A phone in your hand has become the default shape of modern life, but what if the next interface is something you already wear? I’m joined by Robin Solleveld, General Manager at EssilorLuxottica in the Netherlands, to unpack why smart glasses are suddenly hitting the usability and price point that wearables promised for years, and why Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta are turning wearable AI into something people actually choose to wear all day. 

We get specific on business value: hands-free support for technicians, live POV calling, instant translation across multilingual teams, and voice-driven notes that can be transcribed and sent without breaking flow. Robin also shares what’s coming next for B2B, including the potential of an SDK that lets organisations build tailored apps for field engineers, service teams and other roles where “eyes up, hands free” matters. Alongside the opportunity, we dig into privacy, ethics and workplace policy, and why companies need to treat smart glasses like any other enterprise device with clear rules, training and accountability. 

Then we zoom out to the future of work and health tech. Robin explains “enhanced reality” versus augmented reality, the next generation prototype with an in-lens display and wristband control, and why eyewear could become the most personal computing platform we’ve ever had. We also explore hearing support through Nuance Audio, and how the eye may become a gateway to preventive healthcare through better screening and AI-assisted analysis. If you’re curious about wearable AI, smart glasses, workplace productivity and where the interface is heading next, this one will stretch your thinking. Subscribe, share with a colleague and leave a review with your most interesting wearable AI use case.

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