These Smart Glasses Want to Replace Your Laptop

There are many different flavors of smart glasses. There is a type of augmented reality that can be used to show helpful information on the real world, a type of speaker that can be used on your head, and glasses that can be used as a camera.

The kind that work as a Wearable display, with their tiny screens embedded into the sides of each lens so you can view multiple virtual screens to watch movies, work, or play games without needing to hold a phone up to your head. The ThinkReality A3 is tethered to a mobile device or laptop for power and processing so the glasses aren't weighted down by chips and batteries.

Nimo is new glasses from a company called Nimo Planet. The smart specs do not need a wired connection. Instead, they use the same processor as the one used in the mini-computer that sits on your head.

Nimo Planet wants you to replace your laptop with glasses. Instead of lugging around a heavy machine, you would just grab your Nimo, a slim keyboard, and a mouse. The dual displays on the edge of each lens will serve up to six virtual screens if you use the glasses at the airport or coffee shop.

The company says so. Nimo Planet has been working on these glasses for more than four years, with a core team of 10 people based out of India. After burning through $300,000 in development time, the company is launching an enterprise and a developer program, where third-party developers can get early access to development kits, and enterprise customers can reserve units. Nimo will be available for $799 in India and the US in the first half of 2023, and the company expects the glasses to ship in the first half of the following year.

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Nimo's focused approach makes it feel promising. It is not trying to do everything. There are no mechanics for augmented reality. There isn't a camera for you to take pictures with. You will need to pair your own earbuds with the glasses. These glasses aren't designed to handle intensive tasks, just lower-lift apps for word processing and project management.

Nimo Planet's founder and CEO says they want to make the hardware as simple as possible and make sure the multiscreen productivity works great. All the big companies are focused on building the next mixed reality world, but our approach is more about how we can help someone work anywhere without compromising productivity.

Nattukallingal says potential customers are interested in implementing mixed reality glasses for employees who need to work while traveling. What is the first perk? If you are handling delicate contracts, no one can peer over your shoulder and see what is on your screen. This is a boon of the ThinkReality A3 system.