Rokid Glasses now on pre-sale and shipping to early backers

If there's a hotter commodity for the holidays than glasses with a display in them, I don't know what that'd be. There are a few folks duking it out to lead the charge, and at the front of the pack is the one that kicked it off – Rokid. After a $4 million dollar success on Kickstarter, they've officially started shipping to early backers. Also, starting today, they've gone on pre-sale. Everyone who orders by December 31st is eligible to receive a free charging case, with pre-orders shipping in the same month they're placed. Let's dig into the specs on these, because they are very impressive:

• Size- 155mm* 49mm* 44mm
• Weight - Only 49g
• SOC - Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1
• Wi-Fi - Wi-Fi 6
• Bluetooth - BT 5.3
• RAM - 2GB
• ROM - 32GB
• Battery - 210 mAh
• FOV - 30°
• Brightness - Up to 1500 nits
• Eye relief - 18mm
• Resolution - 480*640
• Camera - 12MP Sony IMX681
• Resolution: 3024*4032
• Focal Length: 1.9 m
• Iris: F 2.25
• Field of View: H:77, V:94, D:109
• Depth of field: 34 cm to infinity
• Camera tilt inwards 3 degrees
• Voice Pickup - Supports directional microphones (4 microphones)
• Sound Speaker - 2* AAC 0920

Super light at only 49 grams, these also have full access to 89 languages while online, 6 while offline, and with a latency of less than 1 second – near realtime. They also have full access to ChatGPT-5, providing a conversational AI at your fingertips at all times. That's directions, instructions, a script, a map, and much more. Frankly, there is a near-infinite number of ways you'd be able to make use of informational AI at your fingertips. Being able to record video at 12 megapixels, ask AI what you're seeing, have it translate a road sign in a foreign country, and so much more make these an incredible advancement. There's one other thing that Rokid has that nobody else does though – removable prescription lenses.

That means folks who suffer from Myopia and Astigmatism, you can clip on a fresh set of lenses to correct and keep most of your functions at the ready.

I'm 3/4 deaf thanks to an explosion in the miliary. As somebody who greatly appreciates the realtime captioning offered by tools like Microsoft Teams, having this in my normal life is useful beyond measure. I can't wait to see all the ways these devices could potentially improve my life.

If you're interested in picking up a pair of these for yourself, the pre-order page is live at the official site. Don't forget that ordering before the end of the year will get you a charging case for free – a $99 value.

Do you think you'd use an AI assistance like this in your daily life? Let us know down in the comments!