XGIMI, best known for projectors, launches its own smart glasses

Projector maker XGIMI showed up at CES to launch its own line of AR glasses, but don’t break out the champagne too soon. MemoMind is a new brand under which its AI-infused glasses will be sold, with two separate units arriving soon. The company claims to have leveraged its expertise in optics and engineering to produce discreetly lightweight glasses, to better blend into your everyday life. Fashionistas will even be delighted to discover the glasses available in eight different frame styles, five different temple models and can be worn with prescription lenses.

Memo One is the company’s flagship option, with dual-eye displays and built-in speakers so you can see and hear your AI assistant. The Memo Air, on the other hand, is a sleeker model weighing just 28.9 grams and featuring a single screen. Unfortunately, the company uses microLED displays rather than waveguides, making them a much harder sell for many potential users. After all, putting something so small so close to your eyes but behind your prescription means it’s a painful experience for nearsighted people to focus on text. As I explained in my Halliday Reviewthis technology is not the friend of eyeglass wearers who would otherwise be the first to adopt it.

Updated January 5, 2026: I’ve never been happier to release an update, as I’ve now seen them in person and learned that they don’t use microLED displays. In fact, they TO DO use waveguides, which makes them much more attractive than I had initially thought. In fact, the glasses that stick out to me the most are the Even Realities G1, which I reviewed and absolutely loved.

In fact, there are many similarities, including the fact that you have to tilt your head to activate them. The waveguide prisms are much higher here, giving you much more space for your important data. To the point where the home screen was configured to include full inventory tracking (with charts) and still had room for the time and notification pane.

They’re also surprisingly lightweight, despite the fact that the model I tested was the feature-rich flagship, as opposed to the screen-less version.

The glasses are just a vehicle for the company’s AI assistant, promising translation, summarizing, note-taking, reminders and contextual advice. Unlike some of its potential competitors, XGIMI says its platform will switch between OpenAI, Azure, and Qwen (from Alibaba) based on what it believes will give you the best outcome for each task. Naturally, we’ll have to get them tested before making a final judgment on their qualities, but you can color us naturally hostile to those damn microLEDs until we’re convinced otherwise.

XGIMI says the flagship Memo One will be available for pre-order “soon”, likely after MWC in March. It will cost $599, with prescription lenses available for an additional, as-yet-unspecified fee, and the other models will arrive later.

This story has been updated to correct incorrect information in the company’s press release.