# Halliday (DigiWindow)

Manufacturer: [Halliday](/companies/halliday)  
Category: wearable

## Summary

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.

## Top line

> Halliday (DigiWindow) is preorder open at $369-$489 (actual sale price), no capability claims are on file, the model has no verified field deployments in the registry, and no incidents are on record.

## Readiness

- **Availability** (preorder-open): Preorder open.
- **Price honesty** (actual-sale-price): One price on file: $369-$489 (actual sale price).
- **Capability honesty** (no-claims): No reviewed capability claims on file for Halliday (DigiWindow).
- **Real-world use** (pilot): Maturity: pilot. No verified deployments in the registry.
- **Safety record** (no-incidents): No incidents on record. No verified deployments either.

## What it claims to do

_No reviewed capability claims on file._

## Price

- $369-$489, _actual-sale-price_ ([TechCrunch (Halliday $489)](https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/03/hallidays-489-smart-glasses-beam-a-tiny-screen-to-your-eye/)) _as of 2025-01-03_

## Real-world use

_No verified deployments on file for Halliday (DigiWindow)._

## Safety record

_No incidents on record. No verified deployments either, so the absence is uninformative._

## Privacy

_No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Halliday (DigiWindow)._

## Specs

- **notes**: [{"label":"Verified","value":"Halliday (founder Carter Hou) debuted at CES 2025. Its DigiWindow projects a small display directly at the eye from a tiny rim-mounted MicroLED module (no front camera). Real-time translation was demonstrated hands-on. Kickstarter (Jan 22-Mar 8 2025): ~8,023 backers, ~$3.31M raised."},{"label":"Maturity = pilot (cap-flag)","value":"Past pure announced/research (real device, hands-on, units reached some backers), but Kickstarter-funded with partial, QC-delayed fulfillment through 2025 and no broad mainstream review of a generally-available retail unit. PILOT, not commercial. Money raised is not units delivered."},{"label":"AI-substance: VENEER","value":"The 'proactive AI' claim is the weakest-verified element: TechCrunch's CES hands-on explicitly states the AI ('Echo Mode') 'was not ready for testing yet.' The only AI-adjacent feature actually demonstrated was cloud translation; with no camera, multimodal scene-understanding is not physically possible. 'World's 1st proactive AI glasses' is marketing."},{"label":"Claimed but NOT verified","value":"Echo Mode / proactive AI working as marketed (not testable at reveal); general retail availability of a fully-fulfilled QC-clean product; 8-hour battery in real use; 40-language accuracy beyond one staged demo; funding beyond crowdfunding; leadership beyond founder Carter Hou."}]
- **specs**: Halliday glasses + DigiWindow: ~35g conventional frames; DigiWindow = a ~3.5mm MicroLED projector on the inside of the upper-right rim beaming a monochrome green ~3.5-inch virtual display above the eyeline (not a lens waveguide); NO front camera; touchpad + optional ring controller; ~8hr claimed battery. Features: real-time translation (40 languages, demoed), notifications, navigation, 'Cheat Sheet' teleprompter, 'proactive AI' Echo Mode. $489 retail / $369 Kickstarter.
- **formFactor**: wearable (display glasses with eye-projected MicroLED module; NO camera; AI-positioned)

## What's under the hood

_No brain on file for Halliday (DigiWindow)._

## Frequently asked questions

### Is the Halliday (DigiWindow) actually available for purchase?

Preorder open for Halliday (DigiWindow).

_Source: [Halliday $489 glasses beam a tiny screen to your eye; AI feature NOT ready to test](https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/03/hallidays-489-smart-glasses-beam-a-tiny-screen-to-your-eye/)._

### What does the Halliday (DigiWindow) cost?

Halliday (DigiWindow) costs $369-$489 one-time (actual sale price).

_Source: [TechCrunch (Halliday $489)](https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/03/hallidays-489-smart-glasses-beam-a-tiny-screen-to-your-eye/)._

### Where is the Halliday (DigiWindow) being used?

No verified field deployments on record.

### Is the Halliday (DigiWindow) safe?

No incidents on record, but with no verified field deployments either, the absence is uninformative.

### How does the Halliday (DigiWindow) handle privacy?

No privacy practices disclosed or on file for Halliday (DigiWindow).

### Who makes the Halliday (DigiWindow)?

Halliday (DigiWindow) is made by Halliday, based in United States.

_Source: [Halliday $489 glasses beam a tiny screen to your eye; AI feature NOT ready to test](https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/03/hallidays-489-smart-glasses-beam-a-tiny-screen-to-your-eye/)._

## Manufacturer

- [Halliday (https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/03/hallidays-489-smart-glasses-beam-a-tiny-screen-to-your-eye/)](https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/03/hallidays-489-smart-glasses-beam-a-tiny-screen-to-your-eye/)

## Compared to

- [Hey Pocket](/consumer/models/hey-pocket)
- [AI Pin](/consumer/models/humane-ai-pin)
- [Xiaomi AI Glasses](/consumer/models/xiaomi-ai-glasses)

## Sources

1. [Halliday $489 glasses beam a tiny screen to your eye; AI feature NOT ready to test](https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/03/hallidays-489-smart-glasses-beam-a-tiny-screen-to-your-eye/)
2. [Hands-on: Halliday glasses project a display on your eye (DigiWindow)](https://9to5google.com/2025/01/halliday-smart-glasses-hands-on/)
3. [Halliday Kickstarter (~8,023 backers, ~$3.31M; #1 'proactive AI glasses')](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/halliday/halliday-1st-proactive-ai-glasses-with-invisible-display)
4. [Halliday proactive-AI smart glasses for $369+ (crowdfunding)](https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/halliday-proactive-ai-smart-glasses/)

_Canonical: https://deploy.report/models/halliday-glasses_