Vuzix Blade AR glasses First Impressions
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- Опубликовано: 2 янв 2019
- Google Glass were the first-ever smart, augmented-reality glasses to be sold to the public. It was supposed to be the perfect way to overlay the digital world on top of the real one. But then Google called it quits several years ago. Now there’s a new pair of glasses that attempt to pick up where Google Glass left off. It’s called the Vuzix Blade and it’ll cost almost $1,000.
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2:35 did she actually say that "you can use it to check your disappointment? or I didn't hear it well
She did lol
TastyFanpop day’s appointment, lol.
Definitely said "disappointments".
I heard the same thing as well. When i heard she says "check your disappointments" i was lolwut now? Haha.
why not both
I just want to watch content inside lowkey glasses while I'm at work😂 any suggestions boys?
2:37 perfect gift for my parents. "Alexa, check my disappointments." A picture of me pops up.
For a thousand dollars I better be able to Optic Blast.
double dollarman that’s going to cost an extra grand...well worth it then. optic blasts plus checking e-mail equals cyclops overload! lol
Sure, just tint one side red and one side blue!
OdG smartglasses and Mad Gaze Vader got this bullshit faded!!! i paid $400.00$ for a Mad Gaze Vader!!! the Vader is the baddest glasses i got. and anytime you got to use a phone is some straight bullshit!!! i will say this though the vuzix Iwear is awesome!!!
Check your disappointment !!! 2:38
that UI was it.
Saw this as she said it.
check your days' appointments
As in tinder lol
Days appointments
Its about time for a Upgrade,
needs to be charged with Type C wire
Good point.
Can that thing scan power level?
Jokes aside integrating Google maps into that glasses is a very good idea
First time on your chsnnel. Very nicely done. I understand the product and its capabilities, the flow was spot on, dissertation style, and I enjoyed your voice, it sounds competent.
Is that a...Micro-USB!? For that price they couldn't use USB-C?
I think there might be manufacturing issues on the PCB that companies need to take into account involving power management.
This glass is 3 years old im waiting for a newer revision of this with Type C and better specs
They both suck b or c lol WTF
Wow, those guys must be geniuses. I don't know how they managed to ship a 1000$ product with usb micro b recently but they pulled it off. Congratulations I'm impressed.
In all seriousness it just shows you how slow the product technology has evolved, the original design was probably developed when micro B was still acceptable.
I can't wait until we get to the point where manufacturers decide to stop trying to do crazy things, and just make the smart glasses a second screen for your phone. It's simpler, requires less complicated tech, cheaper. It would be better. Sell it with a couple rings. You use one to move a mouse, one to click. Could be the same ring, even. Just give us a second screen for the phone, please. Put the display in the corner, not directly in front of the eye, as another commenter mentioned.
And as someone else brought up, give us a camera that zooms with a display for it, so we can zoom in on things as if we have bionic eyes. That would be the most incredible smart glasses you could ask for.
Well there were smart glasses that were just a glorified second screen for smartphone, they even came with a ring. They were a start up of some sort, the company was bought out by someone a few years after they started the production though and they no lomger sell them.
Sounded very much like check your disappointments 🤣
wiat really? how??
@@zarkmuckerberg8341 that’s what I heard too. I had to go back and relisten to that part lol
I need glasses with a zoom function so my shit eyes have a better resolution
That... Is an absolutely incredible idea.
Normal size glasses connected to a phone would be my jam.
Dont need a swipe replacement, it just needs 2 screens a battery and a receiver.
Rule of thumb, eyes are for seeying. Fingers for doing. Keep things leveled where they naturally are.
In order for smart glasses to really be useful they need to be like the Hololens but pair to your smartphone for typing , be normal sized glasses, and have all of the Hololens sensors.
@@toor6772 Yes indeed ☝️👍🏻
@@Ronnysvideos And of course be stylish and affordable 😂.
I've seen some ideas that apply finger rings. I think that's a better approach than this one or the HoloLens since it's more discrete to use in public. The finger ring(s) could also store some extra sensors, memory and features.
@@MKMousanz Pretty sure that’s already a thing, but I forgot what those glasses are called. It’s pretty inconvenient.
I've had mine now for a week and can categorically say they are a solution looking for a problem. Except possibly for enterprise. They don't actually have a navigation app which they show in most of their videos but is not on their app store. The phone link is flaky at best and really frustrating when it doesn't connect. The only thing that works well are the notifications but then they're just as good on my smart watch and you don't have to wear something on your face all the time. I've now tried all the main AR glasses including Magic Leap, Hololens, ODG, Google Glass and now Blade. Google was the most user friendly and useful but Google, dim as they are, decided to pull them for no good reason at all. My considered opinion now is that AR is dead in the water for at least 10 years till they give us really lightweight tech and some good reasons to use it.
2 years later, how do you feel about this "AR is dead" thing? With apple vision pro, quest 3, rokid and xreal around?
