Brilliant Labs Unveils Next-Gen Smart Glasses Launching July 31st

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So, Brilliant Labs — yeah, those guys, like, they’re about to launch their next-gen smart glasses. If you can believe it’s their third device since 2019. Time flies, right? Anyway, they’re rolling these out at the month’s end. Exciting stuff!

Back in ’23, yep, that’s just a short hop from now, they threw Monocle at us. Not the kind you wear in a period drama, but a heads-up display you clip on your regular glasses. I remember thinking how wild that was. Fast forward a year—bam! They dropped Frame. It’s like Monocle’s cooler cousin. Slim, light, less than 40g — reminds me of that weirdly light pastry I had the other day. Sort of freakishly airy. Has a camera sensor too. Quite neat.

Anyway — wait, did I mention it? Oh right, Frame — they said it’s like your AI buddy right on your face. Uses stuff like Perplexity, ChatGPT, yadda yadda, for live translations and those pesky questions when you’re squinting at something. Handy, I guess?

Now they’re teasing this new gadget for July 31st. Not a lotta details yet, though. Bobak Tavangar, the co-founder dude, is gonna chit-chat about it on the augmented reality subreddit. Kinda curious what that’ll look like… maybe more sleek, less like a cryptic detective from a noir film. We’ll find out soon enough.

Meanwhile, this whole smart glasses thing is heating up like that one summer I stupidly left chocolate in my car. Meta’s teaming up with EssilorLuxottica for Oakley Meta HSTN, and Xiaomi’s in the game too. Oh! And Google’s working on something with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster. Those names just sound fancy, don’t they?

Right now, looks like Brilliant Labs is one of the few with smart glasses that have a display, but who knows how long that’ll last? Google’s whispered about some Android XR glasses that might show us some visual magic. And leaks—yeah, we love those—say Meta’s next piece might talk to you through a wrist controller. Weird combo, but we’ll see.

Guess it’s just a waiting game now, you know? Until then, keeping an eye on the subreddit and Brilliant’s updates. Let’s see where this goggles race goes.