HTC launches Vive Eagle AI glasses in Taiwan with on-device AI

HTC has entered the smart glasses market with the Vive Eagle AI-enabled glasses, a design-forward rival to Meta’s Ray-Ban Stories that emphasizes on-device artificial intelligence, first-person capture capabilities and real-time translation, all without a built-in display. The glasses are being launched in Taiwan, priced at about NT$15,600 (roughly $520), with preorders opening from mid-August and a September 1 in-store date, while no global rollout has been announced.

HTC positions the Vive Eagle as a lightweight, fashion-oriented pair of glasses that blend everyday usability with AI-powered features. Weighing just under 49 grams, the frames use Zeiss optics and come in several translucent color options. The device sports a 12-megapixel ultrawide camera on the left temple and an LED on the right temple to indicate when recording. There is no external display on the lenses; instead, all processing and data handling occur on the device, with content stored locally and protected by encryption. HTC describes a “privacy-first” approach, noting that sensitive video and data are not uploaded to the cloud or used to train AI models.

The Vive Eagle’s AI component is central to its...