Halliday promises its smart passengers have a “proactive” AI assistant inside

Traditionally smart glasses On the long promise, Lack of delivery, especially at this type of consumer electronics concert. There’s always a steady stream of companies promising that we’re on the cusp of getting our own Gary-fromVice President It sticks to our faces before it fades away. The weight of promises Halliday has brought to the table is a sign of ostentation, but it will take some time before we know whether it’s worth it.

Halliday showed up at CES 2025 in Las Vegas with a pair of her namesake smart glasses packed with technology. There is a waveguide display in the right eyecup that will project the equivalent of a 3.5-inch screen onto the wearer’s vision. This display is also easier to read in strong light, and the company promises that the devices are “invisible to onlookers.” The company adds that the glasses weigh just 35 grams and promise a battery life of up to eight hours on a single charge.

There’s no outward-facing camera, but Halliday says her product comes with a “proactive” AI assistant, anticipating your needs before you ask for them. The glasses have built-in microphones that listen to your conversations, analyze them, and answer prompts as they arise. If you were to wear one of these to a meeting, for example, you’d be able to ask the system to prepare a summary of said meeting right afterward. (And yes, we’re interested in learning about the privacy implications of such a system.)

In addition to the barking instructions on your glasses, the sides are touch-sensitive, but your main interaction mode will likely be with the attached trackpad loop. You should be able to unobtrusively control what the AI ​​pumps into your eyes without attracting attention.

There’s a fairly long list of tasks, and Halliday says the glasses will be able to grease the wheels for you. In addition to listening to questions in the chat and asking answers from the Internet, you can use the screen as a hidden teleprompter. It can also translate 40 different languages, provide real-time directions, and play music with on-screen accompanying lyrics.

Of course, none of this is just kind words until we can see how this plays out in the real world. Halliday It says pre-orders for the glasses will begin at the end of CES, with shipping starting sometime before March 2025. We don’t know the price yet, but the company says it will range between $399 and $499.