If you want to learn more about new and upcoming phone and tech announcements, there’s a good chance you can find out about it at the annual Mobile World Congress conference. The Mobile World Congress conference of 2024 started on Monday, Feb. 26, in Barcelona, Spain, and will last until Feb. 29. Companies such as Microsoft, Huawei and Meta have been giving presentations and revealing their new products.
One such product is the new AI-supported glasses from the company Oppo, called the Air Glass 3. These AR glasses will reportedly connect to Oppo’s AI system, according to CNBC.
Who is Oppo?
Oppo was founded in 2004 and started its brand with MP3 players before moving into phones and smartwatches. According to its website, Oppo has over 600 million users worldwide and has one of the highest number of patents and licenses compared to other companies.
According to CNBC, Oppo is one of the biggest smartphone companies worldwide.
What is the Air Glass 3?
AR glasses, also known as smart glasses, are tech companies’ newest products that are to be released within the coming years. AR glasses are meant to “project digital content directly into your field of view” instead of having to look at the same content on a phone or computer, according to Popular Mechanics.
According to CNBC, the Air Glass 3 will look like normal everyday glasses that can be paired with Oppo phones and will have touch sensors on the frame. But the Air Glass 3 does not have a current public release date or price yet, per CNET.
What makes the Air Glass 3 unique is the fact that it connects to Oppo’s own AI model called the AndesGPT and, according to Oppo, is able to perform “information searches and conducting conversations to assist users in tasks like planning travel,” per CNBC.
The Air Glass 3 will also have access to a voice assistant, according to CNET, and will also include features such as being able to view photos, make phone calls and play music. While only available in China, the Air Glass 3 is supposedly Oppo’s way of showing its tech for a “market it believes could be big in the future,” per CNBC.