With several major manufacturers now shipping smart glasses, the category is emerging as a genuine successor to the smartwatch boom.
Glasses might end up being the wearable that finally sticks, precisely because they don’t look new.
Improvements in display clarity and battery life have made all-day wear more realistic than earlier attempts.
New devices succeed when they blend into routines instead of demanding attention.
The bigger test will be whether software support keeps pace with the hardware’s rapid improvement.