These smart glasses have 'AI superpowers' and a comical charging nose
Technology
It touts Frame as a way to get AI translations, web search, and visual analysis
(Web Desk) - There’s a new pair of smart spectacles in town — and this time, it’s the $349 Frame glasses said to give you multimodal “AI superpowers.”
The open-source eyewear comes from a startup called Brilliant Labs, which touts Frame as a way to get AI translations, web search, and visual analysis right in front of your eyes.
As shown in a video posted by Brilliant Labs, you can use your voice to ask the glasses to do things like identify a landmark you’re looking at, search the web for a particular pair of sneakers you’re seeing, or even look up nutrition information for the food you’re about to eat.
The information appears as an overlay that shows up directly on the lens.
Frame comes in three colors you can preorder now: black, gray, and clear.
There’s also an option to add a prescription lens, but this bumps the price up to $448. Frame starts shipping on April 15th.
These particular glasses from Brilliant Labs seem even more exciting, as they should be completely open source and hackable, giving users even more freedom when compared to what we’ve seen so far.
Frame pairs with Brilliant Labs’ app, called Noa. The app contains an AI assistant that uses OpenAI for visual analysis, Whisper for translation, and Perplexity for web search.
Frame also comes with a 1280 x 720 camera, microphone, and a 222mAh battery. It runs a Lua-based custom operating system that’s “fully open source with very few dependencies,” and is powered by a nRF52840 Cortex-M4F CPU.
The glasses also come with a silly Mister Power charger (which gives the glasses a “nose” when you plug it in) that offers fast charging and “all-day battery life.”
