INMO Air3 Standalone 1080p Waveguide AR Glasses
Standalone Android 14 spatial AR glasses featuring a 1920×1080 full-color Sony Micro-OLED vertical reflective waveguide display (36° FoV, 120Hz), 4nm Qualcomm 8-core SoC (8GB/128GB), 16MP camera, and 3DoF Smart Ring controller.
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Key Engineering Highlights
- First mass-production standalone waveguide glasses to achieve true 1920×1080 full-color resolution at 120Hz using Sony Micro-OLED + vertical reflective array optics
- Runs full Android 14 (IMOS 3.0) with 8GB RAM natively inside the frame—projecting up to three virtual floating workspaces without a tethered phone or laptop
- Reflective array waveguide design eliminates external rainbow diffraction glints, keeping your virtual desktop 100% private from onlookers
Full Hardware Specifications
| Processor / Edge SoC | 4nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 8-Core Spatial SoC (8GB LPDDR5 + 128GB UFS) |
|---|---|
| AI Model Stack | INMO GPT Multimodal Agent + 40-Language Offline/Cloud Translation |
| Display & Optics | 1920×1080 Full-Color Sony Micro-OLED Vertical Array Waveguide (36° FoV, 120Hz, 600 nits) |
| Camera & Vision | 16MP Ultrawide First-Person Camera w/ EIS & Document OCR |
| Measured Weight | 135.0g (Standalone All-in-One Compute & Optical Frame) |
| Battery & Runtime | 1.5h Continuous 120Hz Multi-Monitor AR / 6.5h Standby & Audio |
| Connectivity & I/O | Wi-Fi 6E / Bluetooth 5.3 / 3DoF Spatial Ring & Temple Trackpad |
| Sensors & Acoustics | 9-Axis Spatial IMU + 4-Mic Beamforming Array + Zero Forward Light Leakage |
⚖️ Side-by-Side Comparison: INMO Air3 Standalone 1080p Waveguide AR Glasses vs. AI Smart Glasses Peers
Direct specification comparison against leading competing devices in the AI Smart Glasses category.
| Specification | INMO Air3 Standalone 1080p Waveguide AR Glasses (Current) | Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 AI Glasses → | Even Realities G2 Air Invisible HUD Glasses → | Rokid AR Spatial AI Glasses → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | INMO | Meta × EssilorLuxottica | Even Realities | Rokid |
| Retail Price | $899 | $349 | $599 | $549 |
| Editorial Rating | ||||
| Edge SoC | 4nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 8-Core Spatial SoC (8GB LPDDR5 + 128GB UFS) | Snapdragon AR1+ Gen 2 | Dual-Core Ultra-Low-Power MCU + Acoustic NPU | Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 (Station Puck) |
| AI Model Stack | INMO GPT Multimodal Agent + 40-Language Offline/Cloud Translation | Llama 4 Multimodal (Hybrid Edge-Cloud) | Multi-LLM Router (GPT-4o / Claude / DeepSeek) | Qwen-Omni Hybrid Multimodal Engine |
| Display / Optics | 1920×1080 Full-Color Sony Micro-OLED Vertical Array Waveguide (36° FoV, 120Hz, 600 nits) | Screenless (Audio + First-Person Vision) | Binocular Green MicroLED (1,500 nits eye-box) | Sony Binocular Full-Color MicroOLED (1920×1200, 120Hz) |
| Camera | 16MP Ultrawide First-Person Camera w/ EIS & Document OCR | 12MP Ultrawide w/ Optical Stabilization | None (Privacy-first design) | Dual 16MP Stereoscopic Spatial Cameras |
| Weight | 135.0g (Standalone All-in-One Compute & Optical Frame) | 44.5g | 41.8g | 72.0g |
| Battery | 1.5h Continuous 120Hz Multi-Monitor AR / 6.5h Standby & Audio | 7.5h single charge / 38h w/ charging case | 14.5h continuous / 52h w/ case | 5,500mAh Station Puck (4.5h active display) |
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