xgimi makes projectors. Smart glasses with displays use projectors. So it makes sense that XGIMI now makes smart glasses. Well, technically, these smart glasses are from an incubated brand within XGIMI called MemoMed, which will be spun off as a new company in the future. But the glasses use XGIMI’s expertise in projectors to power the display technology.
MemoMed’s smart glasses include the Memo One and Memo Air displays. The Memo One is the flagship, with a dual eye display, speaker and microphone. The Memo Air Display is a monolithic version, meaning there’s only one display on one of the lenses, and no speakers. This makes it very light at just 28.9 grams. There is a third model that will have only microphones and will be significantly lighter, much like normal glasses, but the company didn’t have much information about it at this time. Neither of these glasses will have cameras, and a company representative cited battery life and privacy concerns as the reason.
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Although the bezels are thicker, they still look like normal glasses, and the whole thing even feels similar to the Reality G2, especially the green text interface that appears on the projected display. Although, I found the Memo Med a little more suitable for my wide face. MemoMed strives to stand out with customization. There are eight frame styles and “conversational” temple designs, which you can find in the shape of glasses. (Yes, you can get them in your prescription.)
When you look at the display, you’ll see a number of widgets you can set with the CoinApp app, from stock and to-do lists to calendar entries. You can see navigation instructions as well as notifications on the display. There’s also a raft of features that’s even available on the Reality G2, from a teleprompter and real-time translation to a “conversation” function that will silently present information about topics heard by the AI assistant as you interact with people. The company says it’s using several major language models for these features, choosing the right one for the job, including OpenAI, Microsoft’s Azure and Quen.
Photo: Julian Choctaw
The Memo One is expected to cost $599, and pre-orders are already open, though there’s no firm release window yet. Pricing for the Memo Air display has not been announced yet.