On a hiking trail, both hands are often wrapped around trekking poles, and catching a view on camera means stopping, freeing a hand and digging out a phone. Glasses that carry their own camera, assistant and translation put all three on the wearer's face instead of in a pocket. RayNeo X3 Pro does all three: it is controlled through temple touch controls and voice interaction, it carries a 12MP Sony camera in the frame, it runs Google Gemini for multimodal AI assistance, and it shows real-time translation as on-screen text in the wearer's view.
X3 Pro is made for people who want to capture, ask and understand without holding a phone, especially on walks, hikes and trips where the hands are rarely free.
Two ways to control X3 Pro
X3 Pro supports two control methods: temple touch controls and voice interaction. The touch side is a five-dimensional temple control built into the frame, and voice control is supported, with "Hey RayNeo" as the wake phrase for the assistant.
The two methods suit different moments. Voice leaves both hands where they are, which matters when they are holding poles, carrying bags or steadying a child on a wall. The temple control is a touch at the side of the frame, where a hand already goes when adjusting glasses, which suits a quiet gallery, a train carriage or a conversation where a spoken command would interrupt.
Neither method involves taking out a phone. With voice, the hands stay on whatever they are holding; with touch, one hand moves briefly to the frame. In both cases the device being controlled is already on the wearer's face.
A 12MP camera at eye level
The camera on X3 Pro is a Sony IMX681 main sensor that captures 12MP photos and video at up to 4K. Because it sits in the frame, it faces the direction the wearer's head is turned, and the result is a point-of-view record of the scene in front of the wearer.
That point of view is the main difference from a phone camera. A phone is aimed at a scene and held in front of it; a camera in a pair of glasses records from the wearer's own position, close to their line of sight. On a trail, that is the path ahead as the walker approaches it. At a kitchen counter, it is the chopping board and the pan from the cook's side of the counter. For a craft or a repair, it is the work from the position of the person doing it.
Resolution gives room to work with afterward. A 12MP still suits sharing a view with friends or keeping a record of a place, and 4K video carries roughly four times the pixels of 1080p, which leaves more room when a clip is trimmed or reframed for a phone screen.
Holding the head steady for a second before and after a clip gives clean start and end points when the video is trimmed later.
Stills and video tend to suit different moments. A still works for a view, a sign or a finished dish, where one frame tells the story. Video works for anything that unfolds over a few seconds, such as a river crossing, a step in a recipe or a child's first ride on a bike, where the movement is the point.
Turning to face a subject is the simplest way to bring it toward the center of a point-of-view shot. Point-of-view capture also moves with the wearer. When the head turns toward something new, the camera turns with it, so the record follows the wearer's attention through a walk or an activity. For people watching later, that perspective shows the scene from the wearer's own position, a viewpoint that can suit walking videos, cooking clips and other how-to clips.
What the spatial camera adds
Alongside the main camera, X3 Pro carries an OV black-and-white spatial camera. It improves positioning, enables dual recording and provides spatial tracking.
In plain terms, spatial tracking helps the glasses follow where they are in a space and how they are moving.
For an everyday wearer, the spatial camera is part of what makes X3 Pro an AI+AR device rather than a camera alone: it gives the glasses awareness of the space around them, while the main camera captures what the wearer wants to keep.
Gemini's multimodal help, by voice
Visual AI on X3 Pro comes from Google Gemini. X3 Pro runs Google Gemini-2.5 to help the wearer analyze and understand the world more intelligently, and it integrates Gemini for multimodal AI assistance. Questions are asked by voice, and the information comes back directly in the field of view.
For a hands-busy day, voice is the natural way to reach the assistant. A spoken "Hey RayNeo" brings it up, the question is asked aloud, and the reply appears in view while the hands stay on the task.
Outdoors, many questions are small ones that would otherwise wait until evening. Asked aloud and answered in view, they fit into the day as it happens.
Translated text as live subtitles
Live subtitles on X3 Pro come from real-time translation, which shows translated speech as on-screen text in the wearer's view across 14 supported languages, so a hiker on a trail abroad can follow a local's directions or a hut keeper's advice as text. Translation can also be heard as synchronized audio, but the text option is the one that works like a subtitle: the other person's words appear in front of the eyes, translated, while the conversation continues.
