Toshiba Glass Is Another Google Glass-Like Wearable But More Affordable

Toshiba is all set to enter the smart glasses market. Owning a smart glass that lets you interact with your phone has been almost everyone’s secret dream but the only thing holding us back in fulfilling our dream has been its humongous price. Toshiba, it seems, has taken a note of this problem and come up with Toshiba glass, which is rumored to be much cheaper than the market leader Google glass.

The $1500 Google glass which is currently leading the wearable face computer space works by putting the guts of your Android Smartphone on your head so that it can project pictures, graphics, texts and videos etc. on a small prism just above the users eye.

Toshiba has showcased a prototype of the Toshiba Glass at the Ceatec trade show that was held in Japan in October this year. The Toshiba glass will have a tiny lightweight projector clipped onto one of its arms near the lens. The projector is central to the working of the glass as it displays an image that reflects off the inside of the lens to provide an augmented real type display. Toshiba glasses can be expected to hit the markets anytime in 2015.

Toshiba glass might not able to edge Google glass out of the market but it will surely give it a run for its money. The Toshiba glass works on almost the same principle as the Google glass, as both of them have in-built projectors but unlike the Google glass, the Smart glass by Toshiba don’t come with a prism over the lens to reflect the image into the eye. Instead, the glasses lens in Toshiba glass itself comprises of a series of narrow, vertical prisms. They are not at all visible when one looks straight through the lens of the device, but an image from an angle gets reflected back into the eye.



The Toshiba glass is impressive but it is still a several miles away from its competitor Google glass.  First of all, the glasses are not wireless and needs to be connected to your Smartphone in order to function. According to Toshiba, this is because a separate battery for the projector would have made the glasses very heavy. Wearing a device with a cable connected to it 24/7 can act as a huge deal breaker for the Toshiba product. The second reason where Toshiba glass fails is that it isn’t a full blown computer. It works just as a display system that connects to your Android phone.

The glasses let the user interact with smartphone apps in a way that they might have only imagined but never thought would be possible. For example, you could get directions while driving, view health data while using fitness apps and view instructions while working in the field.

The Toshiba Glass will offer three types of frames-sporty, standard and industrial. The industrial frames will be like the goggles that one wears in a laboratory.

Toshiba Glass Is Another Google Glass-Like Wearable But More Affordable

Toshiba is all set to enter the smart glasses market. Owning a smart glass that lets you interact with your phone has been almost everyone’s secret dream but the only thing holding us back in fulfilling our dream has been its humongous price. Toshiba, it seems, has taken a note of this problem and come up with Toshiba glass, which is rumored to be much cheaper than the market leader Google glass.

The $1500 Google glass which is currently leading the wearable face computer space works by putting the guts of your Android Smartphone on your head so that it can project pictures, graphics, texts and videos etc. on a small prism just above the users eye.

Toshiba has showcased a prototype of the Toshiba Glass at the Ceatec trade show that was held in Japan in October this year. The Toshiba glass will have a tiny lightweight projector clipped onto one of its arms near the lens. The projector is central to the working of the glass as it displays an image that reflects off the inside of the lens to provide an augmented real type display. Toshiba glasses can be expected to hit the markets anytime in 2015.

Toshiba glass might not able to edge Google glass out of the market but it will surely give it a run for its money. The Toshiba glass works on almost the same principle as the Google glass, as both of them have in-built projectors but unlike the Google glass, the Smart glass by Toshiba don’t come with a prism over the lens to reflect the image into the eye. Instead, the glasses lens in Toshiba glass itself comprises of a series of narrow, vertical prisms. They are not at all visible when one looks straight through the lens of the device, but an image from an angle gets reflected back into the eye.



The Toshiba glass is impressive but it is still a several miles away from its competitor Google glass.  First of all, the glasses are not wireless and needs to be connected to your Smartphone in order to function. According to Toshiba, this is because a separate battery for the projector would have made the glasses very heavy. Wearing a device with a cable connected to it 24/7 can act as a huge deal breaker for the Toshiba product. The second reason where Toshiba glass fails is that it isn’t a full blown computer. It works just as a display system that connects to your Android phone.

