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Lenovo's Glasses T1 let you bring a private big screen display with
you

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Plug them into your smartphone or computer and disconnect even
further from the world

By Umar Shakir Sep 1, 2022, 2:52pm EDT
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Lenovo is the latest company promoting a USB-C monitor made for your
face. The company's new Glasses T1 put a Full HD OLED screen in front
of each of your eyes and were revealed today during IFA and on
Lenovo's virtual showcase.

This wearable private display, as Lenovo puts it, is very much like
other consumer smart glasses, including TCL's NxtWear Air, which puts
two 1080p micro-OLED screens in front of your eyes, just like
Lenovo's T1. Another similar product is the Nreal Air, though that
one has a 90Hz screen refresh rate compared to the T1's 60Hz.

You aren't getting any VR or AR experiences with these types of
glasses, and you can't safely walk around wearing them as your vision
would be entirely obscured, and the cable keeps them tethered to
whatever your source is. Instead, it's designed for you to stay put
as if you were watching an actual TV or monitor, but the effect makes
it feel like a huge theater screen. You can watch movies, play games,
and do your confidential digital paperwork, all while looking like
Marvel's Daredevil -- without his hyper-awareness.

[02_Lenovo_] Image: Lenovo
[07a_Lenovo] Image: Lenovo

Lenovo is betting that mobile gamers will want these glasses, too,
citing a Global Industry Analysts report that predicts a $160 billion
global market for that industry by 2026. Similarly, it's expecting
the eclipsing video streaming market to mean more people might want
to watch shows inside their own T1 bubbles.

The Glasses T1 use a physical wire to connect to devices like PCs,
tablets, smartphones, Macs, and other devices that can output video
through USB-C. If you'd like to use the glasses with iOS devices like
your iPhone, you'll have to buy Lenovo's HDMI adapter, as well as
Apple's Digital AV adapter -- all because Apple still hasn't moved on
from its 10-year-old Lightning port. The T1 glasses also work with
Motorola's secondary "Ready For" interface that lets you use apps in
a desktop style.

[Lenovo_Gla] Movie time, in your living room, which may or may not
already have a TV. Image: Lenovo

Additionally, the glasses come with multiple nose pads that'll be
helpful for extended use and a prescription frame if you need it. The
T1 glasses are battery-powered but can pull power from capable
devices. They also have built-in speakers in case you want only the
video to be ultra-private.

Like many other display glasses, the Lenovo Glasses T1 will be
released for the Chinese market first. They're called the Lenovo Yoga
glasses in China and will come by the end of the year. The company
also plans to release them in "select markets" later in 2023. No
pricing has been released.

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