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Halliday (DigiWindow) vs r1 in 2026

Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.

Key differences

  • r1 has the lower recorded price.
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ManufacturerHallidayRabbit Inc
Form factorwearablewearable
Maturitypilotpilot
Autonomy——
Availabilitypreorder-openpreordershipping-nowshipping
Price$369-$489 (actual sale price)$199 (actual sale price)
Capability claims——
Brain——
Verified deployments1Global1Santa Monica
Privacy practices7third-party-sharing, data-deletion-control, capture-indicator, location-tracking, data-retention, cloud-upload, data-sale10location-tracking, cloud-upload, data-retention, third-party-sharing, data-deletion-control, data-sale, location-tracking, data-sale, data-deletion-control, data-retention
Sources on file1212

Editorial summaries

Halliday (DigiWindow)

The Halliday glasses are display-first AI glasses built around DigiWindow: a roughly 3.5mm MicroLED projector on the inside of the upper-right rim that beams a monochrome green ~3.5-inch virtual display above the eyeline (a projection, not a lens waveguide), in ~35-gram conventional frames with no front camera, a touchpad, and an optional ring controller. Features include real-time translation (40 languages, demoed), notifications, navigation, a 'Cheat Sheet' teleprompter, and a 'proactive AI' Echo Mode. DEPLOY records it at pilot maturity: it launched via Kickstarter ($369 backer price, $489 retail) rather than full retail shipping. Its differentiator is the eye-projected display plus proactive AI, not eye-tracking (no eye-tracking is on record), and it has no camera. Cap-flag: the AI features and translation are demonstrated, and the ~8-hour battery is a vendor claim; verified shipping at scale is not yet established.

r1

The Rabbit r1 is a $199 pocket AI companion device, unveiled at CES in January 2024 and still shipping into 2026, with no subscription. Its editorial throughline is the gap between demo and product: the launch demonstration of a Large Action Model (LAM) completing agentic tasks outran what the shipping product has consistently delivered. Rabbit has shipped software updates since launch, but consistent agentic task completion is not verified. DEPLOY classifies its maturity as pilot.

Common questions

What is the difference between Halliday (DigiWindow) and r1?
Halliday (DigiWindow) and r1 are both wearable robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.
Which is cheaper, Halliday (DigiWindow) or r1?
r1 has the lower recorded price on the DEPLOY registry than Halliday (DigiWindow). Prices are sourced; see each record for whether the figure is a manufacturer target, an estimate, or an actual sale price.
Which has more verified deployments, Halliday (DigiWindow) or r1?
Halliday (DigiWindow) and r1 each have 1 verified deployment on the DEPLOY registry (confirmed at named sites with primary sources).

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