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title: "Overview"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.vuzix.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

Vuzix Blade Smart Glasses connect the digital world to the real world by providing real-time access to key alerts and information while your phone stays in your pocket. Finally, a pair of smart glasses that consumers or enterprise workers are not afraid to wear in public.

The Vuzix Blade contains many of the capabilities of a standard Android smartphone in an unobtrusive head-mounted form factor. See below for a full list of hardware and interaction capabilities of the device:

- Waveguide based see-through optics
- Vibrant full-color display
- Right-eye monocular
- Quad-core ARM CPU
- Android OS
- 1GB system RAM
- 8GB internal flash storage
- External SD-Card support
- Auto-Focus* Camera capable of up to 8 Megapixel camera with 720p video
- Stereo speakers*
- Dual noise-cancelling microphones
- Two-axis touchpad
- Voice control
- Orientation sensors (gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer)
- Inner/outer proximity sensors
- Outward-facing Ambient Light Sensor

**Only available on the Blade Upgraded*