Lenovo is no stranger to glasses with new-age tech stuffed into them. However, this is the first pair of smart glasses with AI from the company, and they skip one of the most trendy features.
AR glasses and smart glasses differ in some key ways. First, AR glasses don’t really offer a comfortable everyday experience. Smart glasses beg to be worn for the majority of the day, and big releases like Ray-Ban’s Meta glasses make the argument for content in view, always.
Lenovo just announced the V1 smart glasses (via Notebookcheck). They take an approach similar to other glasses, like the Even Realities G1, or the Rokid Glasses. The V1 equips two sets of micro-LED displays that shine green text into your eyes – one in each lens. According to Lenovo, either or both displays can be used at the same time.
The glasses have a set of speakers and a microphone to access Lenovo’s in-house AI assistant. With that, users can pull up real-time translation and directions for walking or biking. There are sensors in the arms of the glasses, which allow for touch controls to swipe between features.
What the Lenovo V1 glasses don’t have is a camera, but that’s probably fine. If Lenovo is aiming its glasses at professionals and tech enthusiasts, some may have no issue with the lack of camera sensors or recording capabilities. In contrast to Meta’s glasses, these don’t appear to be aimed at influencers and action-cam enthusiasts.
Of course, features similar to Gemini Live wouldn’t be possible, either. That would require a camera for the AI model to recognize and process data based on visual input.
Lenovo says the V1 glasses will be available on November 9 for around CNY 3,999 ($560), which seems to be around the going rate for smart glasses right now. The V1’s look to be aimed at a China release, though there doesn’t seem to be much information on regional availability.
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