Intel’s Vaunt smart glasses are real, and they’re arguably the most realistic vision of how wearable computing can escape the “Glasshole” reputation. Fruit of the chip-maker’s efforts to develop super-low-power processors for lightweight headsets, they may look like regular fashion frames but there’s a laser surprise hidden inside. Just as important as what Vaunt’s smart glasses can do, though, is the ways in which Intel has tried to circumnavigate its ill-fated predecessors.
We’ve seen attempts at wearable head computers before, and seen them go down in dramatic flames. Google Glass not only failed to give the search company the Android-powered headset success it hoped for, it arguably set the whole segment back after early-adopters were branded “Glassholes” and publicly shamed. Luckily for Vaunt, it seems Intel gave that push-back some serious thought.
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