INMO Smart Glasses Offer Breath of Fresh ‘Air’

The Chinese Startup Has Received Record Funding for Its Product Launch and Promises to Deliver

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Published: July 27, 2021

Demond Cureton

Chinese tech startup INMO has recently launched a campaign for its Air smartglasses in a bid to enter the wearables market, XR Today has learned this week from the company’s Indigogo page.

To date, the Shenzhen-based firm has raised nearly £49,000 to expand its solution, nearly 521 percent more than its initial £9,327 goal.

INMO aims to ship the device globally in December this year and will price units at roughly £300 ($3,259 HKD) for its Super Early Bird special discount, or £319 ($3,419 HKD) for Early Bird buyers.

What Can INMO Air Glasses Do?

The Shenzhen-based firm’s smartglass solution uses augmented reality (AR) technologies to overlap computerised information over the user’s field of vision.

The stylish smart glasses include a side high-definition (HD) camera, optical zoom capabilities and support for head, touch, and voice controls, as well as hand gestures for hands-free functions.

Users can navigate with GPS capabilities, take photos and pictures, play music with lyrics, or watch videos via the smart glasses’ proprietary INMO operating system (INMO OS).

The startup added users can also conduct group meetings and live broadcasts from the device, and additionally receive updates from an AI-backed personal assistant for schedules, memos, notes, SMS messages, weather forecasts, and other notifications.

Air Glass can also display teleprompter-style notes for users preparing for business presentations.

Additional features include multi-functional AI recognition and an open-source software developer kit (SDK) for added security and customisation.

Physically, the smart glasses weigh in at 76g and a transmittance of 83 percent, along with an sRBG range of 100 percent, according to the company. The company also claims battery life for the device can offer over 3.5 hours of continuous use and 70 hours of standby.

New Entrants Deliver Smart Glass Breakthroughs

The news comes as numerous tech startups have begun reaching milestones in the AR tech industry, namely ahead of device lauches expected from top tech firms such as Apple and Magic Leap.

Dutch 3D lens printing firm Luxexcel recently unveiled its VisionPlatform 7 in July, which allows companies and individuals to receive bespoke prescription lenses, complete with waveforms and other device essentials, for all smartglass models.

Kopin Corp has also revealed it has developed a fully-plastic Pancake optics solution for virtual, mixed, and augmented reality devices aimed at reducing form factor sizes and other traditional issues.

Tech startup DigiLens also announced it had built an AR hardware platform for facilitating affordable, flexible design capabilities with swappable components for use in future devices.

The California-based tech company said its ‘Design v1’ platform would expand access for firms unable to produce their own waveforms, which enable smartglasses to project images on lenses during use.

 

 

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