Rokid and Alibaba have announced smart glasses with eye tracking, so you may soon pick menu items with a glance instead of a wristband or finger pinch.
Smart glasses you steer with your eyes are starting to show up. Chinese company Rokid recently announced the Rokid Color, and Alibaba announced its Qwen Glasses N1. Both include eye tracking, according to Gizmodo.
The Rokid Color are Rokid's first display glasses with a color screen. They weigh 55 grams. The micro-LED display shows notifications, plays video and works as a viewfinder for taking pictures. For controls, they offer touch controls, a touch-sensitive smart ring and eye tracking.
Alibaba's Qwen Glasses N1 add a 50-megapixel camera and some health-tracking claims, along with eye tracking.
Rokid has not explained how its eye tracking works. On other glasses Gizmodo's writer tried, a sensor about 1mm in size follows your pupils. That lets you move through menus and make choices without using your hands.
Meta's Ray-Ban Display needs a wristband for almost everything, plus pinch gestures. Gizmodo notes that extra hardware can be a hassle when you are out and about. Eye tracking is already in pricey headsets like Apple's Vision Pro and Samsung's Galaxy XR, but it has been rare in smart glasses. Meta has not said whether it will change course.
The material does not give prices or ship dates for either pair. It also does not say how well the eye controls work in daily use.
If you plan to buy smart glasses, expect more models you control with a glance, and wait for prices and real-world reviews first.
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