Subtitle-style text suits moments when the wearer wants a detail such as a time or a place name in front of them, not only heard once. After reading, the wearer can turn back to the speaker and reply.
Translation sits on the same glasses as the camera and the assistant, so the camera and the conversation are on the same frame when a traveler photographs a doorway and then asks a shopkeeper about it.
Trails, kitchens, playgrounds and markets
Each of these settings leans on a different part of the glasses, and the camera is only one of them.
At a trail junction, the question is often about the route rather than the view. A place name on a signpost that means nothing yet can be spoken aloud to Gemini, and the answer appears in view while both hands stay on the poles.
In a kitchen, flour or oil on the fingers makes the temple control the less appealing choice, so voice takes over. A quick cooking question can be asked aloud halfway through a recipe, and the reply appears in view while the hands keep working on the dough.
At a playground, attention belongs to the child on the climbing frame. A quick question for the assistant can be asked by voice without letting go of a scooter or a small hand, and the answer is read with a glance before attention goes straight back to the slide.
At a weekend market, the hands hold bags, change and whatever has just been bought. Voice requests leave them there, and the camera, Gemini and translation are all on the glasses rather than on a phone that would need a free hand.
Who X3 Pro suits when the hands are full
X3 Pro suits hikers and walkers who want point-of-view shots from the trail, travelers who move between capturing a place and talking to the people in it, and anyone whose hobbies keep both hands occupied. Its strength is that the camera, Gemini and translated text all sit on one pair of glasses. Parents who want photos of family days, home cooks who record recipes and travelers who prefer to keep their phone in a pocket on busy streets all fit that description.
More on camera-equipped AI glasses is in our guide to AI camera glasses for hands-free visual AI, and the sensor details are covered in the X3 Pro camera specs explainer.
Hands-free FAQ
Which Gemini experience runs on X3 Pro?
The AI assistant on X3 Pro is Gemini Live, running on the Google Gemini-2.5 model, and it is activated with the "Hey RayNeo" wake phrase.
What is RayNeo AIOS?
RayNeo AIOS is the operating system RayNeo built for X3 Pro. Its interface is laid out in 3D space around the wearer, and it gathers Gemini-powered answers and RayNeo's built-in tools in one place, so the camera, translation and the assistant are reached from the same interface.
On a hiking trail, both hands are often wrapped around trekking poles, and catching a view on camera means stopping, freeing a hand and digging out a phone. Glasses that carry their own camera, assistant and translation put all three on the wearer's face instead of in a pocket. RayNeo X3 Pro does all three: it is controlled through temple touch controls and voice interaction, it carries a 12MP Sony camera in the frame, it runs Google Gemini for multimodal AI assistance, and it shows real-time translation as on-screen text in the wearer's view.
X3 Pro is made for people who want to capture, ask and understand without holding a phone, especially on walks, hikes and trips where the hands are rarely free.
Two ways to control X3 Pro
X3 Pro supports two control methods: temple touch controls and voice interaction. The touch side is a five-dimensional temple control built into the frame, and voice control is supported, with "Hey RayNeo" as the wake phrase for the assistant.
The two methods suit different moments. Voice leaves both hands where they are, which matters when they are holding poles, carrying bags or steadying a child on a wall. The temple control is a touch at the side of the frame, where a hand already goes when adjusting glasses, which suits a quiet gallery, a train carriage or a conversation where a spoken command would interrupt.
Neither method involves taking out a phone. With voice, the hands stay on whatever they are holding; with touch, one hand moves briefly to the frame. In both cases the device being controlled is already on the wearer's face.
A 12MP camera at eye level
The camera on X3 Pro is a Sony IMX681 main sensor that captures 12MP photos and video at up to 4K. Because it sits in the frame, it faces the direction the wearer's head is turned, and the result is a point-of-view record of the scene in front of the wearer.
That point of view is the main difference from a phone camera. A phone is aimed at a scene and held in front of it; a camera in a pair of glasses records from the wearer's own position, close to their line of sight. On a trail, that is the path ahead as the walker approaches it. At a kitchen counter, it is the chopping board and the pan from the cook's side of the counter. For a craft or a repair, it is the work from the position of the person doing it.
