Putting Alexa inside a pair of smartglasses makes a lot of sense
Vuzix has been a regular at CES for years , crafting head-mounted displays and smartglasses often aimed at businesses -- or very enthused wearable fans . The Vuzix Blade, its latest pair of augmented reality spectacles, tries to balance that B2B / consumer sales pitch by adding a voice assistant. Amazon Alexa's newest home is a pair of smartglasses. Firstly, the crush of a CES evening show is never the best place to test out a voice assistant: You need a strong connection to make her receptive to your requests. So, pretty much all my Alexa queries fell on deaf robot ears. Fortunately, the Blade worked in every other way -- and most of us know how Alexa works by now, so I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt. A Vuzix spokesman reiterated that the smartglasses work with every Alexa skill open to developers. If you can do it with a smart speaker, then you can do it with these. The Blade has one advantage over your audio-only Echo speaker, however. In typical Vuzix fashion, th...