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There are all sorts of uses, from reading text messages to seeing an incoming call. I used them open an Amazon Alexa app and then asked how tall the Empire State Building is.

Perhaps the best thing about Vuzix Blade smart glasses is the fact that they look almost like normal glasses, albeit a bit thick.

Unlike other wearables, the Blade smart glasses feature a slimmer design, a floating Google Glass display, and Amazon Alexa compatibility. These high-tech spectacles don’t come cheap though: You’ll have to pay $1,000 for the Blade smart glasses, which will start shipping at the end of January.

Vuzix has brought its Blade AR smart glasses to CES for the past couple of years, but ahead of CES 2019, it’s shaking things up a bit. Though we still expect Vuzix to have the Blade on hand at CES, it’s doing things a bit differently this year by putting the AR specs up for pre-order. Developers, enterprise customers, and enthusiast consumers who want to get in on the ground floor can pick up a pair beginning today.

Three weeks ago I met with Paul Travers, Founder and CEO of AR glasses maker Vuzix, to talk about the much anticipated upcoming release of the new Vuzix Blade, their first hybrid consumer - enterprise monocular display. The new Blade is light and easy to use. Vuzix has done a brilliant job of integrating intuitive easy to learn and easy to use touch control on the wings.

It's a good thing there are people out there too sensible to listen to everything Tim Cook says. Last year Mr We-Can't-Make-Quality-AR-Glasses-Yet claimed we don't have the actual tech to make AR glasses that are any good. I was lucky enough to get a go with the Vuzix Blade AR glasses at Mobile World Congress, and I can tell you that Tim Cook was either lying to cover Apple's tracks as it develops its own AR glasses, or completely wrong.

Wearers can connect to Wi-Fi and read emails and other messages via this display, as well as using Alexa, Amazon's digital assistant, to issue voice commands.

Because of their design, the Vuzix Blades look like sunglasses with a modern design, but they are much more than that.

"Vuzix has finally delivered on what Google Glass showed off almost five years ago."

From 10-feet away, the Blades don’t look too much different from a standard pair of glasses, though the tint on the lenses hints that these are more than a pair of knock-off Oakleys.

With the display turned off, the (Vuzix) Blade glasses look like any other. Despite the tinted look you see in photos, you’ll have no issues wearing them indoors.

These $1,000, Alexa-enabled smart glasses feel like the first fully baked AR product since the failure of Google Glass.

Talking to your glasses via Amazon's voice assistant is possible, thanks to Vuzix and what looks like an imminent CES reveal

New York startup Vuzix impressed in Vegas with the Blade, a pair of attractive AR glasses which project a user interface onto the right-hand lens. They look more conventional than the dorky-looking Google Glass, and include a touchpad on the side for navigating around the software.