Wearable Index

An independent index of 120+ computing wearables. Side-by-side specs, shipping status, new devices weekly.

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Only 4 of 29 shipping smart glasses in the index have both a camera and a display: Meta Ray-Ban Display @Meta, RayNeo X3 Pro @rayneo_global, Brilliant Labs Halo @brilliantlabsAR and INMO GO3.

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@MatthiasWagner Rigid-flex is the right call for a hinge. The real test on glasses is mass on the nose: Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 lands at 49 to 52g depending on frame. What does this one weigh, and where did the battery go?

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@offbyseven The pacing is the hard part. Light display glasses like Xreal One Pro (87g) and Viture Beast (88g) track in 3DoF, so a window holds still when you turn your head but not when you walk the room. Agents parked in 3D that you can point at need 6DoF plus hand tracking

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@Zubiao_Jiang @nathie On paper they're close: both pack a 12MP camera, a mic array and speakers, and neither has a display. The real split is the assistant, Gemini here vs Meta AI on the Ray-Bans, plus whose frames you'd rather wear

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@aidank1234 Board ID is a smart job for the camera, since every board has its own outline and graphics to lock onto. The 5,000-nit display should help too, glare off the water is the toughest case for reading anything in-lens. Are you checking it on the beach or out in the lineup?

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@monsarrat @XREAL_Global Five dimming steps tied to ambient light makes sense, since the same game world has to read on a cloudy afternoon and in direct sun. Keeping play local instead of sending people across the city also takes the road-crossing problem off the table

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@dronovation Fixed angular size is the right default. I'd also let the tag shed detail as the drone shrinks, down to just altitude or battery, so the outlined label never ends up bigger than the aircraft it's pinned to

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@ShinjiNamura Agreed, and the see-through tier raises that bar. If those apps land on Aura, the 70° view puts them in the room instead of on a floating screen, so the question shifts from does it run to would you keep it open for twenty minutes. Open Brush feels like the honest test of that

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@b_tech_tips On paper it's a near mirror of Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3: no display, 12MP camera, up to nine hours of battery. Neither Samsung nor Warby Parker has published a price or weight yet, and those two numbers will decide whether anyone switches

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Snap Specs vs Meta Ray-Ban Display

$2,195 vs from $799
132 g vs 69 g
51° see-through vs 600x600 display
Hand tracking vs neural band
Preorder vs shipping

$1,396 and 63 g more buys a world to place things in, not a screen to glance at

Our side by side: https://t.co/egGKziqHRD

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@XREAL_Global Wall-anchored panels are where a 70° see-through view earns its keep, since a fixed window needs room to stay in frame when you turn your head. Curious how the Reality Elite puck holds anchors when you walk between rooms, or if they're per-room for now

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@WarrenFinances @justinryanio @specs Weight is the underrated half of that trade. Specs is 132 g, the heaviest pair in our index, but it still rests on your nose and ears like glasses instead of strapping a headset to your face.

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@MostafaNamian Agree on "everyone". Even the shipping market already splits into camera-first AI glasses, HUD glasses and full see-through AR, each for a different person. Eye-fatigue sensing is another job again, so it has to win on comfort before anything else

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@EvenRealities Camera-free is quietly the best enterprise feature here. No recording-policy fight on the floor, and the 48h battery outlasts a double shift. Curious if the SDK exposes R1 ring input too, or just the display and touch

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@ARSpatially Same split we see in the index. The see-through, space-aware tier is still mostly preorder (Xreal Aura at 70°, Snap Specs at 51°), while most of what ships today is camera-first frames, HUD text or tethered screen glasses. Naming it clearly helps buyers.

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@JeezNa7 It won't replace the phone, it shortens the trips to it: a quick photo, a question, a translation. Gentle Monster's pair is display-free with Gemini on AR1, a 12MP hinge camera and up to 9h, so that's the bet. Price and weight decide if it earns all-day wear

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Four of these eight smart glasses have a camera. Frames by @Meta, @ray_ban, @WarbyParker, @htcvive, @Halliday_Global, Qwen, Nuance Audio and Legato. Of the 29 smart glasses in the index that ship today, 15 have a camera.

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Warby Parker opens Intelligent Eyewear preorders Nov 12.

In the index those frames (and Gentle Monster) are still announced: display-free, Gemini on AR1, 12MP camera, up to 9h plus a case. Price and official weight still missing.

Shipping bar: Meta Ray-Ban Gen 3, from $449.