The whole device study on one screen. A capability heatmap, a price-versus-fit value map, and the call, all from the same source-checked data.
Greener is better. Read a row to see one device, read a column to compare all on one job. The fit bar adds the three jobs up.
| Device | Share view | Translate | Build measure | Recency | Price | Fit |
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Each device by price (sideways) and total fit (up). The top-left corner is the sweet spot: cheaper and more capable.
Fit is the three jobs added up (◎ = 3, ○ = 2, △ = 1, × = 0, out of 9). Meta Quest 3 scores high but it is a headset, not hands-free field glasses. XREAL Aura is upcoming. Share-view is the real gate for the client, so weight it heavily when you read this.
We re-checked every glass against its vendor page this week. Most held. These are the real moves since our first pass. The Ray-Ban toolkit is the one to watch, because the camera was the gate that kept Meta out.
The Ray-Ban toolkit is in developer preview only, it feeds each partner's own app rather than a call you join, and the standard glasses still have no screen for the worker. So it does not change the pick yet, but we will watch it.
The safe pick. Vuzix M400 or Moziware Cimo plus a phone. Buy the share (TeamViewer or VSight) or build it. The phone does translation and our own measurement. About $2,300 to $2,800 a unit.
The lean. RayNeo X3 Pro or the cheaper XREAL One Pro plus Eye, plus a phone. Cheapest to run, on-lens translation, and we build the share. About $1,700 to $2,300 a unit.
See the full reasoning on the conclusion, the journey, and the sources.