Smart glasses could eventually replace smartphones—but batteries, heat, optics, and packaging still stand in the way.

We break down the real engineering behind AI glasses, from optical waveguides and edge AI processors to thermal management and semiconductor packaging.

Smart glasses have been positioned as the next major computing platform for more than a decade. Today's hardware is significantly more capable—but building glasses that can replace a smartphone requires solving several tightly coupled engineering problems.

In this episode of Silicon to Software, Imran Valiani examines what happens beneath the frame.

We break down:

• BATTERY CAPACITY

Why increasing battery capacity affects temple thickness, weight distribution, thermal behavior, and the space available for every other subsystem.

• OPTICAL WA ...