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AI Wearables

Trend Universe AI Wearables
Improvements in hands-free AI wearables, like the Orion augmented-reality glasses under development at Meta, could change how people interact with social and built environments. Meta.

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To seamlessly integrate technology into everyday life while also curbing reliance upon it, start-up companies and tech giants alike are releasing screenless artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled wearables. Though they've thus far been met with mixed to poor reviews, the AI wearables market is expected to balloon over the next decade, and as AI continues to advance, so too will the products that use it.

Should screenless devices become mainstream — a possibility given current desires to reduce screen time — this would signal a change in how people use technology and has the potential to impact how they interact with social and built environments.

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