Preface:
It's a great honor to be awarded the qualification of Lenovo Smart Glasses C100 for 100 gamers to experience. As the first smart glasses in China and the second smart glasses in the world, it's really memorable to be the first batch of experience testers. The emergence of smart glasses as one of the smart wearable devices is a milestone. Although the problem of Google Glasses is not as smooth as expected, it was believed that with the continuous improvement of hardware and software, and the participation of more and more hardware manufacturers, smart glasses in the future will become the necessary equipment closely related to our lives like ordinary mobile phones.
Lenovo, as the leader of domestic hardware manufacturers, has also invested a lot of energy and financial resources to boldly launch smart glasses. The name New Glass also represents a new journey and a new beginning. We also wish Lenovo can truly develop and promote smart glasses.
The reason why this experience report is called "make your horizon wider" is actually that it is a pun. On the one hand, it means that the advent of New Glass has broadened our horizon, because many people have only heard of Google Glass, but have not seen the real face. Therefore, we can really see the legendary smart glasses through New Glass this time. On the other hand, as an auxiliary device of eyes, we can do many things that glasses can't do, such as real-time video, photography, navigation, etc., so New Glass makes our glasses more intelligent.
Since the New Glass is an engineering machine and the first Lenovo test machine, there are many problems. My New Glass failed to start, so I had to return to Beijing to replace it. So I'm sorry for the delay in submitting the unpacking report.
Because the firmware of smart glasses is constantly updated and the function experience needs to be tested, it needs to experience for a while, so this article will be updated continuously in the near future.
Unpacking:
New Glass uses specially customized wooden boxes as packaging boxes, which reflects Lenovo's attention to this artifact and the first batch of internal testing activities. The wooden box is a beveled cuboid, its four edges have been polished and smooth, and its surface is coated with varnish. It feels smooth and heavy. It is indeed a treasure box with great value for collection. The logo and name of the protagonist New Glass are printed on the front of the box.
Legend NBD logo is carved on the box leg on one side π trademark, the whole box is simple and grand, which adds a mysterious color to New Glass. We can't wait to open the box and explore it.
The box is equipped with slideway and magnet to ensure that the cover will not be opened easily. The magnet has strong magnetism, which can ensure the safety of internal glasses. As shown in the figure above, 32 marks were written on the inner wall of the box. I guess this is the trial number. Because only 100 users were selected for the first internal test of Lenovo, each reviewer was assigned a number within 100. So I am the number 32, which is more advanced.
Open the lid and you can see all the contents inside. The black background makes glasses look more solemn. Glasses, earphones, power supplies, small accessories, etc. are all kinds of things, so there is an impulse to hurry to assemble them.
A wooden medal carved on the front Lenovo NBD logo π trademark, and the reverse side is marked with the words "New Glass Collection Version 2.15 premiere", which further proves the commemorative significance of this internal test.
All furniture includes glasses body, glasses bracket, large and small glasses leg clamps, cable clamps, chargers, headsets, power cords, medals, etc. The glasses body includes glasses and batteries.
The power output is 5V 1A, which is the same as most mobile phone chargers, so it can be replaced by the same output of mobile phone power supply. However, to ensure the safety of hardware, it is recommended to use the original power supply.
The power cable adopts noodle design, with USB and mic USB connectors at both ends, which can be used as both power cable and data cable. The wire material has moderate softness and good quality.
The earphone is red, single earphone design, and the wire material is also noodle design. Relatively speaking, the earphone design is low-grade, which has received complaints from most of the trial users.
The two leg clamps are one large and one small, which are suitable for the glasses with different thicknesses. However, in the later trial process, it was found that the design of these two clamps is not ideal. On the one hand, the clasp of the glasses is loose, which is easy to fall off, and on the other hand, the clamp on the leg is not secure. This is a common complaint, and I hope that the design here can be improved in the subsequent production of glasses.
The clamp is made of silica gel, which is used to bind the mirror leg to the C100 wire. However, in actual use, the clamp is too soft to fix.
The attached glasses stand is for people without glasses. The nasal wing stand can be adjusted properly. The design of this stand is good, but the only disadvantage is that the stand is relatively light, and it is easy to loosen when clamped on the ear, especially when the C100 is heavy.
The main body of glasses is divided into two parts: glasses and batteries, which are connected by red wire in the middle.
The battery part also includes a charging interface, headphone jack, microphone, power switch, etc. Because of the heating phenomenon during use, the battery shell adopts a corrugated design to speed up heat dissipation.
