As Meta’s Ray-Bans Smart glasses continue to turn your face into a computer with a camera and speakers, even as Reality is working on a design that omits those components. Instead, it’s focusing on extending your smartphone through the display of your smart glasses while exploring new mechanisms to control the experience.
Today, the company announced the Even G2 smart glasses alongside the Even R1, its first smart ring that controls the G2’s display.
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The even G2 Glasses don’t look all that different from the original G1 that launched last summer, which is a good thing, as they’re still some of the sharpest-looking smart glasses on the market. In a closed-door briefing a few weeks ago, Even Realities CEO Will Wang said the company didn’t advertise its first product much because it wanted to test it in the market and get valuable feedback, while also working on expanding its retail presence. Today, you can find G1 in 350 luxury eyewear stores worldwide.
The new Even G2 glasses are priced at $599, and the Even R1 are priced at $249. Both are on sale today. There is an introductory promotion where anyone who purchases a G2 can get 50 percent off the R1 and other G2 accessories.
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With no cameras or speakers, these specs are entirely on the display, which is 75 percent larger on the G2. The company calls it Even HAO 2.0, which stands for Holistic Adaptive Optics. This dual-display combines a mini micro-LED projector, gradient wavelength and high-def lens for a picture that is sharper, brighter and more stable on the go. The G2 also accommodates a wide range of lens prescriptions (from -12 to +12 diopters) to make them more accessible.