CEO's glasses called him out

David Jiang, Viture's cofounder, says his smart glasses sent him an AI message during his son's tennis tournament telling him to stop shouting and criticizing. He credits the feedback with making him a better father.

“I didn't know this until Vonder could find my pattern.”

Viture pivots to AI glasses

Viture, known for chunky plug-in display glasses, just announced Vonder, a sleek pair with no cameras that look like normal frames. They use AI to map memories, ideas, and goals into a digital vision board.

How Vonder actually works

The glasses have microphones and speakers in the arms. They use bone-conduction sensors to pick up your voice all day, then an AI assistant processes what you say to build a personal memory graph tracking your activities and thoughts.

AI picks the right model

Vonder's built-in AI can trigger ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or DeepSeek depending on the task's complexity, choosing whichever model is quickest and most economical for each question.

Privacy by design

Unlike Meta's Ray-Bans, Vonder has no cameras and only records audio when you're speaking. A small blue indicator light shows when recording, and the glasses collect data passively through bone-conduction sensors.

Your memory, visualized

The glasses generate a personal memory graph from your conversations, tracking coffee shops you've visited, sports you play, and topics you've discussed. You can ask it to find patterns in your stress levels or upcoming decisions.

Jiang's demo showed prediction

In a three-month test, Vonder pulled up topics Jiang had been thinking about before he mentioned them, including hiring decisions and his product launch timing. It even created a dossier on a visiting journalist.

One perspective, one problem

The glasses only record your voice and thoughts, not other people's. This means the memory graph captures just your side of conversations, potentially missing context and creating a biased view of events.

Jiang's answer to bias

When asked how the glasses handle missing perspectives, Jiang said people naturally repeat what others say in conversation, so the AI captures enough context. He estimates only 10 to 15 percent of information is missing.

Price and availability

Vonder costs $299, can be fitted with prescriptions, and comes in multiple frame shapes and colors with clear, transition, or shaded lenses. Preorders start September 28, shipping in November.