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Will Sesame Smart Glasses have a wave guide visual display?
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Ṁ1kṀ104
2027
45%
chance
3

Resolution criteria

This market resolves to YES if the first commercially released generation (or official consumer hardware specification reveal) of Sesame smart glasses includes an optical waveguide display (such as diffractive, reflective, or holographic waveguide optics) capable of projecting visual graphics or text into the wearer’s field of view.

This market resolves to NO if:

  • Sesame's first smart glasses launch without any visual display (e.g., audio/camera-only, similar to Ray-Ban Meta glasses).

  • The glasses use a non-waveguide optical display system (e.g., birdbath optics, prism/curved mirror combiner without a planar waveguide).

  • Sesame officially cancels or shuts down hardware development without launching smart glasses.

Resolution will be determined using official product announcements, technical specification sheets, or teardowns from Sesame's official website or major consumer technology reporting (e.g., The Verge, Lowpass, Ars Technica).


Background

Sesame, founded by former Oculus co-founders Brendan Iribe and Nate Mitchell, develops conversational voice agents (such as Maya, Miles, Simone, and Charlie) and announced plans to release hardware frames Made in Japan targeted for 2027.

While the company has positioned the glasses around voice-first AI and premium optical craftsmanship, technical details regarding whether the frames will feature augmented-reality visual displays—such as optical waveguides—or remain an audio- and camera-focused form factor have not yet been disclosed.

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Perhaps the more interesting question would’ve been will the wave guide if there is one-sided sided or both-sided