{"id":345838,"date":"2025-08-15T06:19:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T06:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/345838\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T06:19:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T06:19:20","slug":"why-use-metas-ray-bans-and-their-single-ai-when-this-new-vive-pair-will-give-you-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/345838\/","title":{"rendered":"Why use Meta\u2019s Ray-Bans and their single AI, when this new Vive pair will give you three?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul id=\"3069956d-a04b-4bc0-a010-4f19fe003194\">\n<li><strong>HTC has a new pair of smart glasses called the Vive Eagle<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>They boast many of the same features as their rivals<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>You can only get them in Taiwan right now<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"6906e738-1766-4b66-a0bf-63a7e3743ce6\">HTC has just announced a new Vive wearable, but it\u2019s not another VR headset \u2013 instead it\u2019s a pair of stylish AI glasses called Vive Eagle. And I\u2019m feeling twinges of jealousy towards anyone that can get a pair.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because these smart specs could put up a good fight against the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses I\u2019ve come to love (as well as the new Oakley HSTN specs that take the RayBans and make them a smidge better).<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"6906e738-1766-4b66-a0bf-63a7e3743ce6-2\">Hardware-wise, Vive goes beat for beat with the competition. It boasts a 12MP snapper as well as open-ear speakers, and a solid battery life of up to 36 hours of standby time and 4.5 hours of music playback while still boasting a sleek 49g design.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p>Where I think it truly shines however is its AI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.24%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/u987LVtJ5vSfQxwF3ssbiY.png\" alt=\"The HTC Vive Eagle glasses\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/u987LVtJ5vSfQxwF3ssbiY.png\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/u987LVtJ5vSfQxwF3ssbiY.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: HTC)<\/p>\n<p id=\"989993e3-ea0c-4e52-b328-5549f13e183a\">That\u2019s because while Vive\u2019s own assistant can help you with tasks it can also team up with your choice of ChatGPT or Google Gemini rather than locking you to one service \u2013 like how Meta\u2019s glasses are entirely dependent on Meta AI.<\/p>\n<p>As we\u2019ve come to expect from AI companions, Vive also makes clear that \u201call user data is stored locally\u201d on its glasses meaning it isn\u2019t used for model training. When using third-party AI services your data is also anonymised to provide improved privacy.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding off the AI upgrades, Vive\u2019s specs are better with languages. Meta\u2019s AI currently lets its smart specs translate between English, French, Spanish, Italian and German, Meanwhile Vive\u2019s assistant supports Arabic, Traditional Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, Thai, and Turkish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more.<\/p>\n<p>And I can\u2019t ignore the Eagle\u2019s striking design. I\u2019m boring enough to want to grab the translucent black pair, but the slightly see through berry red, blueish gray, and coffee brown all look beautiful and each perfectly highlight the specs\u2019 blend of fashion and technology.<\/p>\n<p>Though with a Wayfarer-like shape, these glasses perhaps don\u2019t create enough of their own personality from a silhouette perspective.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.30%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KWiVHw3uuxDtxDy4TqhwhZ.png\" alt=\"The HTC Vive Eagle glasses\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KWiVHw3uuxDtxDy4TqhwhZ.png\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/KWiVHw3uuxDtxDy4TqhwhZ.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: HTC)<\/p>\n<p id=\"52b93049-ec9b-4793-b545-2918d516a46a\">Unfortunately they won\u2019t be easy to get your hands on.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, the Vive Eagle specs are currently exclusive to Taiwan. Specifically you can find them at 2020EYEhaus premium eyewear locations and designated Taiwan Mobile OP Experience Stores.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, they are pricier than some of their rivals, such as the Meta Ray-Bans and their new Oakleys collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>Viva&#8217;s glasses are currently up for pre-order, and when they launch on September 1 they\u2019ll cost NT$15,600 (New Taiwan dollars).<\/p>\n<p>That comes to about $520 \/ \u00a3385 \/ AU$795 \u2013 which is higher than the most expensive Meta Ray-Bans at $379 \/ \u00a3379 \/ AU$539, and the $499 \/ \u00a3499 \/ AU$789 Oakley smart glasses with PRIZM lenses (ignoring the UK where the Oakleys are over \u00a3100 more).<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll need to try the Vive Eagle glasses out before passing judgement, but there is seemingly a lot to love here, and as the AI glasses competition heats up \u2013 with Meta Connect promising next-gen specs, and Android XR due next year \u2013 Vive\u2019s Eagle wearable is a welcome addition that I look forward to seeing more of.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-you-might-also-like\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/>You might also like<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HTC has a new pair of smart glasses called the Vive Eagle They boast many of the same&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345839,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3163],"tags":[323,1942,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-345838","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115031334046720566","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}