Phantom Expertise Unveils New ‘Journey Lens’ AR Sensible Glasses

September 12, 2024 – Phantom Technology, a developer of consumer-priced AI sensible glasses that supply an augmented actuality (AR) interface for Android and iOS cell units, has at this time emerged from stealth with its first product providing. The ‘Journey Lens’ sensible glasses are the primary “invisible know-how” consumer-priced AI glasses from the corporate.

In keeping with Phantom Expertise, Journey Lens fulfills a number of vital functions, together with serving to customers handle their capacity to give attention to particular duties and avoiding digital distractions, in addition to offering help by means of conversational AI.

Weighing simply 40 grams and providing an all-day battery life, the Journey Lens sensible glasses make the most of a novel biometric sensor know-how and software program algorithms to measure a person’s give attention to specific duties. Using sensors constructed into the nostril piece of the glasses’ panto-style body, eye actions are learn and Phantom-designed algorithms can make the most of this knowledge to find out person focus. Primarily based on this knowledge, the glasses can then present each steerage and solutions to enhance person productiveness, enhance leisure or obtain a user-defined state-of-mind, in response to the corporate.

Journey Lens makes use of Bluetooth to bi-directionally sync knowledge between the glasses and the person’s Android or iOS system, permitting the wearer to privately see cell alerts and discreetly reply whereas holding their cell system of their pocket. All notifications despatched to the glasses are both seen within the wearer’s discipline of view, or discreetly heard by way of audio system constructed into the Journey Lens.

The glasses additionally characteristic a 2K digital camera constructed discreetly into the body, a privacy-enhanced AI functionality (powered by a conversational voice interface), a built-in microphone for permitting voice instructions, and extra.

Even with out energy, Journey Lens operates as a normal pair of trendy prescription glasses or sun shades, beginning at what the corporate states is an “extraordinarily aggressive” worth level of simply USD $195 for the frames. When in comparison with the Ray-Ban Meta sensible glasses, which don’t characteristic a heads-up show (HUD) and retail for USD $299, Phantom Expertise’s first client providing does seem to be a stable contender to doubtlessly be the main pair of client AR sensible glasses.

“After 5 years of intensive R&D and three pivots, we’re lastly exiting stealth and asserting the fruits of many 1000’s of man-hours of growth in each {hardware} and software program – the Journey Lens,” stated Farbod Shakouri, CEO and cofounder of Phantom Expertise, Ltd.

“There have been many earlier makes an attempt to mix AR, AI and prescription eyewear over the previous few years, all in various levels of success and/or failure. We consider the Journey has hit the buyer candy spot of sub-$200 pricing and solves the issue of digital display screen habit with out resorting to uncommon kind elements or costly worth factors –  Journey Lens is for tech savvy professionals, at any age, who need a greater relationship with know-how.”

Journey Lens’ modalities embrace:

• Discovery Lens – permits customers to find the world round them by means of the facility of AI all of their quick imaginative and prescient by means of the glasses;
• Focus Compass – guides person consideration, constructing more healthy habits within the course of;
• Sensible Companion – gives real-time assist with day by day duties by means of conversational AI;
• Life Journal – permits customers to seize ideas, apply mindfulness, whereas they file a singular first-person view.

The corporate is presently funded by a USD $900,000 pre-seed spherical by SFC Capital, angels and authorities grant funding. It is usually now getting into its Seed-level funding spherical and is in discussions with traders.

Phantom Expertise said that Journey Lens shall be launching in Q1 2025, with pre-orders obtainable beginning at this time. The corporate will provide a subscription-based mannequin with charges starting from USD $7 to USD $18 per 30 days. For extra data on plan pricing specifics, go to the corporate’s website.

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