Viture announces Vonder smart glasses that record your voice without cameras

In short: Viture has announced Vonder, a $299 pair of smart glasses with no cameras that uses your voice to build a personal “memory map” and offer AI help.

What happened

Viture, a smart glasses company, announced a new product called Vonder. Unlike some smart glasses, Vonder does not have a built-in display and it does not include cameras. Instead, it looks closer to regular eyeglasses and focuses on audio.

The glasses include microphones and speakers for things like music, directions, and phone calls. Viture says a small blue light turns on when the glasses are recording audio.

Most of the time, Vonder mainly picks up the wearer’s speech using bone-conduction sensors, which detect vibrations from your voice through the frame (similar to how some headphones “hear” through vibration instead of air). There is also a “meeting mode” that can record the environment around you. Viture says battery life is about 16 hours.

Viture says the glasses create a “memory graph,” which is a web-like map in an app that connects things you talked about and places you went. The built-in assistant can choose between several well-known AI systems, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek, depending on which is faster and cheaper for a given request.

Vonder starts at $299, can be fitted with prescription lenses, and comes in different frame styles and lens options. Preorders open September 28, and shipping is expected in November.

Why it matters

Wearable devices that listen raise privacy questions, especially in public and at work. Viture is trying to address some concerns by skipping cameras and using an indicator light for audio recording, but the product still depends on collecting what you say throughout the day.

Source: Wired