r/SmartGlasses

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I have had the MemoMind glasses now for a week and here is my review. First, about me.  I was given the incredible opportunity to test these glasses by letting them know I was interested a few months back on Reddit. I am a 60-year-old female user and have been into VR, AR and XR for a few years now. My first headset was the PSVR for the PS4, and I currently own the Meta Display glasses, Meta Gen 1 and 2, Viture Cyberpunk, Meta Quest 3 and PSVR2.  

First, I will go with the pros: 

• It was very easy to set up. I just had to scan a QR code to get the MemoMind app and then went through a tutorial to learn more about how to use the glasses. 
• The battery life is really nice, especially compared to my Meta Displays. They last about 13 hours with continuous use (music, translation mainly for my use).   
• They are very comfortable glasses. They weigh 46.6 grams and compared to my meta glasses were good for wearing all day with no discomfort. As a person with a smaller face, I had problems with the Meta Wayfarers being very uncomfortable, and slipping down my face, but found these glasses were very comfortable with no slippage.   
• The sound is very loud. I put them in quiet mode and also switched to the Harmon speakers and had no problem hearing my music or the AI voice.   
• They are very useful for the translation feature. I tried it out with Japanese (my daughter speaks it fluently) and Spanish (a co-worker), and it was pretty good (not perfect though) with translating to English.   
• The display is bright enough inside and outside in full sun. You can adjust the brightness in the app if you find it not bright enough.   
• I really like the To-do list feature of these glasses. I just have to say Hi Memo, please add cat food to my list and it will do so automatically.    
• The only time I used the teleprompter was in the tutorial. It worked great though and would be very useful if I had to put on a presentation at work.

My Cons: 

•  I missed the camera. I like having a camera to take pictures or videos. I also like the added feature of having a camera as an added security as a women walking solo somewhere.  This is just me though; I know people like the option of having no cameras since they are banned in some places.   
• There is no way to turn down the volume of the music without using the app. I turned down the volume of my phone all the way to 1, but it was still too loud for when I was wearing them in my workplace in quiet mode. I like the swipe/tap feature of the Metas to pause or turn the volume up and down. These do not have that option.   
• If I walked away from my phone or took them off, the glasses would disconnect from Bluetooth and I would have to reconnect by opening the app on my phone. So, I always have to have my phone nearby. I don’t know if Memomind plans on fixing this, but I found it annoying to always have to go to the app to reconnect my glasses to sync data.  
• I missed the neural band on my Meta Displays. I wish these had a controller of some sort to make it easier to scroll to different tabs.   
• The case does not charge the glasses while they are stored in them.

All and all, I liked these glasses. They were comfortable to wear all day; the battery life is great and the functionality to use from day to day was very convenient. The display itself was bright and the sound was excellent. My only cons were the glasses disconnecting from the app if I was away from the phone, wishing I could turn up and down the volume on the glasses themselves, and I did miss having a camera on my glasses. If you have any questions, let me know and I will try to answer them.  

looking to get smart glasses for brief entertainment not sure which one shall I wait or get?

Hi everyone,I am relocating to a new city and setting up my workstation from scratch. I am debating between buying a traditional dual 2K monitor setup or entirely replacing it with the XREAL 1S glasses.

My Daily Use Case:Software: VS Code, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and YouTube/movies.

Duration: 8+ hours of continuous daily use.

Environment: Strictly desk-bound (home or office). I do not care about cafe productivity or "on-the-go" travel use cases.

My Concerns & Constraints:

Text Clarity: Can the XREAL 1S provide the exact text sharpness, pixel density, and clarity required for heavy coding and reading as a physical dual 2K monitor setup?

Field of View (FoV): Will the 52-degree FoV bother me a lot or feel claustrophobic when multitasking? Does it mean I have to constantly turn my head just to see my side windows (like Teams or Outlook) compared to a dual-monitor setup? Because I have to do that even with monitors right ?

Comfort: Is it genuinely viable to wear XR glasses for 8+ hours a day as a primary display without eye strain or physical discomfort?

No Return Policy: I have never used XR or VR glasses before. I cannot try them beforehand, and I cannot return them in my country if I am disappointed.

Devices: 80% usage with macbook pro. 20% with my oneplus phone. Will I have to keep the phone turned on all the time when something is playing on the XR glasses ?

Is there an app that makes me create triple monitor setup on xr glasses instead of a single ultrawide one ?? Bcz I might have to share my screen during MS-teams meetings.

Does Xreal 1S come with a prescription lens frame inside the box ?

The idea of having a massive, portable virtual ultrawide screen for flexibility is highly tempting, but I want to be realistic. Is the technology mature enough to completely replace a dual-monitor desktop setup, or is it still too early for this to be a reliable primary daily driver?

