Smartgrass is developing in 2022-Terms to try and feel the products of each company

　I decided to wear META (former Facebook) smart glass "Ray-Ban Stories" with a camera, microphone and speaker as everyday glasses.However, when I headed to the glasses store, something strange happened.

　When I brought in a special prescription lens made for Ray-Ban Stories, I couldn't get it at a Lenscrafters store.According to the staff of this glasses store, it cannot be attached to Ray-Ban Stories.There was even an in -house notes about it.At least everyone in contacted was told that glasses had to be made to be made to order with prescription lenses.

　This one highlights the remaining smart glass problems.Things that cannot be used as glasses for everyday life can not be the entrance to the meta frustration.

　And this is a problem related to the entire smart glass.The innovative vision of the advanced expansion reality (AR) glass created by the manufacturers is assumed that the user will always wear it when he wants to use it.But first, this kind of smart glass really needs to work as a daily glasses.

　Amazon's "Echo Frames" and BOSE's "Bose Frames" are approaching ordinary glasses, but they may not be able to have a prescription lens attached to your favorite glasses.

　First, Ray-Ban Stories is not AR glass, but only camera glasses with Bluetooth audio on the frame.With a full -fledged AR glass, the road will be even more steep.So what will AR glass show in the future?

Smartphone -connected glass flow created by Qualcomm

　To tell the future of AR glass, you should look at Qualcomm's initiatives, which provide chips to most of them, rather than individual manufacturers who handle AR glass in 2022.The company is developing custom software, which leads to both devices, as creating the flow of smart glasses in cooperation with smartphones.A smartphone -connected AR glass using the AR developer's platform "Snapdragon Spaces" will be launched in 2022.Snapdragon Spaces supports some high -end "Android" smartphones that use Qualcomm chips.In addition, several AR glasses that have adopted Qualcomm technology have been provided so far.

　NREAL's smart glass "NREALLIGHT" is an example that can be expected as a future development.This thick product is almost the same as ordinary glasses in the distance.Looking closer, the lower part of the lens is transparent, but the upper half is packed with processing technology, position tracking camera, and half mirrors with an angle that are considered to project 3D images to the real world.The visual effect is like a Microsoft "HoloLens" and a Magic Leap headset.Unlike virtual reality (VR), these AR glasses reflect the vision -like holographic effect that shines for everything.

　In order to use a smart glass, you will have to add a good visual acuity, attach a contact lens, or add a degree of insert lens in some way.However, if it is as myopia as the author, it is difficult to add an insert lens, so it is necessary to install a disposable contact lens.

　Lenovo's smart glass "ThinkReality A3" is very similar to NREAL's AR glass in that half of the lens is a camera.Another similarity is that it cannot be attached with normal glasses.On the other hand, it is an advantage that it can work with Windows PCs and Android smartphones.Is smart glass a "eye headphone" that adds a virtual monitor to all devices?If you have a compatible PC or smartphone, the answer is Jesus, at least for ThinkReality A3.

　According to Qualcomm, Motorola, a subsidiary of Lenovo, will also announce its own AR smart glass.

Is the smart glass a head -up display (again)?

　"Google Glass" shows the idea of a wearable head -up display (HUD) that reflects information in the view of the user, but many companies are still developing smart glasses along this approach.ing.Recently, a Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer OPPO, known for its smartphone, has announced its own monocular smart glass, AIR GLASS.AIR GLASS is for one eye, and information that appears on a smart watch is pop -up on the lens.I heard so that many people remember Google Glass about 10 years ago.

　The advantage of AIR GLASS is that it can be attached from the top of the glasses.However, this glasses must be included in the Air Glass set, and cannot be attached to everyday glasses.

　Oppo is not the only company that uses this approach.Next -generation smart glasses will realize authentic AR with Google Glass ideas.But it still takes several years.