Solos AirGo Vision are smart glasses with Google Gemini

Smart glasses are still an idea of ​​the future that has not yet been completely perfected, but the arrival of generative AI has significantly improved the capabilities of these devices. Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses have been considered by many to be one of the best options available today, and they now have competition from the AirGo Vision Solos, which also feature support for Google Gemini.

While it’s not a big name, Solos has been offering reasonably priced smart glasses for a while now. The company announced its latest generation, the Solos AirGo Vision, this week, which looks to be a solid multimodal option for AI-powered smart glasses.

The AirGo Vision, like Meta’s Ray-Ban model, adds a camera to the product that, before that, only included speakers. The camera is mounted on the right side of the frame and can be used with voice prompts to use AI models – particularly OpenAI’s GPT-4o – to answer questions using what is captured by the camera.

Solos explains in a press release:

AirGo Vision with AI provides real-time information based on visual inputs, recognizing people and objects (“What am I looking at?”) or navigating and narrating directions or landmarks ( “Give me the way to the Eiffel Tower”). Relying on hands-free and convenient operation, users can also take photos without using their hands, which is especially convenient for visual progress and next steps of activities such as cooking, home improvement projects , education and study, and even shopping (“What am I looking at and how much does it cost? Is there a better price elsewhere?”). AI can also summarize these activities for improved organization and support.

In addition to GPT-4o, AirGo Vision can also use Anthropic’s Claude as well as Google Gemini. However, it’s unclear whether either of these options can use the camera like GPT-4o does.

The camera can also be used to capture regular images.

Beyond AI, the glasses have speakers, as well as an LED light that can communicate notifications from your phone. Solos notes that this could be useful in quiet and noisy environments, as well as being a useful accessibility feature.

Another notable aspect of the hardware is that Solos designs these glasses with a replaceable frame system. This allows users to ditch the camera in certain settings if they want, or switch between clear lenses and sunglasses more easily. Additional frames start at $89.

Solos will start selling AirGo Vision in July starting at $249, but that’s for the base model without a camera (just speakers and the LED), so the total cost will likely be considerably higher.

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