After trying to do too much too soon with Google Glass in 2014, smart glasses have scaled back their ambitions in recent years.

Prioritizing aesthetics and subtlety, the more successful smart glasses (like Ray-Ban's Meta Smart Glasses) are no longer computers on the face, but ordinary glasses with speakers, cameras, and basic voice controls to capture life's unmissable moments.

But innovative features are making a comeback. A few months ago, Meta rolled out an AI upgrade for Ray-Ban that allows the built-in AI to provide insight into what can be seen through the camera at any given time. [Solos AirGo Vision is an upgrade to the existing AirGo 3, which already translates audio on the fly using ChatGPT. This new version not only allows users to capture photos and videos, but also introduces a camera into the frame that can recognize both people and objects with a little help from ChatGPT's new vision feature.

This means that you can ask the smart glasses for information about what you are seeing or even request directions based on visible landmarks. In this scenario, the glasses simply provide directions via the built-in speaker, saving the user the hassle of viewing Google Maps on their phone.

This just scratches the surface of possible features. The company claims that the camera could also track the progress of activities such as cooking or home improvements and provide next steps along the way. While shopping, the user can show Glasses an item and ask if there is anything else available at a better price. However, if you wear smart glasses that cost hundreds of dollars when grocery shopping, you may not be the most thrifty person.

One particularly interesting feature is that Sonos AirGo Vision, like the company's other glasses, maintains an interchangeable frame system. This means that it can be exchanged for a camera-free set when the feature is not needed or when going to theaters, cinemas, or other places where entry might be denied.

Even with the camera-less frames, the user can still use the other features of ChatGPT. And the camera would integrate better with Google Gemini and Athropic's Claude AI models than Open AI's ChatGPT.

The AirGo Vision will be available later this year, with no information on pricing at this time. Given that a version without a camera will be available next month for $249.99, it will almost certainly be more than that, but given that Meta's Ray-Bans start at $299, one would expect Solos' replacement to be roughly around there as well.