Best Smart Glasses 2024 + Types of Smart Glasses 2024

BEST SMART GLASSES 2024
The top smart glasses of 2024, the categories of smart glasses that currently/actually exist right now, and new glasses dropping in 2024.

In this video, we look at the state of the art (SOTA) smart glasses hardware. Soon, I'll release a video showing numerous killer apps of smart glasses that exist or that developers will build in 2024.

LINKS
Me: Cayden Pierce, https://caydenpierce.com
TeamOpenSmartGlasses: https://teamopensmartglasses.com
Convoscope: https://github.com/TeamOpenSmartGlass...

PARTNERS AND FRIENDS
Thanks to Vuzix for partnering with TeamOpenSmartGlasses on Convoscope deployment on Z100s, and for providing free hardware. Also thanks to Activelook, TCL, and others for the partnership and free hardware

LEARN MORE
To learn more about smart glasses, checkout these resources:

The AR Show - https://www.thearshow.com
KGOnTech - https://kguttag.com
Augmented Reality subreddit -   / augmentedreality  

LEARN NOW
Birdbath vs waveguide optics is a good thing to understand:

All day wearability: Glasses must be under 45grams, and probably under 40 grams, to be all day wearable. I have tried dozens of them for all day use, and this has never been broken. Ray-Ban Meta Stories (latest) are ~49grams, and they are not all day wearable for most people. Of course, ergonomic design and weight balancing is crucial, more weight on ears and good, high spatial area coverage everywhere the glasses distributes weight on the head is crucial for comfort. For example, the Vuzix Shield is 140+ grams, but I can rock it for 4 hours, and ran a 10K wearing them, because the ergonomics design is excellent.

MicroLED light projector with diffractive or reflective waveguide lenses are seen in Vuzix Z100, Inmo Go, Meizu, MYVU, and other current state of the art all day HUD glasses. Waveguide material include plastic, glass, silicon carbide, and resin materials.

Birdbath is seen in XREAL, Rokid, etc. with OLED or other bright and larger projector. These have incredible, bright, high FOV, but they cover the eyes while feeling painful after hours of wear from their nose heavy weight. The latest birdbath glasses can be worn for a few hours (less than 90grams) for some use cases.
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FEATURED GLASSES
Vuzix Z100, RayBan Meta Stories, Razer Anzu, TCL Rayneo X2 and TCL Rayneo X2 Lite, Inmo Go, Meizu Myvu, Viture One, XREAL Air 2 Ultra, Rokid Max, Snapchat Spectacles Next Generation, Solos Kopin Smart Glasses, Vuzix Blade 2, Vuzix Blade 1.5, Google Glass, Google Iris, Meta Orion, Meta Aria, Dispelix, microLED, birdbath, Huawei Gentle Monster, Brilliant Frames, Meta Aria, Adhawk MindLink, Activelook Engo 2, Vuzix Shield, Amazon Echo Frames, Bose Frames, XLIP.ai Smart glasses, Lucyd, and more.

TIMELINE
Timeline:
0:00 Intro
0:17 HUD Classic Smart Glasses
1:18 Camera Glasses
1:49 Audio Glasses
2:14 Mixed Reality AR Glasses
2:51 Fitness/Sports Glasses
3:20 Open Source Smart Glasses
3:36 Screen/Monitor Smart Glasses
4:09 Sensor Glasses
4:37 Top 3 Smart Glasses 2024
4:44 Vuzix Z100
5:04 Ray-Ban Meta Stories
5:22 Razer Anzu
5:50 Upcoming 2024 Glasses
6:12 OPPO Air Glass 2
6:37 TCL Rayneo X2 Lite
7:03 XREAL Air 2 Ultra
7:16 Other Glasses Coming 2024
7:22 Brilliant Frames
7:24 Meta Smart Glasses 2024
7:37 Outro