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Apple's 2026 Smart Glasses: Five Key Features to Expect
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Not once did they ever do any of those.
First PCs were many (Altair 8000, PS/2, Tandy/TRS-80, commodore, etc.)
First digital music player was Creative Nomad and others
First tablet was the Write-Top, closely behind was Palm and the Newton tho.
First wireless earphones were…er..many before airpods
First VR was not even Facebook’s. We all saw Rain Man! 😂
Of course, I could have missed the implied /s on all this tho.. but it was fun to look up nonetheless.
So dumb, but I wonder with Apple having so many ambulance chasing lawyers drooling for something to happen, what safeguards and safety rails are they baking into these silly useless things to mitigate liabilities? Not going to end well. Just saying.
Catch-up to who? The way I see it is they could be ahead. Meta for instance relies on a smartphone for their glasses. But Meta do not make a phone. Apple does.
If this were remotely true, these functions are not needed in glasses.
- Take photos
- Record video
- Play audio, including podcasts, music, and audiobooks
I would like to see 3 x "game-changer" features, which will impact my decision to purchase it:
- Identify articles with Visual Intelligence;
- Live translation (at least with text on the built-in display);
- VR navigation with identifying buildings, bus stops, etc.
Ah yes, that was a beautiful parallel universe, wasn't it?
I really hope a bunch of cameras looking at me all the time everywhere I go is not the future.
With phone cameras you can at least spot someone recording you a mile away--it's obvious. With cameras on glasses you won't know unless they're close enough to see an LED and you're looking right at them.
If camera glasses really become a thing, then I'll have to start wearing a Guy Fawkes mask all the time 🎭
With phone cameras you can at least spot someone recording you a mile away--it's obvious. With cameras on glasses you won't know unless they're close enough to see an LED and you're looking right at them.
If camera glasses really become a thing, then I'll have to start wearing a Guy Fawkes mask all the time 🎭
Am I old? I don’t get the appeal of this? Wow I get to know what that bug infront of me is using the built in camera and ai giving me info? WTH
I don’t get it.
I don’t get it.
If they’re relying on Siri then its already dead in the water
To the posters responding to this: he was being sarcastic- making the point that Apple has very rarely been “first”.
Nothing in this list makes the product immediately valuable as all of the features are fulfilled by another Apple product already. I don't immediately see where this product fits other than an iphone replacement over the long term.
On the other hand, if the frame of the glasses could subtly tint red when there was a perceived danger in a specific direction I wouldn't be able to leave the house without this product. It seems to be well placed for reading signals from surroundings, run AI and provide feedback. That's the type of new use case their old products can't fulfill. An extension to my human senses. Airpods for audio. Glasses for vision. That's in line with building a bicycle for the mind.
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These glasses could very well be named "Apple Vision Air", when you think about it.
Ok, I kinda agree, but…I have the 2nd gen Metas, and the camera is instantly available and offers your-eyeball-POV, which is great. That said, the camera does not permit zooming or framing, and the pixel count, while acceptable, is inferior compared to the iPhone. The other really nice feature are the speakers, which allow me to listen to podcasts without something stuck in or over my ears. The sound quality is not great for music, however, and I wish the volume was a bit louder, but the listening experience is completely transparent, so I’m less likely to get runover by a vehicle.
I’m pretty sure Apple can do a much better job, but they better include the in display feedback, if they want to be competitive.
Hmm if I’m barreling down the motorway/highway & the glasses gave out a red/ blue glow indicating a ‘Smokey’ (speed trap) ahead that would be a great feature!
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