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.

Readiness

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.

Availability

preorder-open

Preorder open.

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Price honesty

actual-sale-price

One price on file: $369-$489 (actual sale price).

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Capability honesty

no-claims

No reviewed capability claims on file for Halliday (DigiWindow).

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Real-world use

pilot

Maturity: pilot. No verified deployments in the registry.

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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-$489actual sale price · TechCrunch (Halliday $489) ↗ · 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

What does the Halliday (DigiWindow) cost?

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

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

Compared to

• Hey Pocketby Open Vision Engineering (Hey Pocket) · wearable
• AI Pinby Humane · wearable
• Xiaomi AI Glassesby Xiaomi · wearable

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/ ↗