Buyer's guide · AI Glasses
The best AI glasses, judged by what we can prove
A shortlist built from the catalogue rather than from hands-on testing: one frame per maker, ordered by how many distinct capabilities its own product page documents.
- On the shortlist
- 11
- Makers covered
- 14
- Published price
- $99–$2,199.99
- Sourced capabilities
- 109
People asking for the best AI glasses usually want one of three things: something that puts information in front of the eye, something that records what they see, or something that translates and takes calls without a phone in the hand. This catalogue separates those by capability, because every capability on this site is a sentence a maker published about its own product — not a reviewer's impression and not our guess.
77 frames are published in the AI glasses category. 58 of them publish both a price and at least one capability we could trace to a sentence on the maker's page. Collapsed to 31 distinct frames — a maker's colourways are one product, not six — and cut to one pick per maker, that leaves 11 models on the shortlist below.
The shortlist
Ordered by documented breadth, then price
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01
6 documented capabilities across 5 faculties (Language, Memory, Sight, Cognition, Communication)
- Live translation — hold a conversation in a language you do not speak, without handing your phone back and forth
- Photo capture — keep the photo you would have missed because your hands were busy
- Video capture — record what you are doing from your own point of view, hands free
- Head-up display — see information in your field of view instead of on a screen in your hand
- On-board AI assistant — ask a question out loud and get an answer without opening an app
- Hands-free calling — take a call while both hands stay on the work
Full record, price note and provenance → Source: www.rayneo.com · read 31 Oct 2026
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02
4 documented capabilities across 4 faculties (Hearing, Sight, Cognition, Memory)
- Live captions — follow a talk, a class or a loud room by reading what was just said
- Head-up display — see information in your field of view instead of on a screen in your hand
- On-board AI assistant — ask a question out loud and get an answer without opening an app
- Transcription — keep the words of a conversation you would otherwise forget
Full record, price note and provenance → Source: www.evenrealities.com · read 31 Oct 2026
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03
3 documented capabilities across 3 faculties (Language, Cognition, Communication)
- Live translation — hold a conversation in a language you do not speak, without handing your phone back and forth
- On-board AI assistant — ask a question out loud and get an answer without opening an app
- Hands-free calling — take a call while both hands stay on the work
Full record, price note and provenance → Source: www.lucyd.co · read 31 Oct 2026
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04
3 documented capabilities across 3 faculties (Memory, Cognition, Communication)
- Video capture — record what you are doing from your own point of view, hands free
- On-board AI assistant — ask a question out loud and get an answer without opening an app
- Hands-free calling — take a call while both hands stay on the work
Full record, price note and provenance → Source: solosglasses.com · read 31 Oct 2026
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05
2 documented capabilities across 2 faculties (Orientation, Sight)
- Turn-by-turn navigation — walk an unfamiliar city without looking down at a screen
- Head-up display — see information in your field of view instead of on a screen in your hand
Full record, price note and provenance → Source: www.everysight.com · read 31 Oct 2026
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06
2 documented capabilities across 2 faculties (Memory, Sight)
- Video capture — record what you are doing from your own point of view, hands free
- Head-up display — see information in your field of view instead of on a screen in your hand
Full record, price note and provenance → Source: www.vuzix.com · read 31 Oct 2026
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07
1 documented capability across 1 faculty (Control)
- Open-source platform — change what the device does, or keep it working after the maker stops
Full record, price note and provenance → Source: brilliant.xyz · read 31 Oct 2026
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08
