Xiaomi Smart Glasses, that's the name of the smart glasses that the Chinese company has shown with the intention of making it known that they are also working on this new type of wearable. At the moment it is a presentation that serves to show the concept and there is still time for them to reach the market. Still, this is what it claims to offer.
Xiaomi smart glasses
A few days ago we met the smart glasses that Facebook and RayBan had created together, an interesting proposition as to what they could mean in the future. Although it was missing some details that would make them much more spectacular and striking. All this seems to be offered by Xiaomi, although what is shown must also be taken with a grain of salt.
To begin with, Xiaomi smart glasses They are a technology concept. That is to say, they are not a real product that you can already buy, even if the price was exorbitant for being something advanced. What the company has done is lay the foundations for what it aspires to achieve. So let's go in parts.
The first thing is that the idea of ​​these glasses does not seem to be to create a device dependent on the mobile phone, quite the contrary. That is what seems to be appreciated a priori, that Xiaomi pretends that you can leave the mobile behind to go down the street with just the glasses. This is interesting, although for the moment it would also limit the number of functions and use with respect to the telephone, as is logical.
The second striking thing is that the company would not only offer glasses with cameras and with that it would already qualify them as intelligent, also a glass projection technology thanks to the microLED technology that would allow see relevant information In them.
Thus, as if it were an augmented reality layer, on that glass you could see directions when you use a map application to get somewhere or the calls you are making, among other types of uses and situations.
The third point is the camera integration in which it has already been the default location, the sideburns. In this case, there is one with a 5-megapixel resolution sensor that is located on the right side.
From here, well, in terms of design, they are still interesting due to the very shape of the glasses and the reduction of each of their components. Although here it must also be said that you should not expect conventional glasses, because current technology has limitations and what can be done in terms of miniaturization is this.
However, they are not bad at all, but again it must be remembered that they are a concept of technology and that they house different sensors, processor, camera, microphone, WiFi, Bluetooth, speakers and even a touch panel for interaction with the information projected on the glass is not something simple to say.
A new race ahead
Smart glasses are already a new race that many manufacturers have joined. On the one hand, there are companies like Facebook and RayBan that are working together, we cannot forget those of Snapchat, the very rumored Apple glasses of which little or almost nothing is known and now you agree Xiaomi that add to the work that others are also doing.
It seems that nobody wants to be left behind and in the same way that it happened with smart watches, everyone wants to have their own proposal on the table so as not to be outdone. Even so, this competition will not be easy at all, much less than what has been the subject of smartwatchs.
Therefore, you have to tread carefully and see these presentations for what they are: a technology concept. Also It is not known the price or when they will be available.
Until they reach the market, until they can be tested on a day-to-day basis, they are nothing more than promises that excite everyone who likes technology and seeks new forms of interaction, use, etc. But the smartphone has many years to go, and if one of these wearables ever manages to take its place, it will have to do it in a very spectacular and efficient way.