The camera part includes prism, light sensor, camera, touch pad, camera shortcut key, etc.
The leg clamp is connected to the C100 through the buckle, and then the clamp clamps the leg of the glasses and adjusts the position to wear it.
on trial:
The New Glass C100 has been on trial for some time. In the middle of the trial, it was replaced once because it could not be started, so the experience took a long time. I had intended to write a good experience report, but it was a headache to find the problem of this screenshot. Moreover, because this batch of products belongs to engineering machines, there were various problems in the trial process, and the engineers were constantly improving.
Since it has been delayed for a long time, let's first post the experience today, and then add pictures after the firmware and functions of the later products are more perfect.
The New Glass C100 is a smart glasses with Android system built in. It was initially defined as a micro tablet computer in real time development. Since it is smart, it is actually equivalent to shrinking the smart tablet and realizing human-computer dialogue through voice control, gesture and other ways. Of course, due to different shapes and the scarcity of similar products, intelligent glasses need engineers to constantly explore and improve.
In order to reduce damage during transportation, The New Glass C100 is placed in the transport mode during transportation, so the user needs to activate it through USB charging first. If the battery is found to be low, fully charge the battery first.
After the transportation mode is turned off, if you want to use glasses, you need to bind them to activate your account:
1) Download the glasses butler app:
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2) Start after installation, enter User name and password to log in:
3) After logging in, enter the main interface and click+at the upper right corner:
4) Select the wifi to be connected. This wifi will become the network connection mode of C100:
5) Obtain the QR code, which needs C100 to scan:
6) The next step is to wear smart glasses, scan the QR code according to the screen prompts, add configuration information, and then use them normally. The specific operation steps can refer to the official video, which is more vivid:
7) According to the above video tutorial, you can use gestures on the right touchpad. Main interface of glasses:
8) The interface of glasses is mainly displayed in white characters on a black background, which is very monotonous. However, this design can make the vision of glasses clearer. If the interface is too bright, our glasses won't be able to tell where it is.
The big font in the middle shows the time, and the upper right corner shows the power, whether connected to wifi, and headphone mode. The "Start" below can perform the next operation through the voice command "Start":
9) At present, the main functions of glasses are these nine, which can be executed by corresponding voice commands. The speech recognition rate is acceptable. It needs to be loud to be recognized. It is difficult to recognize the password of the camera. Is my Mandarin not standard?
10) In addition to using voice commands, glasses can also execute relevant commands through gesture operations.
At this time, the touchpad is used: the fingers slide back and forth on the touchpad to switch the page from left to right;
Click with your finger to confirm;
Finger down means cancellation;
Click in the standby interface to enter the function interface:
11) The main functions are photographing, video recording, messaging, navigation and inquiry. You can switch between various functions through forward and backward gestures, and then click to confirm.
12) Among them, the messaging function needs to establish Bluetooth with the mobile phone app, and it can be used by the contact person set in the glasses steward. The messaging function can be input by voice:
If there is no speech or the voice is too low, it will prompt:
13) Photo function: This function can be used to grasp fear, and the glasses will automatically focus and shoot. Due to the foolishness of automatic shooting, it is impossible to focus and select scenes, which has become one of the complaints of everyone.
The photos taken are relatively dark. Due to the lack of focus, the photos taken are not satisfactory despite the 2592 * 1944 HD shooting mode.
14) Video recording function: the default shooting duration is only 7 seconds, which can be set to an unlimited duration by sliding back and forth
15) Navigation: input the destination through voice, and the glasses will automatically search the map. After obtaining the search results, you can start navigation after confirmation:
The navigation function has been deleted in the new firmware. In fact, the navigation function is very practical, but the navigation in glasses is still a little difficult to operate, and navigation is not meaningful. So the deletion is correct, but I hope it can be optimized and re released as soon as possible.
16) Ask: This is a function of personal computer dialogue. You can chat with a robot or inquire about the weather through it:
The success rate of speech recognition is good. Many can be recognized as long as the voice is big enough. But the robot is only a mechanical reply. It would be more intelligent to give a reply based on the previous conversation.
17) In the standby interface, slide backward to enter the setting interface and display the power condition:
18) Click to enter Bluetooth status:
19) Slide forward to enter the wifi state, and you can operate the wifi network
20) Slide forward to enter the device information, where you can see the user name and memory remaining. You can also click to turn on or off the debugging status. For example, if you want to connect to a computer, you need to turn on debugging:
21) Volume adjustment: Click to enter, and then slide back and forth to adjust the sound size:
22) There are three different levels of video quality, which can be freely selected:
23) The picture quality also has three grades
24) There are two ways to upgrade firmware: network and SD card. Strangely, where does this SD card refer to? I don't see SD card socket. I guess it's worth the memory here.