Well I've just bought a Quest3 and love some of their MR apps, so we're getting there. However, we need the devs to create a few more real world MR apps other than just simplistic games. What the Q3 is showing us is that MR really can be viable given the right app. It's now up to the dev community to get on and give us the apps. What I would say however is that everyday AR is still the 8 years away at least that I talked about previously. The tech just isn't there yet, beyond pretty chunky goggles.@@MobikSaysStuff
Why do they call them AR glasses when all of the AR features are "coming soon"?
Fake it till you make it
Because, it's WIP...but soon the apps and the software will be available.
Finally i am waiting forever for this tech UwU
Can you do a follow up testing the browser and Alexa?
Been a year since and I am still interested in Vuzix Blade but noticed they are meant to upgrade to Audio as well but no timeline as yet.
Also if you can get your hand on the google glass enterprise 2 to review, this would be great as well.
thanks in advance
Awesome review all the info I want no bull crap.
They look like those single-use 3D glasses you get in theaters.
The tech will get smaller when the chips and circuitry become micro-nano sized. I believe in this company and I will invest in their future!!
@@charlesagnew3801 whatever you say
Black Mirror warned us about this
Technology taking us to the level which we never thought possible.
Can i write my own apps for it? And is it possible to get my hands on its sdk?
Good video! ✌
Honestly, I can't for the life of me figure out why the information has to be visible across someone's entire right or left eye. Seriously they can display that exact same information in as much detail at like a half of the size, and an entire scale of the info's distance to the side *away* from the center of vision. I think one of the biggest problems right now with these "smart glasses" concepts is that they feel like they have to make it all visible and flashy for people. Now don't get me wrong, that's awesome, but these people need to play some triple-A video games and study the interfaces on them... IE: they need to take a very close look at what makes the HUD on a game so useful and informative- without being so distracting or obnoxious- thus saving the players' ability to focus on what is important (in this case traffic or I don't know- light posts), and only need to look with their eyes to the right, left, up, down, etc. *AWAY FROM THE CENTER OF THEIR VISION* at a smaller display to get an idea of information available.
That's how a successful HUD works; By placing need-to-know information off to the side and out of the way- but easily accessible to the individual. Not by planting a giant, obnoxious screen in the center of their vision to distract them with.
Exactly. I can just imagine someone getting a text at the same moment the car in front of them hits the brakes. That's gonna be absolutely lovely, and designs like this, that are not thought out beforehand, are why certain types of tech get outlawed before they have a chance to really grow into something amazing.
@@codyofathens3397 ...why would you drive with a screen in front of you anyway? It's already illegal to use your phone while driving and it's just irresponsible to choose to distract yourself and put people in danger whether centered or not. These aren't meant for driving. Just not your use case.
@@xanderkyron well, because these devices are clearly being intended to be worn by people as their main glasses. Additionally, a mostly transparent, and off centered, HUD could be incredible beneficial to a driver. Speed, thermostats, traffic, et cetera could be displayed, as well as warning about hazards in the road that a high speed camera may pick up well before a driver would. Clearly the tech isn't there yet, but it is absolutely, 100% something that people will do. People will drive with AR glasses on, and you'll never stop them from doing it. Outlaw it, and make it so they lock when driving, and people will root or jailbreak them. It's going to happen. So why not make them safe to begin with?
@@xanderkyron A few key changes, like an off centered HUD, and a Bluetooth paired ring to act as a cursor, instead of tapping the side of your head, or trying to use gestures, would allow people a much safer experience for the behavior they *will be engaging in* regardless of the legality of it.
Engadget Can You Plz Find Out How Long Is The Battery Life In A Normal Day Use.
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How big is that screen for watching videos?
is this the newest one?
Is north focals better?
The power level is over 9000!
Would have liked to seen more UI
Does it have built-in speakers and microphone? It would be great for instructional video Skype Calls of some sort in our company.
Can i have one to try?
Interesting for manufacturing.
These companies should make a good Polaroid sunglasses. I have prescription glasses but I mostly end up wearing contacts as they are much more comfortable.
Can I use it to read PDFs?
can i zoom with th camrra and capture far things ???
next level, you know what I am talking about ;D
Let's this my daily eye glasses
A really good game would be
Camra of some items than describeing how the items would be put together to get you out of a situation sort of like MacGyver...
Awesome 😍
Engadget At The 2:21 Mark Of This Video Your in The Camera App. It's Showing 1080p Resolution For Recording Video Is This True...
A ring with a campacitive touch pad or air hand gesture controls is what I'm looking for
But you probably don’t want anyone looking at what you’re doing. Maybe that would make a great app for the Vuzix app platform.
Is it a welding glasses? The frame scares me a lot.. :D
Can u stream from glasses what u see?
Smart for Vuzix to get out ahead of CES. good luck to that team.
Everything ok except the touch control every second have to raise hand it will be good if wireless controller is available
Wireless controller can be a phone or smart watch :). So a smart phone is connected to smart glass which is connected to smart watch which is then connected to smart phone :) .