1 documented capability across 1 faculty (Memory)
- Photo capture — keep the photo you would have missed because your hands were busy
Full record, price note and provenance → Source: www.lucyd.co · read 31 Oct 2026
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09
1 documented capability across 1 faculty (Memory)
- Image stabilisation — get usable footage while walking, cycling or working
Full record, price note and provenance → Source: www.xreal.com · read 31 Oct 2026
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10
1 documented capability across 1 faculty (Cognition)
- On-board AI assistant — ask a question out loud and get an answer without opening an app
Full record, price note and provenance → Source: www.rokid.com · read 31 Oct 2026
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11
1 documented capability across 1 faculty (Sight)
- Head-up display — see information in your field of view instead of on a screen in your hand
Full record, price note and provenance → Source: www.thirdeyegen.com · read 31 Oct 2026
Every frame with a price and a source
31 frames · colourways collapsed
| Model | Maker | Price | Documented capabilities | Caps | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RayNeo X2 AI+AR Smart Glasses | RayNeo | $499 | Live translation · Photo capture · Video capture · Head-up display · On-board AI assistant · Hands-free calling | 6 | www.rayneo.com |
| RayNeo iO Smart Glasses | RayNeo | $499 | Live translation · Live captions · On-board AI assistant · Teleprompter · Summaries and action items | 5 | www.rayneo.com |
| Even Realities G1 | Even Realities | $599 | Live captions · Head-up display · On-board AI assistant · Transcription | 4 | www.evenrealities.com |
| Moonrise | Lucyd | $99 | Live translation · On-board AI assistant · Hands-free calling | 3 | www.lucyd.co |
| Millennia | Lucyd | $119 | Live translation · On-board AI assistant · Hands-free calling | 3 | www.lucyd.co |
| Prime 1 Smartglasses | Solos | $299 | Video capture · On-board AI assistant · Hands-free calling | 3 | solosglasses.com |
| RayNeo X3 Pro AI+AR Glasses | RayNeo | $1,299 | Video capture · Head-up display · On-board AI assistant | 3 | www.rayneo.com |
| Helium 1 Smart Sport Sunglasses | Solos | $199 | On-board AI assistant · Hands-free calling | 2 | solosglasses.com |
| Xeon 5 Smartglasses | Solos | $199 | On-board AI assistant · Hands-free calling | 2 | solosglasses.com |
| Argon 11 Smartglasses | Solos | $249 | On-board AI assistant · Hands-free calling | 2 | solosglasses.com |
| Hydro 11 Smartglasses | Solos | $249 | Live translation · Hands-free calling | 2 | solosglasses.com |
| Argon 4S Smartglasses | Solos | $299 | On-board AI assistant · Hands-free calling | 2 | solosglasses.com |
| Krypton 1 Smartglasses | Solos | $299 | On-board AI assistant · Hands-free calling | 2 | solosglasses.com |
| RayNeo GT AR Glasses | RayNeo | $329 | Spatial audio · Image stabilisation | 2 | www.rayneo.com |
| Hydro 15 Smartglasses | Solos | $349 | Live translation · Hands-free calling | 2 | solosglasses.com |
| Maverick Sport AR Glasses | Everysight | $399 | Turn-by-turn navigation · Head-up display | 2 | www.everysight.com |
| RayNeo GT Max AR Glasses | RayNeo | $429 | Spatial audio · Image stabilisation | 2 | www.rayneo.com |
| Vuzix M400 | Vuzix | $1,499.99 | Video capture · Head-up display | 2 | www.vuzix.com |
| Falcon | Lucyd | $149 | Live translation | 1 | www.lucyd.co |
| Lark | Lucyd | $149 | Live translation | 1 | www.lucyd.co |
| Neon 1 Smartglasses | Solos | $199 | Hands-free calling | 1 | solosglasses.com |
| Xeon 1 Smartglasses | Solos | $199 | Hands-free calling | 1 | solosglasses.com |
| RayNeo Air 3s Pro AR Glasses | RayNeo | $279 | Spatial audio | 1 | www.rayneo.com |
| Argon 1 Smartglasses | Solos | $299 | Hands-free calling | 1 | solosglasses.com |
| Halo | Brilliant Labs | $399 | Open-source platform | 1 | brilliant.xyz |
| VIVE Eagle AI Glasses | HTC VIVE | $499 | Photo capture | 1 | www.lucyd.co |
| Xreal One Pro | XREAL | $539 | Image stabilisation | 1 | www.xreal.com |
| Even Realities G2 | Even Realities | $599 | Transcription | 1 | www.evenrealities.com |
| Rokid Glasses | Rokid | $619 | On-board AI assistant | 1 | www.rokid.com |
| X2 MR Smart Glasses | ThirdEye Gen | $1,950 | Head-up display | 1 | www.thirdeyegen.com |
| Vuzix LX1 Smart Glasses | Vuzix | $2,199.99 | Head-up display | 1 | www.vuzix.com |
Prices as published on 31 Oct 2026. A frame whose maker publishes no price is not in this table — 3 frames in this category are in that position, and 17 state no capability we could read at all.
