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Halliday (DigiWindow)

Halliday, founded by Carter Hou, debuted its DigiWindow display glasses at CES 2025.

Track Halliday (DigiWindow)
Manufacturer
Halliday
Form factor
wearable
Maturity
pilot
Lifecycle
active
Deployments
1
Website
hallidayglobal.com ↗

Overview

Halliday, founded by Carter Hou, debuted its DigiWindow display glasses at CES 2025. Rather than etching a display into the lens, the roughly 35-gram glasses mount a tiny MicroLED projector, about 3.5 millimeters, on the inside of the upper-right rim to beam a monochrome green virtual display of about 3.5 inches directly at the eye, just above the normal eyeline, with no front-facing camera, control via a touchpad and an optional ring, and a claimed eight-hour battery. The pitch covers real-time translation in 40 languages, notifications, navigation, a Cheat Sheet teleprompter, and a proactive AI agent called Echo Mode, at $489 retail or $369 on Kickstarter, where it raised about $3.31 million from roughly 8,023 backers. The registry records it at pilot maturity, a deliberate cap-flag: it is past pure announcement, with a real device, a hands-on demo, and units reaching some backers, but it was crowdfunded, fulfillment was partial and QC-delayed through 2025, and no broad mainstream review of a generally available retail unit exists, so money raised is not credited as units delivered. On AI substance the proactive-AI claim is the weakest element, since TechCrunch's CES hands-on explicitly reported that the AI was not ready for testing, the only AI-adjacent feature actually demonstrated was cloud translation, and with no camera the device cannot do genuine multimodal scene understanding, so the world's-first-proactive-AI framing is treated as marketing.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
pilot(Small-scale deployment in controlled or trial conditions.)
Verified deployments
1 deployment on file
Sources on file
6 sources, view all

Key facts

Weight

~35 grams

Battery life

~8 hours claimed

Price

$489 retail / $369 Kickstarter

Display size

~3.5 inches monochrome green virtual display

Projector size

~3.5 mm MicroLED

Specs

Notes

Verified: Halliday (founder Carter Hou) debuted at CES 2025. Its DigiWindow projects a small display directly at the eye from a tiny rim-mounted MicroLED module (no front camera). Real-time translation was demonstrated hands-on. Kickstarter (Jan 22-Mar 8 2025): ~8,023 backers, ~$3.31M raised., Maturity = pilot (cap-flag): Past pure announced/research (real device, hands-on, units reached some backers), but Kickstarter-funded with partial, QC-delayed fulfillment through 2025 and no broad mainstream review of a generally-available retail unit. PILOT, not commercial. Money raised is not units delivered., AI-substance: VENEER: The 'proactive AI' claim is the weakest-verified element: TechCrunch's CES hands-on explicitly states the AI ('Echo Mode') 'was not ready for testing yet.' The only AI-adjacent feature actually demonstrated was cloud translation; with no camera, multimodal scene-understanding is not physically possible. 'World's 1st proactive AI glasses' is marketing., Claimed but NOT verified: Echo Mode / proactive AI working as marketed (not testable at reveal); general retail availability of a fully-fulfilled QC-clean product; 8-hour battery in real use; 40-language accuracy beyond one staged demo; funding beyond crowdfunding; leadership beyond founder Carter Hou.

Specs

Halliday glasses + DigiWindow: ~35g conventional frames; DigiWindow = a ~3.5mm MicroLED projector on the inside of the upper-right rim beaming a monochrome green ~3.5-inch virtual display above the eyeline (not a lens waveguide); NO front camera; touchpad + optional ring controller; ~8hr claimed battery. Features: real-time translation (40 languages, demoed), notifications, navigation, 'Cheat Sheet' teleprompter, 'proactive AI' Echo Mode. $489 retail / $369 Kickstarter.

Battery

12 h

Weight kg

0.035

Form Factor

wearable (display glasses with eye-projected MicroLED module; NO camera; AI-positioned)

Data & sources

Press releases

1

News coverage

1

Web sources

4

6 sources backing this record.View all →

Availability and pricing

Availability
Pre-order open
Price
$429 (actual sale price)as of 2026-06-17
Units in field
Not disclosed
Sales model
Not disclosed
Lead time
Not disclosed

Pricing

One-time purchase

$429 USDactual sale priceas of 2026-06-17

Source: Halliday DigiWindow Glasses (official)

History

Price status: actual-sale-price = real published price at time of sale; manufacturer-target = vendor target, not yet realized; analyst-estimate = third-party projection, not a vendor figure; not-announced = no price on record.

Prices verified as of Jun 17, 2026

Deployments (1)

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Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

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Deployment-verified media (1)

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Halliday

Halliday footage of its glasses with a 'DigiWindow' peripheral display. 'Proactive AI' and the 'invisible display' are the maker's marketing claims; a phone companion.

From deployment: Global

Safety record

No incidents on record for Halliday (DigiWindow).

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (6)

  1. https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/03/hallidays-489-smart-glasses-beam-a-tiny-screen-to-your-eye/
  2. https://9to5google.com/2025/01/halliday-smart-glasses-hands-on/
  3. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/halliday/halliday-1st-proactive-ai-glasses-with-invisible-display
  4. https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/01/halliday-proactive-ai-smart-glasses/
  5. https://hallidayglobal.com/products/halliday-glasses
  6. https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/halliday/halliday-proactive-ai-glasses-invisible-display

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Common questions

What is Halliday (DigiWindow)?
Halliday, founded by Carter Hou, debuted its DigiWindow display glasses at CES 2025. Rather than etching a display into the lens, the roughly 35-gram glasses mount a tiny MicroLED projector, about 3.5 millimeters, on the inside of the upper-right rim to beam a monochrome green virtual display of about 3.5 inches directly at the eye, just above the normal eyeline, with no front-facing camera, control via a touchpad and an optional ring, and a claimed eight-hour battery. The pitch covers real-time translation in 40 languages, notifications, navigation, a Cheat Sheet teleprompter, and a proactive AI agent called Echo Mode, at $489 retail or $369 on Kickstarter, where it raised about $3.31 million from roughly 8,023 backers. The registry records it at pilot maturity, a deliberate cap-flag: it is past pure announcement, with a real device, a hands-on demo, and units reaching some backers, but it was crowdfunded, fulfillment was partial and QC-delayed through 2025, and no broad mainstream review of a generally available retail unit exists, so money raised is not credited as units delivered. On AI substance the proactive-AI claim is the weakest element, since TechCrunch's CES hands-on explicitly reported that the AI was not ready for testing, the only AI-adjacent feature actually demonstrated was cloud translation, and with no camera the device cannot do genuine multimodal scene understanding, so the world's-first-proactive-AI framing is treated as marketing.
How much does Halliday (DigiWindow) cost?
Halliday (DigiWindow) is listed at $429 on the DEPLOY registry. This is an actual sale price on record.
https://hallidayglobal.com/products/halliday-glasses
Is Halliday (DigiWindow) actually deployed in the real world?
Yes. Halliday (DigiWindow) is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
What are the specs of Halliday (DigiWindow)?
Halliday (DigiWindow)'s recorded specifications on the DEPLOY registry: Battery: 12 h; Weight: 0.035 kg. See the Specs section for the full sourced set.
Who makes Halliday (DigiWindow)?
Halliday (DigiWindow) is made by Halliday, based in Shenzhen, China, founded in 2021.
Methodology: Verified · 6 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-15

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-15

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: wearable

Sources by quality tier

4
unclassified
Unclassified source
1
secondary-industry-publication
Industry publication
1
primary-company-ir
Company IR disclosure

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Halliday (DigiWindow).

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