Would love to hear from anyone using these for full-time development work!

Looking for something with decent audio, notifications available via display in lenses, prescription lenses support, ideally comfortable enough for daily use, works well with apple ecosystem. Those are the big things off the top of my head besides maybe good control scheme (ring, band, etc). I was eyeing the rokkids and ultimately was underwhelmed by them, couldn’t help thinking I would not be happy with them at the end of the day. TIA for all of your help!

This is really the only thing I actually care about for smart glasses, other features are cool and all but I want something that I can have on, and follow directions with

Preferably something that doesn't take up a ton of your vision and would be safe to drive with them on.

Idk if there is any that are okay for driving, but this would be very useful for me.

this is infuriating lol, unless I am mistaken (please someone tell me I am) this is currently an impossibility.

there are some that claim these things, namely the 200+ Chinese junk glasses on Amazon that all claim "4K, EIS" I've tried like six of these and returned them all: they all have the same junk 480p Sony 4:3 sensor and lack any actual stabilization. they all just come packaged in different frames, but they are all exactly alike and use the "HeyCyan" app, and have loads of fake reviews. you'll notice there is never any actual footage posted from any of these camera makes. even "BlackSheep" or "EarlySincere" are all from the same factory

the Rokid AI glasses style film in portrait

all RayBans film in portrait

am I missing something?

Meta is capping free Conversation Focus use to 3 hours per month, while Meta One Premium raises that to 15.

Conversation Focus is an audio feature that acts like a lightweight, directional hearing aid. It is designed to help you hear face-to-face conversations more clearly in noisy environments like restaurants, busy offices, or crowded parties. And it works on-device. "Since monthly rate limits are usually tied to AI features that rely on server-side processing, a monthly cap on a feature that works entirely offline has raised questions about what’s actually driving Meta’s decision."

Hey guys,

I wear high-power prescription glasses and I'm tired of the tech industry ignoring us.

Every smart glasses product (Meta, etc.) forces you to throw away your current frames and buy expensive new ones. If your power changes, those glasses become useless.

As an engineer, I built Thrive — two tiny 4g sleeves that slide onto any existing glasses in seconds. No screws, no replacement.

Inside: open-ear audio, basic health tracking (HR, SpO2), posture alerts, head gestures, and voice AI. All hidden behind the ear.

Brutal honesty needed:

Would you actually buy something like this, or do you prefer normal earbuds?

What's the biggest flaw you see with putting tech behind the ear?

Not selling anything — just a tired engineer trying to decide if this is worth quitting my job for.

Thanks!

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I've never in my life seen such divisive takes on a tech product in my life. I know people compare it to the internet, uber, other disruptors and that it will level out eventually, but comment sections make me feel like even being remotely interested in getting glasses is a moral failure and that I have a tiny bird brain.

But I'm clearly am obsessed with the idea of having the tech, my fyp on social media is almost exclusively about smart glasses and ai and i don't seem to get bored of the content, I'm really excited at the new release of the google/warby parker glasses and think it would be a great help for my poor organizational skills and keeping me accountable for things.

Probably an insecurity issue on my end but when i see a post about the glasses, i immediately open the comments damn well knowing its going to be a shit show of people talking about water usage, telling people they are sheep for being willfully surveilled. I understand these consequences and do have legitimate concerns as well. I'm avoiding meta for now because they do seem sketchy but i'm not so skeptical that I would never wear the glasses.

The itch for the glasses is real, I almost want to pull the trigger and get some to calm down about it when i inevitably realize it's not going to ruin my life but I'm just so afraid of the "creepy glasshole" judgements lol.

I just want to know if anyone else deals with this and if owning a pair has reduced the anxiety about owning a pair.

I've been playing around with Rokid AR glasses development mode and I feel like I've hit the most fun use case for it yet.

Like a lot of you I have been enjoying running many projects simultaneously on my desktop computer using Claude Code.

But I was getting tired of connecting to it remotely when I was out and about so I built a compact terminal for Rokid AR glasses that lets me control Claude Code from almost anywhere.

The Rokid’d waveguide display is actually a super affordable future tech available to develop on right now. The interface of the app fits into its incredibly small form factor—essentially putting a remote coding terminal directly in front of my eyes. I can speak to it, or I can pull up a small foldable Bluetooth keyboard to do more intricate stuff. No other device needed, just Wifi or a a hotspot.

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I’ve been testing and providing feedback on the PVT unit for months and am enjoying it, especially having audio in glasses. I’ll be purchasing for myself and team.

I really want some smart glasses but they are way too expensive, however, Amazon is flooded with cheap generic Chinese models that supposedly has the same features for the fraction of price....

Will I be wasting my money ? Or can anyone recommend me a different brand. I pretty much want what the Gen 1 meta glasses offers at a minimum.