Brilliant Labs to Unveil Next-Gen Smart Glasses on July 31st

Huh. So, get this. Brilliant Labs, right? They’re about to drop their latest smart glasses by the month’s end. Yeah, it’s like their third gadget since 2019. Time flies or whatever.

Back in ’23, these folks gave us Monocle. Imagine clipping a heads-up display onto your glasses. Funky, right? Fast forward a year, and they release Frame. Think Monocle 2.0 but cooler. Slim, light—less than 40g. That’s, like, nothing.

Okay, picture this: Frame is like your personal AI buddy. All those chatty AI models? Boom. In there. Ask a question, it’s got you. Need translation? It’s on it. Internet search in real-time? Yep, that too. Not sure why, but it’s kinda neat to just have all that at eye level.

Anyway. Right, back to the new stuff. July 31st is when they’re spilling the beans. Bobak Tavangar, the CEO guy, will be in some Q&A on the augmented reality subreddit. I bet he’s a cool dude. Not much deets yet, but we snagged a peek. Gone are the round, granny frames. Looks sleek, but we’ll see.

So here’s where it gets spicy: not just Brilliant Labs throwing tech at our faces. Meta and EssilorLuxottica pushed out their Oakley Meta HSTN. And Xiaomi? They’ve jumped in too. Even Google’s brewing their Android XR smart glasses in cahoots with Warby Parker. Wild times in the glasses world.

But hey, right now, Brilliant’s one of the few with a real display in their smart specs. Rumors say Google might join the party soon. Meta might toss in a display and some wrist controller gizmo. Who knows where we’re headed, but July 31st? Marking the calendar.

Guess I’ll be squinting at Reddit for more.