These smart glasses literally have my name on them

I’ve seen and worn smart glasses at CES before, but never a set that feel as personal as these do.

At a glance, the Halliday Glasses aren't all that different from something like the Meta Ray-Bans. When it comes to the form-factor, they're lightweight and looking to pass as a regular set of spectacles.

Like their Meta-made counterparts, AI is a very big part of the pitch here. More specifically, Halliday (the company, not me) is talking a big game about the artificial assistant built into the smart glasses being more “proactive” in nature than some of other wearable tech out there.

According to the startup, the Halliday Glasses will analyse conversations in real time and provide insight or additional context without being prompted. This functionality does require a smartphone to be connected to the glasses via Bluetooth, but that doesn't really diminish the potential invasion of privacy involved.

Assuming you do get past that though, the Halliday Glasses offer real time translation, transcription and even captions for your music. The glasses can be controlled voice commands, a set of physical buttons (located on the frame) and a smart ring that offers “trackpad” inputs.

All this is fairly par for the course when it comes to this class of concept gadget. Where the Halliday Glasses differ is that it uses a near-eye display module rather than a transparent OLED or projected one. On one hand, this means it’ll work better for those who need prescription lenses (like me) and offer (additional privacy for the user, anyway), since nobody else will be able to see what is being displayed from the other side of the glass. Think of it as a little picture-in-picture view for reality and you’ve got he right idea.

According to Halliday (again, the company), the smart glasses will go on sale in the first quarter of 2025. There’s no official RRP at this stage but expect final pricing to fall somewhere between $399 and $499. You can check out the website for more information but as speaking as someone who shares a name with this particular set of smart glasses, I feel like I already know enough.