Many smart glasses have AI robots in them now. The one inside View of 52°NHis glasses are called Goya, named after Francisco Goya, a famous Spanish artist who painted romantic masterpieces.
CEO and founder Gary Chen, who has worked on wearable devices for companies like Oppo, OnePlus, and HTC, says his company’s glasses are aimed at travelers, with AI features that act as tour guides and talk about all the paintings in famous museums.
“Basically, you can say, ‘Hey, Goya, what’s the story about the Mona Lisa?'” Chen says. “You can ask anything and, with your permission, they’ll take a picture to scan what’s in front of you.”
I’m wondering if you could ask me a question about perhaps Goya’s most famous painting, a haunting and haunting Gothic portrait. Saturn eating his own son.
“Yes, yes,” Chen says, “It can also give you recommendations about restaurants.”
Berlin-based View of 52°N is a new player in the smart glasses space, selling its first pairs on Kickstarter in September 2025, where campaign exceeded its funding goal and raised more than $400,000. There have been bumps since then, as has shipping be late from the previously announced release date in February 2026, and one model in development was has been deleted directly. Now, L’Atitude 52°N has announced the official release date of its smart glasses.
Pre-orders of one style, called Berlinwill begin on May 19. The glasses will go on sale on May 26. This may disappoint Kickstarter backers, as latest official update from the campaign came in March and said deliveries will begin on April 15 for the Berlin units and June 7 for the second model, called Milan. L’Atitude 52°N has not yet set an official date for the Milan launch, except to say that it will “arrive in the second quarter of 2026.”
Berlin glasses cost $399. Add another $50 for photochromatic lenses. There is one very big catch: The AI features enabled on the device will only work for 12 months, which L’Atitude 52°N calls the “AI feature trial.” After that, customers must pay for a subscription service, or they will be limited to basic features, such as music playback and media capture.
How much will the subscription service cost? Chen says he doesn’t know.
