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Futuristic Tech Is Finally Becoming Useful
Futuristic tech is moving beyond flashy concepts as smart glasses, accessibility devices, holographic displays, robotics and intelligent hardware begin solving real everyday problems.
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Futuristic tech is moving beyond flashy concepts as smart glasses, accessibility devices, holographic displays, robotics and intelligent hardware begin solving real everyday problems.
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 1130, citing broad definitions and overlap with existing California privacy protections for wearable recording devices.
PrismML brings its 1-bit Bonsai LLM to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 platform, enabling local vision-language AI on next-generation smart glasses.
Meta expands its Muse AI agent with avatars, smart glasses support, Mac actions, email features, shopping tools, and new connectors.
Meta launches Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses without cameras, offering AI assistant features, calls, music, podcasts, and translation.
Morphotonics raises €40 million to scale nanoimprint lithography technology for smart glasses displays and data centre optical components.
Snap adds AI, entertainment, and enterprise features to its $2,200 Specs smart glasses to broaden its appeal.
Norway is considering restrictions on camera-enabled smart glasses and wearable devices due to concerns about privacy, surveillance, and facial recognition.
Legato has launched AI-powered hearing glasses with $12M in funding, aiming to make hearing assistance more accessible through smart eyewear.
Apple has reportedly delayed its first smart glasses until late 2027 as it works to strengthen privacy protections and differentiate the device from rival wearable products.
Singer Lorde criticised AI glasses during a performance in Madrid, while the debate over smart glasses’ privacy continues despite growing consumer sales.
Meta AI glasses introduce new privacy safeguards, but the company’s broader AI strategy continues to raise concerns over data collection, user privacy, and wearable technology security.
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