Sony Is Taking Pre-Orders For Its Android Compatible $840 Smart Glasses

Forget Google Glass, new smart glasses from Sony are here. The developer edition of Sony's augmented reality smart glass is going on sale in as much as 10 countries next month.

The smart glass - SmartEyeGlass - can be preordered for $840 - in UK and Germany with Japan and US to follow shortly, BBC reported.

The new smart glass from Sony is compatible with recent Android operating system. It will accompany a software development kit to encourage people to design apps for it.

The SmartEyeGlass weighs just 77g and contains an accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, image and brightness sensors, 3-megapixel camera and a microphone.

Glasses as a wearable device is questionable. Last month Google announced that it was withdrawing its smart glasses for redevelopment. Earlier Apple CEO Tim Cook had also expressed his dislike of glasses.

"We always thought that glasses were not a smart move, from a point of view that people would not really want to wear them," he told the New Yorker.

"They were intrusive, instead of pushing technology to the background, as we've always believed."

Stuart Miles, founder of tech site Pocket-lint, said: "I think [Sony is] wasting their time, energy and effort.

"Google Glass obviously needed a complete rethink... I can't see how something thick-rimmed and more invasive-looking than Google Glass is going to catch on.

"People are keen on wearables like fitness bands and watches, but they care about their faces. Wearing something on your head is a lot stronger than wearing something on your arm," he added.

"The industry keeps pushing it but consumers just don't want it."