MemoMind, a new AI hardware brand from projector manufacturer XGIMI, launched a crowdfunding campaign for its first smart glasses last week, the MemoMind One, which include dual displays, microphones, and open ear speakers—but no built-in camera.
The News
First shown at CES 2026 in Las Vegas in January, MemoMind One launched a Kickstarter last Sunday hoping to attract a nominal $80,000 HKD (~$10,100 USD) for its first pair of smart glasses, which serve up dual green micro-LED displays (2,000 nits), integrated audio, and a host of AI-assisted actions, such as real-time translation, note taking, contextual assistance, navigation, and more.
At the time of this writing, MemoMind One’s Kickstarter has already blasted past the $500,000 USD mark, now approaching $4.6M HKD (~$586,000 USD).
The China-based company, which is best known for its range of home projectors, is offering MemoMind One in three frame styles: Nomad (Square-Round), Archive (Round), and Gotham (Square), and promises seven customizable color options. They also support prescription lenses, as XGIMI aims to deliver all-day usage with its “up to 16 hour” battery life.
While MemoMind One includes a range of AI-powered features without needing a subscription, such as on-device AI assistant, navigation, translating more than 26 languages, and displaying teleprompter text, the company is also set to offer a monthly ‘Memo+’ subscription service priced at $20 USD per month.
The Memo+ subscription is set to include a longer-term memory that can search across your captured meetings, conversations, and moments. Notably, deposit holders will get 12 months of Memo+ for free while Kickstarter backers get six months.
MemoMind One is available to pre-order through Kickstarter, with shipments expected later this summer. Pricing starts at $400 for the Standard Edition, rising to $499 with prescription lenses. A Custom Edition starts at $449.
My Take
Meta and hardware partner EssilorLuxottica have been pretty vocal about the success of their camera-clad Ray-Ban smart glasses over the years. The growing segment has shown that there’s definitely a market out there for people who want stylish glasses that put AI front and center, and also pack in a pretty okay camera and pair of built-in headphones too.
For some, the camera is a bit of a sticking point though, as it understandably can weird people out at the thought of being constantly recorded, or being misidentified as that guy—the one who followed the YouTube tutorial on how to disable the capture LED so people know when you’re actively recording. That said, if Meta’s, Google’s or Samsung’s continued investment in the space is any indication, the weird guy phenomenon hasn’t poisoned the well just yet, as there seems to be enough good will out there to not elevate things to “Glasshole” levels of moral panic.
While not the first to offer dual displays (albeit monochrome green), MemoMind One seems to be flanking the smart glasses segment from a decidedly much safer approach, one that’s critically without any whiff of controversy thus far. And in the process, it’s also looking to undercut some of the display smart glasses market leaders too, like Even Realities G2, which are priced at $600 before adding prescription lenses.
We haven’t gone hands-on with MemoMind One yet, although it’s interesting to see that consumers will soon be able to choose between display-clad smart glasses and audio-only smart glasses for more of less the same price.
