 This is Nick Stout with The Verge. We're here at CES's Pepcom Gadget Show. We are checking out the Vuzix Blade. It's a pair of AR glasses, and it's the real deal. This is Google Glass, but it actually works. So similar to Google Glass, this floats a little square image in your view. But unlike Google Glass, this is doing it directly over a pair of standard sunglasses. So you don't have to look through a little prism. You don't have to look very high up into the right corner of your vision. It floats it right there in front of you. In fact, you can even move it up and down in the settings of the glasses themselves. The company Vuzix, they're from Rochester, New York. They've been working on this technology for almost two decades now. And they've pretty much finally cracked it. Right now, when AR is having a big moment, we're seeing a ton of AR goggles and glasses from all these different companies, Vuzix here has come out with a prototype device that actually works. So right now, with these glasses, you can do a number of different things. Right now, I'm looking at a home screen as it floats right above my videographer, Viren, right here. Now, if I swipe with my right hand, I can go through different apps. There's an Amazon Alexa app. Now, that's what makes this pair of AR goggles really stand out is they've integrated Amazon's digital assistant right into them so you can speak to them as if you were speaking to an Echo speaker or any number of other Amazon devices. Now, if you keep scrolling, you go from Alexa. There's a little tank game that you can play. There's a photo gallery. So you can pin some high-res images and watch as they float around your field of vision. They even have a Firefox browser here. That, unfortunately, does not work either because the Wi-Fi is a little bit spotty in here. But the really cool thing is they have a camera. So if I tap right here, I get a live view of what my glasses are seeing. And then I can tap and take a photo. Now, I can't stress enough how good this actually is. This is the first pair of AR glasses that are actually comfortable. They feel natural, as they sit on my head. I don't feel any weirdness, any discomfort. They're not squeezing the backs of my heads. It's not lurching off the front of my nose in a really awkward way. They sit comfortably on your head, and the image floats perfectly clear right in front of your face. Now, Vuzik says they've only been able to accomplish this by spending so many years working on DLP projection, which is what they have miniaturized and put right here on the side of the glasses, and then using a wave guide system to basically send the light back towards my eye. So you're probably wondering, how can I interact with the Vuzik's blade without either using the touch pad or using my voice? Down the line, Vuzik says they will actually be able to enable gesture control. So you can reach out in front of you and touch the digital image and interact with it. Now, a lot of other companies are trying this exact same thing, DLP projection, wave guides, companies like Magic Leap down in Florida. And we've seen it in a number of other companies here at CES, too. But no company has really figured it out quite like Vuzik's has. I can't say enough that this is a pair of AR glasses that really feels like it's ready for prime time. If they sold this next month, I would certainly consider buying it. Now, the company does plan on selling it very soon. They plan on bringing a developer version to market in Q1 for $2,000. Now, that gets you a developer version and also a consumer version when that comes out in the second quarter of this year. If you just want the consumer version, you can buy that for $1,000. For all your augmented reality coverage, both the devices that don't work and the devices that, like the Vuzik's Blade, actually do work, check out theverge.com or subscribe to us on YouTube at youtube.com slash theverge.
 This is Nick Stout with The Verge.
 We're here at CES's Pepcom Gadget Show.
 We are checking out the Vuzix Blade.
 It's a pair of AR glasses, and it's the real deal.
 This is Google Glass, but it actually works.
 So similar to Google Glass, this floats a little square
 image in your view.
 But unlike Google Glass, this is doing it directly over a
 pair of standard sunglasses.
 So you don't have to look through a little prism.
 You don't have to look very high up into the right corner
 of your vision.
 It floats it right there in front of you.
 In fact, you can even move it up and down in the settings of
 the glasses themselves.
 The company Vuzix, they're from Rochester, New York.
 They've been working on this technology for almost two
 decades now.
 And they've pretty much finally cracked it.
 Right now, when AR is having a big moment, we're seeing a
 ton of AR goggles and glasses from all these different
 companies, Vuzix here has come out with a prototype device
 that actually works.
 So right now, with these glasses, you can do a number
 of different things.
 Right now, I'm looking at a home screen as it floats right
 above my videographer, Viren, right here.
 Now, if I swipe with my right hand, I can go through
 different apps.
 There's an Amazon Alexa app.
 Now, that's what makes this pair of AR goggles really
 stand out is they've integrated Amazon's digital
 assistant right into them so you can speak to them as if
 you were speaking to an Echo speaker or any number of other
 Amazon devices.
 Now, if you keep scrolling, you go from Alexa.
 There's a little tank game that you can play.
 There's a photo gallery.
 So you can pin some high-res images and watch as they float
 around your field of vision.
 They even have a Firefox browser here.
 That, unfortunately, does not work either because the Wi-Fi
 is a little bit spotty in here.
 But the really cool thing is they have a camera.
 So if I tap right here, I get a live view of what my glasses
 are seeing.
 And then I can tap and take a photo.
 Now, I can't stress enough how good this actually is.
 This is the first pair of AR glasses that are actually
 comfortable.
 They feel natural, as they sit on my head.
 I don't feel any weirdness, any discomfort.
 They're not squeezing the backs of my heads.
 It's not lurching off the front of my nose in a really
 awkward way.
 They sit comfortably on your head, and the image floats
 perfectly clear right in front of your face.
 Now, Vuzik says they've only been able to accomplish this
 by spending so many years working on DLP projection,
 which is what they have miniaturized and put right here
 on the side of the glasses, and then using a wave guide
 system to basically send the light back towards my eye.
 So you're probably wondering, how can I interact with the
 Vuzik's blade without either using the touch pad or using
 my voice?
 Down the line, Vuzik says they will actually be able to
 enable gesture control.
 So you can reach out in front of you and touch the digital
 image and interact with it.
 Now, a lot of other companies are trying this
 exact same thing, DLP projection, wave guides,
 companies like Magic Leap down in Florida.
 And we've seen it in a number of other companies
 here at CES, too.
 But no company has really figured it out quite like
 Vuzik's has.
 I can't say enough that this is a pair of AR glasses that
 really feels like it's ready for prime time.
 If they sold this next month, I would certainly
 consider buying it.
 Now, the company does plan on selling it very soon.
 They plan on bringing a developer version to market
 in Q1 for $2,000.
 Now, that gets you a developer version and also a consumer
 version when that comes out in the
 second quarter of this year.
 If you just want the consumer version, you can
 buy that for $1,000.
 For all your augmented reality coverage, both the
 devices that don't work and the devices that, like the
 Vuzik's Blade, actually do work, check out theverge.com
 or subscribe to us on YouTube at youtube.com slash theverge.