Google is launching its $395 Gemini Glasses, the first AI-integrated smart glasses that work with iPhones, marking Google's direct entry into the mixed reality wearables market ahead of Apple Vision Pro and Meta Ray-Ban.
The device incorporates the multimodal Gemini model for real-time object recognition, simultaneous translation and contextual assistance through voice commands, all in a conventional glasses format with a micro-OLED display.
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Industry analysts see the Gemini Glasses as a strategic move to take conversational AI beyond the smartphone and compete directly in the spatial computing segment that Apple seeks to dominate.
**Sources**: blog.google/devices, 9to5google.com, Ars Technica, Quartz.
