Former Apple employee launches AI-powered eyeglasses

A picture of the Frame AI glasses with their Mister Power charger
(Image credit: Brilliant Labs)

A former Apple employee is launching smart eyeglasses that will rely on a variety of AI features to help you see and understand the world around you.

Hardware startup Brilliant Labs on Thursday (Feb. 8) unveiled its new AI-powered eyeglasses, called Frame. The glasses, which come in your choice of black, gray, or clear, allow you to rely on OpenAI to get information about the world around you as you walk around. The eyeglasses can help you identify objects, places, and other points of interest, and get information about them. Utilizing Whisper AI’s audio translation features, you can also get instant information on the audio clues you interact with throughout the day.

Brilliant Labs has even bundled search engine features into the glasses, thanks to Perplexity’s AI-powered search engine. So, as you wear the glasses throughout the day, you can query Perplexity and get answers to your questions as you walk around.

At the center of that experience is Noa, the device’s smart AI assistant. You can download the Noa app to your iOS or Android device and pair it with Frame. From there, Noa will learn your from your queries, where you go, and what you’re interested in, and create a bespoke experience based on its understanding of you.

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