New affordable smart glasses pack 13 MP Sony sensor and up to 12 hours of battery

Rogbid's VisionPro just went live. They're new AI-powered smart glasses priced at $119.99, available now through the company's official store in a single black colorway. The name could invite some comparisons to Apple's headset, but the product itself is a pair of conventional smart glasses rather than anything in that territory.

The primary spec is a 13 MP camera built into the left temple, using a Sony IMX386 sensor and capable of 0.6-second instant capture with electronic image stabilization for video. Photos and video are triggered either via a physical button or by saying "Hey Alice" for hands-free capture. There is 4 GB of onboard storage as well.

Processing is handled by a dual-chip NT96562 and JL7018 setup, which Rogbid describes as a "Dual AI architecture". The practical AI features include real-time object and landmark recognition, on-the-fly text translation from books or printed material, and a voice assistant for general queries and task management. Real-time live translation for multilingual conversations is also on the list, though the accuracy of that in practice remains to be seen.

Audio comes from two 13 mm speakers embedded in the temples (one per side) with a noise-reduction microphone for calls. Connectivity covers dual-band Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4. The battery sits at 290 mAh, with Rogbid claiming 10 to 12 hours of total battery life. The frame is TR90 plastic with adaptive photochromic lenses that darken outdoors automatically.

At $119.99, the VisionPro is well below Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses (curr. $379 on Amazon) in price, so it should be an accessible entry point into the space — if the AI features hold up in real-world use, that is. 

Check out Rogbid's new glasses here.