25) Automatic backup. If a Baidu account is set in the glasses steward APP, the photos and videos taken in glasses will be automatically uploaded to Baidu online disk.
26) Brightness adjustment: the brightness of the screen display can be adjusted. The higher the brightness, the clearer the recognition.
These are basically all the function menus of smart glasses. At present, glasses are still in the development stage, and there are few adaptive APPs. However, due to the open Android system, I believe that when glasses become more mature, adaptive APPs will spring up like mushrooms.
Summary:
Hardware:
1. Although the wooden packing box is used, there are still places damaged by the express delivery when the goods are received. It is recommended that the foam layer outside the box be thicker to prevent bumping when sending the express delivery.
two The fuzz on the surface of the filler in the packaging box is easy to fall off and adhere to the surface of New Glass, especially on the prism, resulting in unclear vision. It is recommended to replace the filler with a material that will not shed fluff.
3. The material of the clamp is too soft to be fixed. It is recommended to change the material or the design of the clamp.
4. The clamp on the leg of the mirror is not tight, which is particularly easy to fall off. It is recommended to redesign the binding of glasses to ensure that New Glass can be more stable.
5. The connection between the glasses and the battery is too hard to easily interfere with the position of the glasses. It is recommended to replace the soft wire.
6. When wearing the New Glass glasses, it is still relatively heavy, which is easy to cause the glasses to shake. It is recommended to add rubber band fixation to C100.
7. The legs of the glasses on the battery compartment are too narrow, which is difficult for people with thick necks. They are worried about being broken. It is recommended to replace the materials that are easier to adjust the size.
8. The product quality still needs to be improved. The last C100 cannot be turned on again after it is turned off. It was sent back to Beijing to replace the current one. However, it is found that the newly replaced glasses have no sound when the earphones are plugged in, and the earphone problem has been ruled out. Later, the headset problem was solved after restarting the glasses.
9. It is recommended to design the glasses and battery in a separable mode, which can facilitate the storage of glasses and prevent the breakage of the connecting line.
10. It is recommended to add a protective cover to the prism to prevent the lens from scratching.
Experience:
1. The glasses steward app has too few functions, such as unable to view recorded videos and pictures through the app
2. The paper version of the instruction manual was added, because there was no relevant description, it was a bit at a loss during the first operation
3. Add a power indicator to judge whether the glasses are in the power on state. Because the glasses often have a black screen, pressing the power button sometimes works and sometimes doesn't work. You can use the led indicator to judge the status of the glasses.
4. The built-in APP function of glasses is still too few, which does not reflect the strong function of smart glasses.
5. Camera shooting needs to be optimized, and the photos taken at present are overexposed.
6. The battery is easy to heat, which affects the wearing comfort of the neck
7. The battery capacity is small and the standby time is short. The battery is found dead when it is used frequently. Often, the power is flushed all night, so I can't work during the day. When I come home at night, I want to experience the low power shutdown.
8. The navigation function is lacking, and many place names cannot be searched (but in the subsequent firmware, the navigation function has been removed)
9. Add SD card expansion. After all, 13G of space is still insufficient for storing videos
10. Add a Bluetooth remote control button for one click photographing or video recording. After all, shouting "take a picture" in the crowd may not only be unrecognizable, but may also attract passers-by's surprised eyes.
If the remote control button is used, it can also replace the sliding operation of the touch pad. Sometimes the gesture operation is not convenient, and it is also easy to identify errors, such as sliding being recognized as clicking.
11. It's not smart to ask. The speech recognition of common chat content is barely qualified, and the recognition rate is low in other cases. It would be great if we could continue to chat according to the previous conversation. Now ask and answer, it's too mechanical and low-energy.
12. After charging, it is easy to turn on the white screen, and you need to press the switch twice to return to the normal state.
13. The touch pad is easy to misoperate, and frequent sliding is recognized as clicking.
14. It is suggested to add spectrum search function: for face blindness, the facial and physical feature data of the first meeting person will be analyzed through glasses and saved in the database. When meeting a stranger, glasses will automatically search the character data in the database. If matched, the stranger's name and identity will be prompted within the visual range. If there is no such data in the database, the relevant data of the stranger will be automatically saved. It's up to you to eliminate face blindness!
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