Amazon unveils prototype AI smart glasses for its delivery drivers


Instagram and Facebook-owner Meta has also experimented with smart glasses in recent years.

At its Meta Connect conference last month, the company unveiled a range of smart glasses powered by its Meta AI technology, including a pair of Ray-Bans with a built-in display.

Unlike Amazon, Meta’s smart glasses target the mainstream consumer products market.

Meta presented the hardware as a technology that allows users to remain more engaged in the real world compared to smartphones.

For Amazon, the Amelia smart glasses could augment efficiency in the “last mile” of its delivery network.

Ms Tomay said the smart glasses can detect when they are in a moving vehicle, which prompts them to automatically shut off.

“From a safety perspective, we thought that was important. No distractions,” Ms Tomay told a group of reporters at an event in California.

Ms Tomay estimated that the glasses could create up to 30 minutes in efficiencies per 8- to 10-hour shift by minimising repetitive tasks and helping drivers to quickly locate packages in their vehicles.

The smart glasses also include a hardware switch on the controller that lets the driver turn off the glasses and all of its sensors, including the camera and microphone.

Drivers “can choose to keep it off,” she said.


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