Brilliant Labs Set to Release Next-Gen Smart Glasses on July 31st

Man, ever have one of those moments where you just stop and think, “How did we get here?” Like, seriously? Here we are, and Brilliant Labs is on its third smart glasses gig already. They’ve only been doing this whole thing since what, 2019? Yeah, wild.

So, picture this—back in 2023, Brilliant Labs tossed out the Monocle. Funny name, right? I mean, it’s not what you’d expect when talking high-tech gadgets. It’s a developer kit that hooked onto whatever glasses you had lying around. Just a single heads-up display thing. Cool, but kinda simple, I guess?

Then bam! Fast-forward a year, and they threw the Frame at us. Took that Monocle stuff, threw it on steroids, and voilà! Glasses form, with a lone camera stuck on it. Sounds like something from sci-fi, but hey, it weighed less than 40g! My calculator’s heavier. Somehow innovative, yet makes you wonder how it doesn’t just float away, right?

Now, get this—and it might sound like techy mumbo jumbo—but Frame wasn’t just glasses; they claimed it’s your “AI buddy.” Whatever floats their boat. With access to all that AI goodness like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Whisper, you could be searching the internet with your eyeballs and chatting with your specs. Creepy? Maybe. Cool? Definitely.

Okay, hold up. So, July 31st is when the new kid on the block arrives. The details? Sparse. Apparently, Bobak Tavangar, Brilliant Labs’ main guy, is going on Reddit for Q&As. Kinda like the digital version of a town square announcement, I suppose.

Oh, just a quick peek at it, and it seems like they’ve moved away from the whole “grandma’s round spectacles” vibe to something sleek and modern. Might just be vibes, but you know these launches—they either underwhelm or blow your mind.

Meanwhile, everyone and their grandma in the tech world seems to be in a smart glasses frenzy. Meta’s teamed up with EssilorLuxottica for those Oakley Meta HSTN thingies, Xiaomi’s on the scene too, and Google’s XR job is in the wings.

Funny, the smart glasses game is kind of like being at a table playing poker. Everyone’s got their cards, and you can’t help but wonder who’ll play ‘em right. Brilliant Labs might be the underdog with their actual glasses on the market, but give it five minutes and it’s anyone’s guess who comes out ahead. And Google? Yeah, they’re about to toss a model with a display out there too. Maybe even with fancy hand controls. Keeps us all on our toes, doesn’t it?

So, I guess we wait, eyes peeled on whatever’s coming next. Smart specs may sound like sci-fi nonsense, but who knows—maybe they’ll be as common as the smartphone one day. Now that’s a thought, isn’t it?