Wait, these can come in prescription?!?
I would love to see in these glasses is AI picture recognition which then provides information to the end user
OMG that nose bridge is wider than the Golden Gate in SF. No wonder those damn glasses won't sit on that face.
This seems like a much more refined version of the Google glass
i have a feeling this will be the future of what smartphones are today, but use eye tracking to control it. but they for sure need a better style and USB type C.
I'm just waiting until it's over 9000!
U never make s followup video ever this channel is famous for that
I should wear this during exam
I can see this tech being used in multiple applications like learning, cycling, sports, medicine, science, search and rescue....museums supermarkets. basically, anything that requires tons of data.
Only support for the right eye?
Am i missing something? Are these actually AR? Looks like it's just a screen on the glass.
POWER LEVEL OVER 9000
I hate RUclips's double no skip ads
You mention that the display is in the right lens, but say it can be moved. So could it be moved to the left lens instead?
There is no display driver in the left lens. Camera sits there. However technologically there is no reason why they couldn't build a dual unit. Vuzix has actually shown a concept and proto unit of dual display unit. Main reason for single display unit is probably cost and power consumption. The extremely high tech custom waveguide optics aren't cheap or easy to make. hence the probably to some eye watering cost of 1000 $.
This isn't a simple 45° lens and projector setup. This is some of the most finely build and high tech optics on the market. Hence why they can get the display to middle of the users view and as large as it is with out strapping hololens like contraption on the head.
So dual display unit would probably cost double to 2000$.
Plus second display would mean second projector, whivh would mean larger battery or shorter usage time.
What the moving around means is that they display area is large enough, that one can move the picture inside it. Presumable the displayed image doesn't take the whole area all the time.
@@aritakalo8011 ODG smartglasses, or get Mad Gaze Vader!!!! you will be very happy!!!
If you lower the volume it's ASMR
Can you use this to read scripts or documents?
Still need to thin down the arms, but getting there.
Yeah, let’s not let people walk around with cameras pointed at everyone they see.
Can you imagine having a conversation with somebody and having no clue if they’re recording you?
:) Интересно, а когда подобные функции (и не только подобные) появятся в бионических хрусталиках?
First thing this made me think of is "EDITH" from spiderman far from home.
Needs the VR glove so we can scroll with our hands
I thought she said “abusing wade” 😂😂😂
Looks like an IMAX Glasses.
this should have eye tracking technology.
Mom said sitting next to the screen to close will make you go blind! Mom myths haha
Wait until it is manufactured with transparent display
Just like my smart watch. I'd rarely use it.
2:36 [check your disappointments]
2:50 at glasses vs normal glasses 🤓
“Made for consumers”
$1000
Bryson Spaulding some smartphones cost even more so yes it’s consumer
this thing is a peice of junk!!!
Add back camera more
If this can allows me to wireless stream videos and RUclips from my phone, so I can watch videos all day at work discreetly, I will snap this up.
😃
this is a peice of junk!!! get ODG smartglasses or a Mad Gaze Vader!!!
AR for gaming will revolutionize health and fitness
I want them awesome the camera how much can you record great for watching your kids play sports without trying to use your phone
I need one 👋
Sounds like just what I want from smart glasses. Not AR. And definitely not worth $1000 .
My issue with smart glasses is that everyone keeps trying to make them look "normal" BORING! I want a pair of smart glasses that look like I'm living in the future! I want an unusual look so they stand out and look different and don't just blend in with an old mans prescription glasses. Heck give me a smart VISOR!
Nah dude it's so u can watch Netflix at work
Nah dude it’s so you can watch Netflix at work
i understand your saiyan blood is pumping u basically want a giga counter so u can tell if someones hormones is over 10 thousand!!!!!
I like it except for the side thing. I think you should be able to gesture with your hands out in front of you instead
this looks like a great way to develop a lazy eye
nice I can watch RUclips videos in class
in China, Police officer use a similar technology to help police officer identify face using facial recognition technology.
Now i can pass my exams. Don't even need to study at all.
Almost a thousand dollars???? I've been finding them for less that 100 on Amazon 🤣🤣🤣
can you watch youtube on it though.....
cool, but still too big and heavy for the mainstream. I think that is the biggest problem for decent ARglasses. Lets wait for stronger chips
Close enough -- I would wear those in public. Just give me photochromic lenses.
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I like checking my disappointments on this disappointment.
Google Glass never even tried to do AR. It was just a HUD for notifications and maps just like this one. You can't compare those to true AR like hololens.
I wouldn't really use "hololens" as the flagship of AR anymore -- it seems pretty clear that both Magic Leap & Nreal are well ahead of what the hololens offers.
a HUD is still AR. Very basic, yeah, but still AR.
Huh.... I wonder if I can use this with Twitch for a more convenient IRL Streaming experience.
Probably could
Apple should invest in this tech
It needs to be connected to our brain
Did she say, check your disappointments?
Do they have facial recognition?
Does such glasses even exists?