Even Realities
Camera-free AI smart glasses with a heads-up display: translation, navigation, and prompts without the privacy problem.
About
Even Realities makes camera-free smart glasses that beam information into your line of sight through a proprietary heads-up display, deliberately skipping the camera to sidestep the privacy concerns of face-worn AI. The flagship Even G2 ($599) has a binocular MicroLED waveguide display, 36-gram titanium frame, prescription lens support from -12 to +12 diopters, IP65 rating, and a claimed 48-hour battery life. An Even AI Companion on your phone powers navigation, notifications, real-time translation, teleprompter, and Ask Even AI queries, with the Even R1 smart ring ($249) as a touchpad controller and health tracker.
The company was founded in 2023 by ex-Apple engineer Will Wang, reached a $1 billion valuation with a $150 million pre-Series B led by Meituan and Tencent in July 2026, and says it was the first waveguide smart-glasses maker to sell over 10,000 units. Those sales and profitability claims are company-reported. Reviews note the trade-off is real: no camera means no first-person capture, but the glasses are socially comfortable in meetings and restaurants in a way camera glasses are not.
What it can do
- Camera-free heads-up display: navigation, notifications, translation, teleprompter, Ask Even AI
- Binocular MicroLED waveguide display, 640x350 per eye, 1200 nits
- Conversate: contextual AI that follows conversation flow with live prompts and summaries
- Real-time translation across nearly 30 languages
- 48-hour battery life with charging case rated for seven full charges
- Even R1 smart ring: touchpad control plus health tracking
Setup
- Order Even G2 ($599) from evenrealities.com, adding prescription lenses or the R1 ring if needed.
- Install the Even companion app on iOS or Android and pair the glasses over Bluetooth.
- Calibrate the heads-up display position and enable features like real-time translation, navigation, and teleprompter.
- Pair the optional R1 ring to control the display with taps and swipes.
Prerequisites
An iOS or Android phone with Bluetooth; $599 for the glasses (prescription lenses and R1 ring cost extra).
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: $150M pre-Series B at $1B valuation reported by TechCrunch via valueaddvc (July 2026); Even G2 shipping at $599 corroborated by Android Authority and IFA 2026 coverage; evenrealities.com verified live. Strengths: real shipping product, distinctive privacy-first positioning, actual unit sales. Docked for: (1) sales and profitability figures are company-reported; (2) premium closed ecosystem, camera-free design limits some AI use cases. License: proprietary.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 7.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 8.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 6.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 8.0/10
- · $150M pre-Series B at $1B valuation led by Meituan and Tencent (TechCrunch via valueaddvc, July 2026)
- · Even G2 ($599) shipping, corroborated by Android Authority and IFA 2026 coverage; first waveguide maker to sell 10,000+ units (company-reported)
- · evenrealities.com verified live with product details and user testimonials
- · Founded 2023 by ex-Apple engineer Will Wang; sales/profitability figures company-reported
Sources
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