No, Bose, Those Aren't AR Glasses You're Hyping, but Nice Try

On Friday, audio giant Bose emerged as the latest, and perhaps the most surprising company to announce that it's planning to release augmented reality smartglasses. There's just one problem: these smartglasses don't present any visual content whatsoever. The wearable is associated with Bose's new so-called "AR platform" that the company is unveiling this week at SXSW, and it's intended to augment what you hear rather than what you see. While the device certainly looks much cooler than most smartglasses that we've seen, the prototype device has no microdisplays for visual data or cameras to... more

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