I need to confess its type of outstanding Vue has handled to stick around. Numerous other smart glass business wound up dumping their glasses (Bose, Intel), pivoting (Magic Leap, relatively Avegant), getting acqui-hired by a larger firm (North), or shutting down (Daqri, Meta).
Do note Vue weighed them without any lenses. Polarized sunglass lenses cost $80 additional, photochromic is a $100 premium, and youre looking at over $450 for a set with progressive lenses on board.
However fast-forward another 2 years, and Vue is now ready to sell you on the idea again. The new $179-and-up Vue Lite glasses ditch a few of the fancier features to focus on Bluetooth audio, with standard speakers instead of bone conduction, a microphone for calls and your phones voice assistant, touch controls, and an estimated 3.5 hours of music playback on a charge.
In October 2016, a startup named Vue promised Kickstarter backers a set of prescription spectacles that might double as wireless earbuds, a fitness tracker, and a smartwatch all at when, plus bone conduction speakers so no one can eavesdrop on your music and calls. 2 years and $3 million later, the business hadnt shipped a single pair.
Vue doesnt seem to be attempting to sell us on a brand-new set of glasses prior to delivering the old ones, by the method: co-founder Jason Gui tells The Verge that Vue has now delivered the initial glasses to every Kickstarter backer it might reach, minus around 5 percent who are still trying to find out when its safe to get their prescription checked throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The brand-new glasses arent relying on a Kickstarter, and they should ship by the end of September according to the businesss website.
The snap-on magnetic charging cable.Image: Vue
