Solos AirGo Vision Gen 2 (Modular Frame)
Modular smart glasses with USB-C detachable camera front rims—allowing users to swap from a camera-equipped street frame to a camera-free office rim in 3 seconds.
Key Engineering Highlights
- Physically swap the front lens frame to remove the camera when entering secure offices
- Lets users choose their preferred cloud LLM provider in the companion app
Full Hardware Specifications
| Processor / Edge SoC | Low-Power Audio/Vision SoC |
|---|---|
| AI Model Stack | Open Router (GPT-5o / Claude 4.5 / Gemini 2.5) |
| Display & Optics | Screenless Audio + LED Notification Cue |
| Camera & Vision | Detachable 16MP Front Frame Module |
| Measured Weight | 38.0g (Audio Rim) / 43.0g (Camera Rim) |
| Battery & Runtime | 10h Audio / 6.5h Multimodal |
| Connectivity & I/O | Bluetooth 5.4 + Direct USB-C Temple Port |
| Sensors & Acoustics | Whisper-Voice Directional Beamforming |
⚖️ Side-by-Side Comparison: Solos AirGo Vision Gen 2 (Modular Frame) vs. AI Smart Glasses Peers
Direct specification comparison against leading competing devices in the AI Smart Glasses category.
| Specification | Solos AirGo Vision Gen 2 (Modular Frame) (Current) | Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 AI Glasses → | Even Realities G2 Air Invisible HUD Glasses → | Rokid AR Spatial AI Glasses → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Solos | Meta × EssilorLuxottica | Even Realities | Rokid |
| Retail Price | $299 | $349 | $599 | $549 |
| Lab Rating | ||||
| Edge SoC | Low-Power Audio/Vision SoC | Snapdragon AR1+ Gen 2 | Dual-Core Ultra-Low-Power MCU + Acoustic NPU | Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 (Station Puck) |
| AI Model Stack | Open Router (GPT-5o / Claude 4.5 / Gemini 2.5) | Llama 4 Multimodal (Hybrid Edge-Cloud) | Multi-LLM Router (GPT-4o / Claude / DeepSeek) | Qwen-Omni Hybrid Multimodal Engine |
| Display / Optics | Screenless Audio + LED Notification Cue | Screenless (Audio + First-Person Vision) | Binocular Green MicroLED (1,500 nits eye-box) | Sony Binocular Full-Color MicroOLED (1920×1200, 120Hz) |
| Camera | Detachable 16MP Front Frame Module | 12MP Ultrawide w/ Optical Stabilization | None (Privacy-first design) | Dual 16MP Stereoscopic Spatial Cameras |
| Weight | 38.0g (Audio Rim) / 43.0g (Camera Rim) | 44.5g | 41.8g | 72.0g |
| Battery | 10h Audio / 6.5h Multimodal | 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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