On November 27, the Qwen-powered Alibaba Qike AI glasses were officially launched, marking the first time that Alibaba Qwen has stepped out of the screen and into the physical world. Users can summon Qwen anytime, anywhere, and experience a completely different assistant capability compared to mobile apps by combining real-time audio and video data captured by the glasses.
On the hardware side, the Qike AI Glasses S1 is equipped with dual flagship chips, ensuring that Qwen can respond quickly to user needs. The product adopts a dual optical engine dual-eye display solution, with a brightness of up to 4000 nits. Even in strong outdoor light, Qwen's interaction information can be clearly displayed, better addressing high-frequency usage scenarios such as navigation and translation.
In terms of photography, it can achieve an ultra-fast capture in 0.6 seconds, record 3K videos, and output 4K videos after super-resolution and super-frame technology. The industry-first Super Raw low-light enhancement technology brings smartphone-level imaging capabilities into smart glasses for the first time. Combined with a dual anti-shake system, it significantly improves the image quality and stability in low-light environments. This also allows Qwen to stably capture high-quality images in complex environments such as nighttime and sports, laying the foundation for subsequent recognition, understanding, and content creation.
The product is equipped with five microphone arrays and bone conduction technology, allowing more accurate capture of human voice and filtering out ambient noise, enabling users to naturally interact with Qwen even in noisy environments such as subways and streets. The industry-first dual-battery replaceable design ensures that Qwen can remain online for extended periods. The biometric design on areas such as the bridge of the nose and ear bends, along with an integrated fitting solution and balanced weight distribution of 1:1 front and back, allow users to wear the glasses comfortably throughout the day.
It is this systematic design in computing power, display, perception, battery life, and wearing experience that makes the Qike AI glasses an ideal carrier for Qwen in the physical world. Alibaba Group CEO Wu Yongming once stated that the greatest potential of AI lies not on the phone screen, but in taking over the digital world and changing the physical world. As a leading device from the "first perspective," AI glasses are equivalent to another pair of eyes, ears, and a "second brain" for people, and are expected to become the sensory hub of the next generation of human-computer interaction.
After stepping beyond the phone, Qwen will have greater room to demonstrate its capabilities. At the launch event, Alibaba Group Vice President Wu Jia painted a scene that is about to come: "Taking fitness and health as an example, the position of the glasses relative to the head is more stable. If eye movement, heart rate, and blood oxygen sensors are added, it can track the body's data in real time under different exercise conditions. After obtaining user authorization, Qwen can provide more scientific health services and bring a more proactive AI experience."
