Chinese smartphone manufacturer, Oppo, unveiled the Oppo Air Glass 3, an upgraded prototype of AR glasses with a voice assistant. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the product was shown, showing that electronics businesses are using AI to compete.
Oppo uses the notion of “regular glasses,” making AR glasses suited for daily use and smartphone partners. The AR glasses will overlay messages and navigation maps on the user’s real-world vision. A tethered frame with touch sensors lets individuals control equipment with a smartphone (Oppo).
Oppo said that its Air Glass 3 model would come with an AndesGPT-based speech assistant. The AndesGPT-powered voice assistant, accessible only in China, can search results and chat with users to help with trip arrangements.
Oppo, like Alibaba and Baidu, integrates AI into its products, but it adds its own LLM. Due to their visual and speech interaction features, these glasses can be a daily companion to smartphones, hence the company calls them ” hardware with a suitable AI carrier”.
Oppo’s 50-gram glasses suggest that it’s eager to spend in augmented reality, even though commercialization is uncertain. The former model Air Glass 2 was never sold.
AR and VR, a long-standing technology business, offers varied perspectives from different companies. Oppo moved toward lightweight eyewear. This might establish the trend and make them stylish and useful for daily use. According to IDC, AR headset shipments might rise from 500K in 2023 to 6.8 million in 2027.
Oppo showed its technological promise in the market, but Air Glass 3’s commercialization is dubious.
