The $3499 price tag for Apple’s Vision Pro device was received with an audible groan and is being panned by even staunch technologists.

Now everyone is speculating over much less visually invasive eye-glass format. Both Apple and Google are experimenting with it via Apple glasses or Google Iris (Though Google just pulled the plug on Iris).

But stand aside hipsters, there’s a new player in town. What about a AR powered monocle?

Brilliant Labs‘ augmented reality wearable monocle popped on the scene for only $349 and weighs only 15 grams. Processing happens on the OpenAI server then transmitted via Bluetooth from the users phone to the device’s display. It comes with five different processors, including a hackable field-programmable gate array (FPGA) accelerator chip that handles the data coming in from the device’s camera, microphone and capacitive touch sensor.

The project already has attracted a dedicated following of developers, hackers, hobbyists, and researches in the open-source community. While far too clunky right now, I think this is the right way to go about things; though the idea that these will help you come off as a smooth operator in awkward dinner conversations is highly unlikely:

say goodbye to awkward dates and job interviews ☹️

we made rizzGPT — real-time Charisma as a Service (CaaS)

it listens to your conversation and tells you exactly what to say next 😱

built using GPT-4, Whisper and the Monocle AR glasses

with @C51Alix @varunshenoy_ pic.twitter.com/HycQGGXT6N

— bryan chiang (@bryanhpchiang) March 26, 2023

See the fun video of cheating on an interview here:
pic.twitter.com/HycQGGXT6N