There's a switch to turn them off too, which will also turn off speakers and microphones. When you're recording or taking pictures, a small LED situated near the camera illuminates to indicate to those around you that you are in recording or snapping mode. There are also hand-free controls, letting you make use of onboard microphones to say, "Hey, Facebook, take a video," if you don't want to reach up to your specs. A single tap records up to 30 seconds of video, while a tap and hold will snap a picture. The Ray-Ban Stories pack in 5-megapixel cameras, which are activated by a button that sits on the side of the frame. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that the Ray-Ban partnership is destined to yield AR specs in the future, as part of Project Aria. There's no AR here - it's a mix of what we've seen on Snap's Spectacles and a host of audio sunglasses that have surfaced over the last few years. The Ray-Ban Stories, a collaboration with luxury eyewear brand EssilorLuxxotica and Meta, pack dual cameras to capture and share first-person shot videos, and also include speakers and microphones to listen to music and handle phone calls. Wareable verdict: Vuzix Blade review Ray-Ban Stories The Blade, though, remains the pair that are a little easier to get hold of - and they're more affordable. The Blade has recently been joined by the Vuzix Shield, too, which are specs firmly aimed at enterprise customers with micro LED projectors, wireless connectivity with smartphones and the ability to control by sound and voice. The best bit? Vuzix has worked to lower the price down to well below $1,000/£1,000, just like it said it would. The Blade AR is one of the best moves toward mainstream AR glasses we've seen yet. As for battery life, we were able to get around three to four hours. There's also 4GB of storage to fill up with what you want. The display is really good and even the photos look crisp and vibrant. There's now Netflix, Zoom, Amazon Alexa and even support for DJI drones. Since then, some high-profile names have turned up. We got to try out things like music control, a camera, an image viewer and some games. When we first got to try the standard version out, the Vuzix app store wasn't exactly brimming with apps. The new upgraded version sticks to largely the same design but adds in an 8-megapixel camera, speakers and Vuzix's voice control support. They're a good first step at getting a lot of advanced tech in a decent package, but there's still work to do. The best way to describe them is that they're a lot like the first generation of smartwatches. When we talk about augmented reality smartglasses, we're focusing on eyewear that has the technology on board that merges what you see in the real world with virtual information, usually overlaid on one of the lenses.
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