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SHANGHAI, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Alibaba (9988.HK), opens new tab<\/a> released on Thursday its new Quark artificial intelligence glasses in China, heralding the Chinese tech company’s efforts to break into the AI wearables market dominated by Meta (META.O), opens new tab<\/a>.
\nPrices will start from 1,899 yuan ($268.25) for the headset that will be powered by Alibaba’s Qwen AI model and app. Unlike other headsets made by the likes of Meta, the Quark glasses look like regular eyewear, with a black plastic frame.
\nAlibaba said the glasses would be deeply integrated with its apps, including Alipay and its shopping site Taobao, with wearers able to use them for tasks such as on-the-go translation and instant price recognition.”Alibaba’s strengths are shopping, payments and navigation, so its AI glasses function more like a life assistant,” Li Chengdong, a Beijing-based electronics industry analyst said.
\nThe company is pushing into the consumer AI market after having historically lagged rivals. Earlier this month it launched a major upgrade<\/a> to its AI chatbot.<\/p>\n

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Li said Alibaba’s strategy for AI glasses includes a focus on capturing future traffic entry amid intense competition in China’s e-commerce sector.
\n“Alibaba is not a monopoly in e-commerce,” he said. “It hopes AI can help it secure the next-generation traffic gateway.”<\/p>\n

The new Quark AI glasses are available on major Chinese e-commerce platforms including Tmall, JD.com and Douyin. Sales figures are not yet available, as the product only officially launched on Thursday.
\nThe race to find new forms of devices for entertainment and computing, underpinned by AI, has fueled a battle among the biggest technology companies. Instagram-owner Meta overwhelmingly dominates the VR headset industry with about an 80% market share.
\nApple (AAPL.O), opens new tab<\/a> sells its Vision Pro headset while Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), opens new tab<\/a> released its Galaxy XR extended reality headset in October that uses AI features from Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O), opens new tab<\/a> Google.Other Chinese tech companies have also launched similar AI-powered glasses. Xiaomi (1810.HK), opens new tab<\/a> launched a product in June, while Baidu (9888.HK), opens new tab<\/a> already has a similar product for sale.<\/p>\n

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Reporting by Brenda Goh and Liam Mo; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Louise Heavens<\/p>\n

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