Gadgetory

it takes a lot to make sure a gadget can withstand this kind of torture these $3500 smart glasses are designed for use on oil rigs in manufacturing or by government agencies running a modified version of Android they have similar specs to a regular phone the wearer can get hands-free instructions on the displays or see real-time notifications we're here at the ODG test labs to put these glasses through their paces so we have a salt fog test a drop test a projectile test and a couple more let's go and see how they hold up then stop the drop test from a height of 4 feet the glasses fall on to two inches of plywood on the concrete floor three-two-one the glasses can withstand eight drops in a row falling on different sides the factory workers glasses that pass high-impact tests are a must we drop a 500 gram weight shaped like a bullet down a 4 foot tube they're designed to take two hits on both lenses for extreme temperatures this freezer keeps the glasses ice-cold at minus 20 degrees Celsius they can also withstand heat up to positive 50 degrees Celsius so the glasses have been in the freeze for an hour let's take them out and see if they still work yep starting up there working for hot human environments we start with a fog test putting the glasses in a tank for an hour with warm salty spray smell salty okay here we go it's wet and salty and smelly but they were quick and for the splash test this sheet of paper is covered with indicator liquid that turns pink when it comes in contact with the spray if the spray doesn't intrude on the eye area it passes the test the labs use a slingshot to test high-velocity impact these quarter-inch steel balls hit the glasses at around 200 feet per seconds after each torture test I verified the glasses still work by doing a quick demo running a simulation to see inside this box using augmented reality but after putting them through this much stress it's safe to say the r7 are not your average pair of glasses you