AI technology is undoubtedly changing countless sectors and leading to miraculous breakthroughs in many new types of products. One of the niche markets affected by AI has been AR glasses.
This week, a new pair of eyeglasses have been released. They are going to disrupt the market in ways that nobody considered just a few weeks ago.
Brilliant Labs Releases Amazing New Set of AR Glasses
Today, Brilliant Labs, a Singapore-based company, unveiled its latest innovation: Frame, a pair of lightweight AR glasses powered by an advanced AI assistant named Noa. This groundbreaking product has garnered considerable attention and investment from John Hanke, the CEO of Niantic, renowned for pioneering augmented reality experiences like Pokémon GO.
Brilliant Labs was founded by former Apple program lead, Bobak Tavangar. Tavangar has a great track record for developing stellar AI applications, so it is no surprise that these new AR eyeglasses offer huge advantages over competitors.
Although Brilliant Labs chose not to disclose the precise amount of funding received from Hanke, the partnership underscores the significant potential of Frame and Noa in revolutionizing the wearable technology landscape.
In a demonstration video reviewed by TechCrunch, a co-founder of Brilliant Labs engaged with Noa using voice commands, prompting the AI assistant to introduce itself. Within mere seconds, Noa processed the request and projected a text-based response onto the lenses of the AR glasses. Beyond voice interactions, Noa boasts impressive capabilities in visual processing, image generation, and translation, leveraging a suite of integrated AI models.
These include Perplexity AI for conversational search, Stability AI’s text-to-image model Stable Diffusion, OpenAI’s cutting-edge text-generation model GPT4, and the sophisticated speech recognition system Whisper. With Frame’s lenses boasting a resolution of 640 x 400, users can seamlessly access videos, photos, and AI-generated responses, enhancing their everyday experiences. Whether in a shopping mall or elsewhere, users can rely on Noa to provide real-time assistance, such as checking online prices for items viewed through Frame, illustrating the potential for transformative human-AI interactions.
As Aravind Srinivas, CEO and founder of Perplexity, expressed excitement about bringing real-time answer capabilities to Frame, it raises questions about the responsiveness of Noa’s AI-generated responses. Currently, Brilliant Labs’ Bluetooth-enabled devices require a smartphone to access the array of AI models. However, the company envisions a future where Frame operates autonomously, with lightweight machine-learning models directly embedded into the glasses, eliminating the need for external hosts and paving the way for seamless integration of AI into wearable technology.
Techcrunch author Rita Liao reports that these glasses will be easy to wear and reasonably affordable.
“Unlike the bulky Vision Pro, Frame is meant to be worn every day and comes with prescription lenses. Weighing 39 grams and featuring thick round frames made of nylon plastic, the glasses are, as the company puts it, an “homage to the groundbreaking innovations and ideas introduced by figures of history including John Lennon, Steve Jobs and Gandhi.”