SHARP SHADES

Be dazzling, not dazzled, this summer: deck your face out in a pair of extra-stylish sunnies, with or without built-in hi-tech gadgetry

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RAY-BAN STORIES WAYFARER
₹33,254 / amazon.in 

Google Glass may have prematurely shattered, plummeting from grace like some optical Icarus by reaching too far, too fast, but its spirit lives on Ray-Ban’s social shooter shades. These rig up some of the brand’s iconic spectacle silhouettes with twin 5MP cameras, three microphones, two speakers and a tap-to-snap interface. It’s all discreetly done and, amazingly, adds only 5g to the weight of regular Ray-Bans.

You peep me hangin’ on

Simply touch the frame’s right arm, and cameras will capture stereoscopic stills or 1184x1184 video at 30fps – while an LED glows to alert people that they’re being recorded.

With the glasses paired up to your phone, you can share your fresh content right away via the Facebook View app. That’s right, you’ll need a Facebook account for this, so Meta-haters might have to look elsewhere.

Image quality may not match up to the current crop of phone cams, but the Stories deliver results that are certainly good enough for social media – and you can also use them to make calls.

Stuff says ★★★★✩