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Can LetinAR deliver lightweight consumer glasses?

If AR glasses are ever to become common accessories for daily life and work, they are going to have to be lightweight, comfortable, and indistinguishable from prescription or sunglasses. For those glasses to be really useful, they’re going to have to be powerful—able to deliver a blended view of digital information with the real world. LetinAR, a Korean company, says ...

Jon Peddie

If AR glasses are ever to become common accessories for daily life and work, they are going to have to be lightweight, comfortable, and indistinguishable from prescription or sunglasses. For those glasses to be really useful, they’re going to have to be powerful—able to deliver a blended view of digital information with the real world. LetinAR, a Korean company, says its technology can meet these challenges. So, let’s back up a bit to get the big picture. AR, as it exists today, comes in a variety of packages. We can get AR on our smartphones, the windscreen of our cars,
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