Resolution gives room to work with afterward. A 12MP still suits sharing a view with friends or keeping a record of a place, and 4K video carries roughly four times the pixels of 1080p, which leaves more room when a clip is trimmed or reframed for a phone screen.
Holding the head steady for a second before and after a clip gives clean start and end points when the video is trimmed later.
Stills and video tend to suit different moments. A still works for a view, a sign or a finished dish, where one frame tells the story. Video works for anything that unfolds over a few seconds, such as a river crossing, a step in a recipe or a child's first ride on a bike, where the movement is the point.
Turning to face a subject is the simplest way to bring it toward the center of a point-of-view shot. Point-of-view capture also moves with the wearer. When the head turns toward something new, the camera turns with it, so the record follows the wearer's attention through a walk or an activity. For people watching later, that perspective shows the scene from the wearer's own position, a viewpoint that can suit walking videos, cooking clips and other how-to clips.
What the spatial camera adds
Alongside the main camera, X3 Pro carries an OV black-and-white spatial camera. It improves positioning, enables dual recording and provides spatial tracking.
In plain terms, spatial tracking helps the glasses follow where they are in a space and how they are moving.
For an everyday wearer, the spatial camera is part of what makes X3 Pro an AI+AR device rather than a camera alone: it gives the glasses awareness of the space around them, while the main camera captures what the wearer wants to keep.
Gemini's multimodal help, by voice
Visual AI on X3 Pro comes from Google Gemini. X3 Pro runs Google Gemini-2.5 to help the wearer analyze and understand the world more intelligently, and it integrates Gemini for multimodal AI assistance. Questions are asked by voice, and the information comes back directly in the field of view.
For a hands-busy day, voice is the natural way to reach the assistant. A spoken "Hey RayNeo" brings it up, the question is asked aloud, and the reply appears in view while the hands stay on the task.
Outdoors, many questions are small ones that would otherwise wait until evening. Asked aloud and answered in view, they fit into the day as it happens.
Translated text as live subtitles
Live subtitles on X3 Pro come from real-time translation, which shows translated speech as on-screen text in the wearer's view across 14 supported languages, so a hiker on a trail abroad can follow a local's directions or a hut keeper's advice as text. Translation can also be heard as synchronized audio, but the text option is the one that works like a subtitle: the other person's words appear in front of the eyes, translated, while the conversation continues.
Subtitle-style text suits moments when the wearer wants a detail such as a time or a place name in front of them, not only heard once. After reading, the wearer can turn back to the speaker and reply.
Translation sits on the same glasses as the camera and the assistant, so the camera and the conversation are on the same frame when a traveler photographs a doorway and then asks a shopkeeper about it.
Trails, kitchens, playgrounds and markets
Each of these settings leans on a different part of the glasses, and the camera is only one of them.
At a trail junction, the question is often about the route rather than the view. A place name on a signpost that means nothing yet can be spoken aloud to Gemini, and the answer appears in view while both hands stay on the poles.
In a kitchen, flour or oil on the fingers makes the temple control the less appealing choice, so voice takes over. A quick cooking question can be asked aloud halfway through a recipe, and the reply appears in view while the hands keep working on the dough.
At a playground, attention belongs to the child on the climbing frame. A quick question for the assistant can be asked by voice without letting go of a scooter or a small hand, and the answer is read with a glance before attention goes straight back to the slide.
At a weekend market, the hands hold bags, change and whatever has just been bought. Voice requests leave them there, and the camera, Gemini and translation are all on the glasses rather than on a phone that would need a free hand.
Who X3 Pro suits when the hands are full
X3 Pro suits hikers and walkers who want point-of-view shots from the trail, travelers who move between capturing a place and talking to the people in it, and anyone whose hobbies keep both hands occupied. Its strength is that the camera, Gemini and translated text all sit on one pair of glasses. Parents who want photos of family days, home cooks who record recipes and travelers who prefer to keep their phone in a pocket on busy streets all fit that description.
More on camera-equipped AI glasses is in our guide to AI camera glasses for hands-free visual AI, and the sensor details are covered in the X3 Pro camera specs explainer.
Hands-free FAQ
Which Gemini experience runs on X3 Pro?
What is RayNeo AIOS?
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