ThirdEye is a maker of smartglasses that is based in Princeton, New Jersey. The X1 glasses are built around a complete system based on a Snapdragon 820 with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. The system runs Android 7.0 and ThirdEye has companies including Lockheed Martin and Boeing as customers. The glasses are based on OLEDs that are not from Sony ‘at the moment’. The company, like a number at the show, has made only a limited number so far and, although the design is finalised, just 200 units have been made so far and there is a special offer on pricing at $999. The company is open to customisation for special features or applications.
The resolution of the glasses is 1280 x 720 with a 40º field of view giving a virtual image of 90″ at 10′ There is a 13 megapixel camera and the unit includes the usual gyroscope and accelerometer sensors as well as a flashlight, temperature, brightness and a magnetometer (with other sensors supportable via USB Type-C). The battery has a 2400 mAh capacity and is rated for 8 hours.
An unusual feature is that the lenses are swappable and are photochromic so that they tint adopts to ambient light.
As well as the glasses, ThirdEye has a cloud-based Remote services to help customers develop live assistance applications.
ThirdEye is open to customisation requests for its X1 glasses. Image:Meko
