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Google's New Smart Glasses Feature AI-Powered 3D Graphics
Confirmed
In Short: The glasses lack a built-in display, instead projecting information as a hovering 3D graphic.
Google Gemini screenshot.
Google, in collaboration with Samsung, Warby Parker, and Gentle Monster, announced the launch of their 'intelligent eyewear' on December 10, featuring AI-powered 3D graphics generated via Gemini.
The glasses, which will be available in two collections, are designed to integrate seamlessly into daily life, allowing users to interact with AI assistants and access information hands-free.
The glasses lack a built-in display, instead projecting information as a hovering 3D graphic. Users can interact with the AI assistant using a customizable button on the right temple arm.
However, the glasses do not have a native recording feature, and the wake word can be disabled in settings.
Despite the growing popularity of smart glasses, privacy concerns remain. Reports indicate that some Meta smart glasses were recording conversations without the wearer's knowledge, and a free app called ZuckOff detects the presence of smart glasses in a room.
Contract workers have reportedly reviewed sensitive footage captured by smart glasses for AI training purposes, raising further privacy issues.
The glasses run on Android XR with Gemini and the Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 chipset, and Samsung showcased its first Android XR glasses at the Galaxy Unpacked event in July.
While the technology offers innovative features, it also faces challenges related to privacy and public safety, with some users reportedly using the glasses to secretly film others.
What this adds
The glasses' AI-generated graphics and interactions are designed to be more discreet and less intrusive than previous models.
Privacy concerns have led to the development of apps like ZuckOff to detect smart glasses in a room.
The partnership between EssilorLuxottica and Meta has significantly boosted smart glasses production, making them more accessible to consumers.
What's confirmed
- Google on Thursday announced that the smart glasses it developed with Samsung and eyewear designers Warby Parker and Gentle Monster will launch on December 10.
- EssilorLuxxotica, the eyewear giant that Meta partners with for its glasses, said earlier this year that 7 million pairs of its AI glasses were sold in 2025.
What's still developing
- This whole chat, AI-generated via Gemini, emerged as a hovering 3D graphic on glasses I was wearing.
- Called “Intelligent Eyewear” for now, the glasses will be given product names later on by Warby Parker, Gentle Monster and Samsung when they’re released this fall, according to Izadi, who spoke with me at Google’s headquarters.
- Nearly two years after the companies first announced the Android XR platform that powers the hardware, the smart glasses are finally on sale.
- Tokyopop announced on Friday it has licensed the following manga titles and will release them in English in spring-summer 2027: As the rose-colored glasses fall, Yu gets worked to his bones from his sloppy and candid boss-and-roommate.
- Afterward, I sat on a park bench reading a book, called up a pal to chat about her recent trip to Prague, and then asked my Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses what meetings were coming up on my calendar.
- Its partnership with EssilorLuxottica dominates the category, and the two companies have been working to sharply increase smart glasses production.
- The free mobile app ZuckOff, built by 30-year-old Polish developer Pawel Szydlowski, uses a Bluetooth detection system to tell you whether there is a pair of smart glasses in the room with you.
- Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech As if Meta’s AI-smart glasses didn’t have enough privacy issues, a growing number of owners report the devices are spying on them without their consent.
- At the conference, held in California, Meta unveiled three new types of ‘smart’ glasses with built-in artificial intelligence functions, as well as new capabilities for Muse, the AI assistant launched this month that has managed to reach the top of the App Store.