These AI glasses promised to make me smarter, and all I got was Clippy for my face
TL;DR
The AI glasses, Halo Glass, require lifting your head to activate the display and are compared to Clippy, offering limited utility. The reviewer tested them with help from a colleague, finding they fall short of life-changing promises.
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As I wrote last week, I'm rapidly running out of body parts to do my job. Part of being human is knowing when to ask for help, so a few months ago, I enlisted senior editor Sean Hollister - a fellow smart glasses nerd - to help me test Halo Glass, an always-listening AI c …