Vue finally ships its Kickstarter smart glasses and debuts the new $179 Vue Lite

guest · Aug 25, 2020

Vue Lite smart glasses aren't that smart
But at least it starts at only $179
August 25, 2020
https://www.engadget.com/vue-lite-smart-glasses-hands-on-150048078.html

In 2016, Vue debuted its first pair of smart glasses on Kickstarter, where it raised over $2 million. But unlike AR glasses such as North’s Focals, the Vue Pro ($299) were regular frames with built-in speakers.
Unfortunately due to various delays, it didn’t actually ship the Vue Pro until 2019, and some customers appeared unhappy with the experience.

Undeterred, the company is back with another iteration of their smart glasses, but without a Kickstarter this time. Called the Vue Lite ($179), these glasses are a lighter, cheaper version of the Vue Pro, but without the more notable features of its predecessor.
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In a lot of ways, the Vue Lite is akin to Amazon’s Echo Frames (which haven’t officially launched yet) as well as the Bose Frames (albeit without the latter’s AR and gesture elements). But after trying out the Vue Lite for a few days, I have to say that I’m not a fan.

Perhaps the best feature of the Vue Lite is that it doesn’t look like a pair of smart glasses at all. [...]
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In short, the Vue Lite -- as well as glasses with open-listening speakers -- just aren’t for me, at least not in their current iteration. But if you’re keen on them, then you can check out their site and pre-order them starting today. It’ll begin shipping in September of this year.
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guest · Aug 25, 2020

Vue finally ships its Kickstarter smart glasses and debuts the new $179 Vue Lite
August 25, 2020
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/25/21401332/vue-smart-glasses-lite-price-shipping

In October 2016, a startup named Vue promised Kickstarter backers a pair of prescription eyeglasses [...] By 2018, $3 million later, the company hadn’t shipped a single pair.

Do note Vue weighed them without any lenses, though. Polarized sunglass lenses cost $80 extra, photochromic is a $100 premium, and you’re looking at over $450 for a pair with progressive lenses on board. Before you buy, note that both TechCrunch and Engadget found the audio a bit quiet, though.
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Vue doesn’t seem to be trying to sell us on a new set of glasses before shipping the old ones, by the way: co-founder Jason Gui tells The Verge that Vue has now shipped the original glasses to every Kickstarter backer it could reach, minus around 5 percent who are still trying to figure out when it’s safe to get their prescription checked during the COVID-19 pandemic.

I have to admit it’s kind of impressive Vue has managed to stick around. So many other smart glass companies wound up ditching their glasses (Bose, Intel), pivoting (Magic Leap, seemingly Avegant), getting acqui-hired by a bigger firm (North), or shutting down (Daqri, Meta).
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Kickstarter: Vue: Your Everyday Smart Glasses

Introducing Vue Lite
Hey backers!
Welcome to a special update! Introducing Vue Lite—our lightest, comfiest smart glasses yet. Everything about the Vue Lite has been shaped by backer feedback. And we are excited to share it with you all.

Vue Lite comes in three styles—the Cygnus, Orion, and Lyra. We'll be launching more styles as the year goes on. One of the biggest changes is with respect to comfort. Vue Lite weighs 23 grams and the back of the arms are thinned and contoured so that they curve over the top of the ear. We know with the original Vue Glasses, the thickness of the arms meant for some people they could feel quite thick on the ears—Vue Lite's design is thinner to prevent this. [...]
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trott3r · Aug 26, 2020

Got a pair of the bose glasses and i find them quite good for listening to podcasts in the sun.
Not cheap but still do what they say on the tin.

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