xMEMS Labs Teases Lightweight AI Glasses Featuring Sycamore Speakers, µCooling System

Micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) specialist xMEMS Labs has teased the release of a prototype pair of artificially intelligent smart glasses at its upcoming xMEMS Live Asia seminar series — showing off how its Sycamore loudspeaker and µCooling "fan-on-a-chip" can solve some fundamental difficulties in miniaturizing the technology.

"Smart glasses are poised to become the next AI [Artificial Intelligence] interface – transforming how we access information, communicate, and experience the world," xMEMS Labs' Mike Housholder confidently predicts. "But they'll only succeed if they remain as wearable as they are capable. Sycamore and µCooling remove two of the biggest barriers – speaker bulk and heat – enabling thinner, lighter designs that deliver crystal-clear sound, precise thermal control, and all-day comfort."

xMEMS unveiled Sycamore back in November last year as what it claimed as the world's first thin near-field full-range speaker to come in just a little over 1mm in thickness. Wearables were key to the company's positioning of the parts, and now it's ready to show off prototype AI-powered smart glasses that place Sycamore speakers in the arms to provide "natural conversational AI and immersive music playback."

The µCooling fan-on-a-chip, meanwhile, is a solid-state heat-moving system, which, again, is integrated directly into the frame of the prototype glasses in order to reduce their surface temperature by up to 40 percent — while simultaneously boosting thermal margins, i.e. how long the processor can sustain heavy computation, by up to a claimed 70 percent.

While the company has released a small number of teaser images showing off its design, the full unveiling will take place during the xMEMS Live Asia seminar series on September 16th in Taipei and September 18th in Shenzhen. Those looking to attend can reserve a place on the XMEMS Labs website.