I stumbled upon something wild the other day. Y’know, those Brilliant Labs folks just dropped a bomb on the tech world. They called it Halo—kinda like naming a dog King. Anyway, it’s some next-level smart glasses. Not just your average specs, no sir. They’ve got this micro OLED display that’s all about the colors. Like, imagine seeing a rainbow through a kaleidoscope. Bonkers, right? And there’s these bone conduction speakers. Never tried those myself, but I bet you’d feel like a secret agent. Oh, and the AI assistant talks to you, like it’s having coffee with you. All this for 300 bucks, which oddly feels both cheap and not, simultaneously.
These things? Light as air. Like, they weigh just over 40 grams, which is less than a bag of chips. Remember Monocle? Yeah, kinda set the stage, but these… these are a different ballgame. More consumer-friendly or whatever. They’ve got vision correction built in, AI on the device, open-source stuff. Good for the nerdy, tinker-y types.
Runs on some Alif B1 processor, blah blah. What’s wild is this Neural Processing Unit in there. I only half understand what that means, but it sounds impressive? The glasses think by themselves, which is both cool and slightly disturbing if you ask me.
Check this photo out! Ah, but I guess you can’t see it through my words. Just trust me, it’s sleek. The AI assistant’s called Noa. And get this—it apparently remembers stuff. Imagine arguing with your glasses about something you both “saw” last week. Spooky, huh? And the battery lasts up to 14 hours — so my phone should take notes.
How do you talk to it? Microp—uh, microphones. Tapping and gestures do stuff too, thanks to the low-power sensor and something called a six-axis IMU. I won’t even pretend to know what that means.
Oh, there’s this fascinating bit about that sensor—not for taking photos, oddly. Just for AI thinking—“inference” they called it. So overall, Halo isn’t nosy like those Ray-Ban goggles. So no awkward “who took this picture?” moments. Money-wise, Noa will have a basic and a premium model. Though, they’re playing coy about the price for that latter.
Display tweaks for all those visually challenged folks—they’ve got you covered, from +2 to -6 diopters. And optional prescription lenses. Hats off to them.
Open source? Sure thing! Dive into GitHub if messing with code is your idea of fun. They really want you to remix their project. Shipping soon in Q4 2025. First come, first served, so jump on it if you’re feeling the itch.
Basic specs rundown for the curious (or if you’re tech-savvy): Micro color OLED screen, bone conduction stuff for audio, and Bluetooth 5.3. Battery life up to 14 hours? Impressive. Weighs about the same as a single kiwi fruit, just to throw that in.
Honestly, I’m curious to see how all this plays out. Tech’s heading in a crazily intimate direction with all this AI jazz. But hey, it’s the future, right?
