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Updated · techbuzz.ai · Apr 23Ex-OnePlus Engineers Launch AI Smart Glasses With Uncertain Subscription Costs
6 articles · Updated · techbuzz.ai · Apr 23
- Former OnePlus engineers have launched L'Atitude 52°N smart glasses, featuring AI-powered functions and a built-in camera.
- The $399 Berlin model offers a year of free AI features, after which users must pay a yet-undetermined subscription fee for continued access.
- This move highlights the ongoing costs of AI hardware, as rivals like Meta and Oakley also compete in the fast-evolving smart glasses market.
Why buy $399 glasses if their main AI features expire in a year? With Google's own AI glasses imminent, is this Berlin newcomer already obsolete? Is paywalling core AI features the inevitable future for all smart glasses? Will an unknown subscription cost turn travelers away from this 'AI tour guide'? How can a startup justify a subscription after promising backers 'lifetime AI'?