The glasses let the user interact with smartphone apps in a way that they might have only imagined but never thought would be possible. For example, you could get directions while driving, view health data while using fitness apps and view instructions while working in the field.

The Toshiba Glass will offer three types of frames-sporty, standard and industrial. The industrial frames will be like the goggles that one wears in a laboratory.

Lenovo developing a wearable smart glass similar to Google Glass

Lenovo, the world’s largest PC makers has come up with its own prototype version of wearable smart glasses which looks similar to the already famous Google Glass.  The prototype was unveiled to the world on July 24^th in order to get the attention of other hardware manufactures and developers towards a new partner program.

This wearable device by Lenovo looks almost similar to the Google glass, the only difference being that its battery is attached down at the wearer’s neck. The battery is connected to the device by a small blue wire.  More details about the device are scheduled to come out in the month of October.

Lenovo is currently also in look out for partners to develop its products like air purifiers for the Chinese homes and wireless routers. It is also looking out for opportunities to team up and invest money in tech companies whose work involves something beyond Smartphones and Personal computers.

The Chinese PC maker has even teamed up U.S. smart glasses manufacturer Vuzix in order to bring its own product called Vuzix M100 into the Chinese market. This product will be in addition to Lenovo’s own prototype.

The M100 Smartglasses will make use of a 1 GHz dual-core processor and an Android 4.0.4. It is expected to go on sale to developers in the month of August or September for around $1298 in China. The device is targeted at business users.



The M100 promises to offer unprecedented access to data collection, information and more. It also comes with pre-installed apps which can be used to record and playback videos and still pictures, manage your calendar, track timed events and link to your Smartphone and much more.

Lenovo’s prototype is a part of its NBD project which aims at creating a host of internet connected devices like Smartphone controlled toasters, air purifiers and fridges by taking help from third party manufactures.

Luftmed, a German based Company is currently working with Lenovo’s NBD program in order to sell Smartphone controlled air purifiers in China. The New Air X330 by Luftmed will offer more cleaner air and accurate statistics than its counter parts.



Top Image via - Michael Kan @Twitter

Lenovo developing a wearable smart glass similar to Google Glass

Lenovo, the world’s largest PC makers has come up with its own prototype version of wearable smart glasses which looks similar to the already famous Google Glass.  The prototype was unveiled to the world on July 24^th in order to get the attention of other hardware manufactures and developers towards a new partner program.

This wearable device by Lenovo looks almost similar to the Google glass, the only difference being that its battery is attached down at the wearer’s neck. The battery is connected to the device by a small blue wire.  More details about the device are scheduled to come out in the month of October.

Lenovo is currently also in look out for partners to develop its products like air purifiers for the Chinese homes and wireless routers. It is also looking out for opportunities to team up and invest money in tech companies whose work involves something beyond Smartphones and Personal computers.

The Chinese PC maker has even teamed up U.S. smart glasses manufacturer Vuzix in order to bring its own product called Vuzix M100 into the Chinese market. This product will be in addition to Lenovo’s own prototype.

The M100 Smartglasses will make use of a 1 GHz dual-core processor and an Android 4.0.4. It is expected to go on sale to developers in the month of August or September for around $1298 in China. The device is targeted at business users.



The M100 promises to offer unprecedented access to data collection, information and more. It also comes with pre-installed apps which can be used to record and playback videos and still pictures, manage your calendar, track timed events and link to your Smartphone and much more.

Lenovo’s prototype is a part of its NBD project which aims at creating a host of internet connected devices like Smartphone controlled toasters, air purifiers and fridges by taking help from third party manufactures.

Luftmed, a German based Company is currently working with Lenovo’s NBD program in order to sell Smartphone controlled air purifiers in China. The New Air X330 by Luftmed will offer more cleaner air and accurate statistics than its counter parts.



Top Image via - Michael Kan @Twitter