Query What’s Actual (QWR), an Indian deep-tech startup, introduced Humbl, a synthetic intelligence (AI)-powered good glasses, on Thursday. The startup claims that Humbl is the primary made in India AI good glasses, and provides options much like the Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses. The glasses are stated to return outfitted with an AI assistant that may report movies, summarise conversations, play music, assist with navigation, and extra. The startup plans to formally launch the glasses later this month, and claims to begin delivery the gadget later this 12 months.
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In a press launch, the deep-tech startup unveiled its newest product and stated that Humbl is targeted in direction of utility, discretion, and contextual consciousness. The corporate didn’t share a variety of particulars in regards to the gadget, however primarily based on its options and look, it’s fairly much like the Ray-Ban Meta.
Humbl may be worn as easy sun shades, however its actual usability is when the AI assistant is activated with the wake phrase “Hey Humbl.” As soon as awake, it could possibly report point-of-view movies primarily based on voice instructions. It might probably additionally summarise conferences and conversations, set reminders, present instructions to a spot, and play music totally hands-free and with voice inputs. Moreover, the AI assistant can even present real-time translations.
The corporate highlighted that the AI assistant within the good glasses can accumulate and course of information coming from audio and video channels. The gadget has cameras that gives it the visible feed, utilizing which it could possibly recognise objects and landmarks, and know when the person is reaching a flip to information them to their vacation spot.
Nonetheless, QWR didn’t point out any {hardware} specs or particulars in regards to the giant language mannequin (LLM) that’s powering the AI assistant. Moreover, whereas the gadget is predicted to be launched later this month, the startup stated that the gadget itself is not going to be shipped to consumers until the final quarter of 2025. As of penning this, the startup’s website doesn’t even point out the product, though there are some promotional videos on its social media channels.
QWR was based by Suraj Aiar in 2017, and works within the area of augmented actuality (AR), digital actuality (VR), and prolonged actuality (XR). The startup has manufactured and sells two completely different VR headsets in addition to good glasses dubbed Aurl. The latter is an audio-based (built-in audio system) good glasses, and doesn’t function video cameras.