How this list is ordered
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Eligibility: a published price, and at least one capability whose source sentence is recorded in the catalogue. Nothing is estimated.
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One entry per maker: the frame with the most distinct capabilities; a tie goes to the lower price.
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Order: number of distinct faculties documented (sight, hearing, language, memory, cognition, speech, communication…), then the number of capabilities, then price.
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The full table below keeps every eligible frame, including the colourways and the frames that did not win their maker's slot.
What the category actually documents
Counted over all 77 published frames, not just the shortlist.
- Hands-free calling
- 41 of 77
- On-board AI assistant
- 26 of 77
- Live translation
- 14 of 77
- Head-up display
- 8 of 77
- Video capture
- 5 of 77
- Photo capture
- 2 of 77
- Live captions
- 2 of 77
- Transcription
- 2 of 77
- Turn-by-turn navigation
- 1 of 77
- Teleprompter
- 1 of 77
Makers in this category that are not on the list
Their frames exist in the catalogue but do not meet the condition above. We name them instead of quietly leaving them out, because "not listed" and "not good" are different statements — and here it is the first one.
- VITURE
- 4 frames — no capability stated on its product page that we could read
- Chamelo
- 3 frames — no capability stated on its product page that we could read
- Halliday
- 1 frame — no price and no capability stated on its product page that we could read
What this list cannot tell you
- We have not worn any of these. A capability count measures what a maker published and we could read — it says nothing about image quality, comfort or battery life.
- Prices are the ones on the maker's page on 31 October 2026, in the currency the page served to us. They move; every product page carries the price note and the date we read it.
- Popular frames can be missing. Ray-Ban Meta is the obvious case: it is not in this catalogue, and this page does not invent a row for a product we have not sourced. A missing name is a gap in our coverage, not a verdict on the product.
Questions this list raises
- What are the best AI glasses right now?
- By this page's rule — breadth of documented capability, then price — the first three are RayNeo X2 AI+AR Smart Glasses, Even Realities G1, Moonrise. Treat that as a statement about how much of each product's capability set survived sourcing, not as a hands-on verdict; we have not worn them.
- How much do AI glasses cost?
- 58 of 77 frames publish a price we could read. They run from $99 to $2,199.99, with a median of $249. The cheapest frame that documents a head-up display is Maverick Sport AR Glasses at $399.
- Do AI glasses need a phone?
- Usually. Only 26 of 77 frames state an on-board AI assistant in their own words. For the rest, the page describes a companion app or a pairing step rather than processing on the frame — so assume the phone does the work, and check before buying.
- Which AI glasses have a display?
- 8 of 77 frames document a head-up display, 6 document video or photo capture, and 14 document live translation. A product can appear in more than one of those counts, and most do not appear in any.
- Why is Ray-Ban Meta not on this list?
- Because it is not in this catalogue. Every row on this site comes from a maker page we read ourselves, with the source sentence and the date stored next to the claim. We would rather show a shorter list than add a product we cannot cite — a missing model means missing coverage, not that we rated it badly.
- Is this a review?
- No. There are no hands-on impressions, no scores out of ten and no affiliate links. What you get is the price the maker publishes, the capabilities the maker documents, the page those sentences came from, and the date we read it — the same provenance table that sits on every product page.
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Built from the catalogue on 31 Oct 2026: 77 published frames in AI Glasses, 58 of them with a published price and a sourced capability. No hands-on testing, no scores, no affiliate links.