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China-based laptop titan Lenovo unveiled a prototype pendant from its Motorola subsidiary at CES 2024 that allows voice control of its AI assistant, Qira.
The device, worn around the neck, is designed to capture sound and images hands-free, offering a new interface for interacting with AI.
The push into wearable AI is gaining momentum. Amazon acquired the AI startup, February.ai (formerly Bee) in 2023,and Meta continues to invest heavily in AI device advancement,including its partnership with Ray-Ban on smart glasses.
February.ai’s devices are worn on the body (wrist, belt, or lapel) and function as an AI assistant, primarily focused on notetaking, reminders, and calendar management.
Simultaneously occurring, Meta is prioritizing the development of AI capabilities and is successfully integrating AI into its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, offering features like live streaming and image capture with AI assistance.
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Companies are exploring a diverse range of form factors for wearable AI.
Startup Vocci focuses on AI-assisted notetaking and has developed a ring-based device, while Plaud offers both a pin and a credit card-sized rectangular device for real-time transcription.
Chinese startup iBuddi presented a prototype of a companion medallion at CES 2024, designed to reduce screen fatigue.
“Our core ideology is to build a body-worn AI companion that replaces some phone interactions, rather than adding another screen that absorbs attention,” iBuddi founder Yin Haitian told AFP.
Haitian emphasized that iBuddi “is not driven by surveillance” but instead “reacts to the moments that matter instead of continuously recording everything.”
A Looki L1 AI wearable, also showcased at CES 2024, continuously captures a wearer’s point of view, offering insights like caffeine intake recommendations, object recognition, and daily summaries presented as comic strips.
“Consumer expectations regarding privacy haven’t gone away entirely, but they are shifting,” said Avi Greengart, an analyst at tech research and advisory group, Techsponential.
“We’re already being surveilled by billions of smartphones, city camera networks and smart devices that we willingly placed in our homes.”
Greengart doesn’t anticipate wearable AI replacing smartphones in the