"We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us." –Marshall McLuhan
AI is leaving your laptop and landing on your face. Literally. This week, I'm breaking down two pieces of AI hardware that have changed how I capture information, communicate across languages, and create training content for my businesses.
Earlier this year, I was at a lunch in Monterrey, Mexico before a workshop. The whole room was speaking Spanish to each other. Fast Spanish...not the kind my Duolingo brain could keep up with.
Then I remembered a new feature on my Meta Ray-Ban Displays glasses. I said, "Hey Meta, turn on live translation." And just like that, I had subtitles in real life. English text scrolling across my display while people spoke Spanish around me. I understood every single conversation. It was like having superpowers.
Then I watched the Super Bowl. Bad Bunny performed entirely in Spanish. Most people had no idea what he was saying. I put on my glasses and read the live translation. I was surprised he dropped so many F-bombs. It sounded beautiful in Spanish though. I guess the censors couldn't keep up 🤣
Here's where it gets practical. You're at a conference, and the speaker is flying through a presentation. You fumble for your phone to take a picture of a slide, zoom in, and miss it.
I never have to pull out my phone. I sit there and use hand gestures to captur every slide I want, all using my glasses. No fumbling. No missed moments.
I've even hacked my displays with VisionClaw, which allows me to talk to my OpenClaw agent through my glasses while it sees what I see through the camera.
I'm thinking of taking my old pair (the ones without the display) and giving them to our embroidery team at Zeus' Closet. They'll wear them while training, so we get first-person POV videos of the hooping and stitching process. All hands free. No tripod. No second person holding a camera.
Three different use cases. Three different problems solved. One pair of glasses.
The question is whether you figure this out now, or play catch-up later.
Here's your next move:
Audit your capture friction. Spend 15 minutes this week writing down every task where you pull out your phone to capture, translate, transcribe, or document something. Those are your candidates for an AI hardware upgrade.
Pair your inputs. I wear the Plaud Note Pin (audio capture) and the Meta glasses (visual capture) together at every conference. When I get back to my hotel, I take the Plaud audio, the Meta photos, and my handwritten notes, throw all three into AI, and I have a study guide I can actually have a conversation with. Try combining two capture methods at your next meeting and feeding them into one AI summary.
Build one training video this week using your phone's voice-to-camera mode. Even without smart glasses, you can record a first-person walkthrough of any process your team repeats. Upload it, and you've just 80% automated onboarding for that task.
Problem: You attend conferences, meetings, and workshops, but your notes are scattered across photos, voice memos, and scribbled pages. You lose half the value by the time you get home.
Solution: Combine a wearable audio recorder with AI to turn raw conference capture into organized, searchable knowledge.
Try this in 10 minutes:
Record your next meeting or call with any voice recorder app on your phone (or a Plaud Note Pin if you have one). Let it run for the full session.
Upload the audio file to ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. Say: "Summarize this recording. Pull out the top 5 actionable takeaways, any specific tools or resources mentioned, and key quotes."
Take any photos you snapped of slides or whiteboards during the session. Upload those to the same chat. Say: "Now cross-reference these slides with the audio summary. What did the speaker emphasize most?"
Ask one follow-up question: "Based on everything here, what's the one thing I should implement in my business this week?"
You just turned a messy stack of inputs into a clean, prioritized action plan.
You don't need fancy hardware to start. Your phone's voice recorder and camera work fine. The hardware just removes the friction of pulling your phone out every time.
This week on King Moves (Ep. 124), Justin and I go deep on the AI hardware that's actually worth buying right now. I break down the exact moments where Meta Ray-Ban glasses went from "cool novelty" to real ROI in my business. We also talk about the Plaud Note Pin and how I combine both devices into a conference capture system.
If you've been wondering whether AI wearables are worth the investment or just expensive toys, this episode will give you a clear answer.
Stop playing life on hard mode. Automate your success.
Until next time,
Ethan King
A.I. Automation for Business Growth
Keynote Speaker | Author | CEO | Strategist
ethan@ethanking.com
P.S. Next week I'm in Fort Lauderdale teaching AI to a group of 113 hungry entrepreneurs. We'll go from foundations to building agents in 4 hours.
P.P.S. My new book–AI Beyond Chat: Deploy Digital Employees to Run Your Business 24/7–will be available for pre-order next week. If you want to be on the early access list, reply with "BOOK" and you'll be first to know when it drops.
P.P.P.S. My Openclaw agent, Henley, wowed audiences in Key West and Ontario last week. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang recently said "every company in the world today needs to have an OpenClaw strategy." He then went on to call OpenClaw the most important software release, probably ever. Some companies are paying $6,000 for people just to install OpenClaw. If you need done-with-you Openclaw setup done right (while saving a few thousand bucks) join the waitlist at youropenclawstrategy.com.
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