UK-based Phantom Technology is planning to use smart glasses to reduce distractions. Its Journey Lens is a wearable device that aims to improve focus and keep users’ eyes away from their phones while providing the typical features of other smart glasses. Priced at $195, the glasses are available for pre-order and launching in early 2025. They offer both prescription and shade options. They integrate AI technology, including biometric sensors, to measure focus and suggest productivity improvements. They provide real-time assistance through conversational AI and a discreet interface for managing mobile alerts via Bluetooth.
It’s an ambitious concept and a big claim to make for any wearable. Fortunately, it isn’t the Journey Lens’ only trick. While it claims to be able to improve focus, it also covers many features other smart glasses like the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses provide. There’s stereo sound and a microphone for audio playback, calls, and interaction with the glasses’ AI assistant. It also has a 2K camera for taking photos and videos. The audio and video components combine to enable the Discovery Lens feature that lets the glasses guide and provide information about everything in your view.
Weighing just 40 grams and offering an all-day battery life these glasses might just compete against Facebook.
Michael Kozlowski has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past twelve years. His articles have been picked up by major and local news sources and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.