AI is at the Forefront in Oppo’s Air Glass 3

Artificial intelligence, particularly wearables, seemed to be the defining trend at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Several manufacturers displayed cutting-edge products that consumers will likely get their hands on soon. 

Yi XU, Director of XR Technology at OPPO

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For Chinese brand Oppo, the big announcement was a prototype for its new generation of assisted reality glasses, the Air Glass 3. Able to access Oppo’s AndesGPT model via a smartphone, the Air Glass 3 promises “a new burdenless AI experience.” Oppo’s first self-trained generative AI model, AndesGPT features dialogue enhancement, personalization, and cloud-device collaboration.

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At just 50 grams, the Air Glass 3 features a self-developed resin waveguide with a refractive index of 1.70, a display brightness uniformity of more than 50 percent, and a peak eye brightness of more than 1,000 nits. The features ensure it provides a wearing experience that is close to that of a regular pair of glasses while also providing the best full-color display of its kind. Users only need to lightly press the temple of the Air Glass 3 to activate the AI voice assistant and begin performing a range of tasks. 

Oppo's Air Glass 3

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Oppo’s Air Glass 3 also supports touch interaction, which can be used to easily control functions such as music playback, voice calls, information display, color image browsing, and more. The glasses also feature reverse sound field technology, an open acoustic design with four microphones, and other innovations that improve noise isolation to deliver high audio quality and enhanced privacy protection.

Oppo also announced a collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and startup AlpsenTek to introduce a new AI Motion algorithm based on Hybrid Vision Sensing (HVS) technology, which brings added clarity to photography and videography of high-speed moving objects. As well, the Chinese brand showcased a range of products with partners, including Google, Qualcomm Technologies, and MediaTek, and has announced that Oppo smartphone users will soon be able to connect their phones to Microsoft Copilot.

OPPO Find X7 Ultra and OPPO Find N3 at Qualcomm booth

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Ahead of MWC, Oppo also announced the establishment of the Oppo AI Center, which is a new hub designed to better focus the company’s resources towards R&D in AI and drive cutting-edge, user-centric exploration of technology and applications that aim to bring the benefits of AI to more people.

As part of this commitment, Oppo’s Reno11 Series and Find N3 in global markets will be equipped with an array of generative AI features, including AI Eraser, within the second quarter of 2024. The brand also said it would integrate generative AI features into more of its products in the global markets, including the next generation of the Reno series, allowing more users to experience the smart, powerful, and convenient lifestyle empowered by AI.