Oppo is emphasizing the “smart” aspect of smart glasses with its latest prototype, the Air Glass 3, which the Chinese tech giant announced Monday at Mobile World Congress 2024.
The new glasses can be used to interact with Oppo’s AI assistant, signaling yet another effort by a major tech company to integrate generative AI into more gadgets following the success of ChatGPT. The Air Glass 3 prototype is compatible with Oppo phones running the company’s ColorOS 13 operating system and later, meaning it’ll probably be exclusive to the company’s own phones. Oppo didn’t mention pricing or a potential release date for the Air Glass 3 in its press release, which is typical of gadgets that are in the prototype stage. Â
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The glasses can access a voice assistant that’s based on Oppo’s AndesGPT large language model, which is essentially the company’s answer to ChatGPT. But the eyewear will need to be connected to a smartphone app in order for it to work, likely because the processing power is too demanding to be executed on a lightweight pair of glasses. Users would be able to use the voice assistant to ask questions and perform searches, although Oppo notes that the AI helper is only available in China.
Following the rapid rise of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, generative AI has begun to show up in everything from productivity apps to search engines to smartphone software. Oppo is one of several companies — along with TCL and Meta — that believe smart glasses are the next place users will want to engage with AI-powered helpers. Mixed reality has been in the spotlight thanks to the launch of Apple’s Vision Pro headset in early 2024.Â
Like the company’s previous smart glasses, the Air Glass 3 looks just like a pair of spectacles, according to images provided by Oppo. But the company says it’s developed a new resin waveguide that it claims can reduce the so-called “rainbow effect” that can occur when light refracts as…
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