trying to summon Siri.