I recently started listening to the audiobook and reading at the same time - which increases how much you absorb and also gives you the ability to read 2-3x faster. If you guys add a listening feature, I'd buy it in a heartbeat!

Love the concept, would definitely use it. Just wondering if there will be a big enough market for it - enough people who won't feel awkward wearing it. Rooting for their success!

See you next year at YC

if there was an audio feature it would be truly immersive. If they have that with a solid catalogue Im committed to buying.

It looks like a really well engineered V1. I don’t think I will be a user but I reckon this will find a pretty solid product market fit. A ton of people will love it.

“Coming to your eyes very soon”. Something new we’re going to hear publishers say. 👌

Would really love a talk/walk through or even tour of how something like this was developed? A video idea??

I wish there was somewhere i could try it out before buying.

Nice tech but it’s eradicated the main essence of reading. Holding the book , feeling the pages and actually reading the text.

I have the Xreal Air AR glasses and that does everything here and more. I have no idea why you created this to be such a niche limitation of products that are already out there that do much more!

Man if they made a version that could show some of what's in front of you, would be killer for long walks and runs.

I saw your interview on the SOL site. Are there any more tech details? The display looks way lower res than current e-ink devices which are reaching 300ppi. You can see pixelation in the text in the few images I have seen. Is the light color temp fixed? Why not use a diffuser with daylight? That would be much more healthy and give it longer battery life. Where does content come from? Is it only DRM-free content for now? Cool idea but so many dollars and so many questions.

Please, do add an audible feature. Thus, you can read and listen.

What about eye health?

Apple can easily destroy this startup when they make a feature on Apple Books for immersive reading experience. Imagine reading on a beach or in space with binaural or 3D audio.

Add the ability to have audio narration for each book (using AI) and in future, use AI to visualize each paragraph/sentences and add those lines as subtitles at the bottom of the visualized image or video with AI generated audio based on the context, fully mixed. That would be insane. It would be like, making a movie based on the lines of the book, like a audio book video book combined.

Kudos to the founders for building this, would love to experience! Should replace my kindle on airplanes at least. I am also building something in a parallel space that'll significantly improve readership while saving at least 1 billion+ minutes / yr for humanity. Emailed you, would really appreciate a quick read. :)

“Need more input” - Jonny 5, Short Circuit.

Wonder if this will increase the onset of myopia

Interesting concept, but not being able to see how it looks when you put them on is really a stopper for putting any money behind it for me. The caveat being it comes from YC, but for anyone not knowing YC or that it is YC backed might make the purchasing decision harder. Secondly the website is heavy for my computer, so all the animations are lagging and making the website hard to navigate. Don't know if it's a me problem or a website problem, but thought it might be good to at least flag.

This wearable e-reader is truly innovative and addresses the modern distraction problem so effectively. I'm curious, besides reading, can you envision other potential applications or features that might enhance this immersive technology further in the future?

Focusing at arm's length is already bad for your eyesight. Doing so millimetres from your eyes is just...🥺

It would also be nice if Sol reader can help those of us who prefer video learning content like this KZfaq video in future roadmap. This was awesome to watch. I could also see Garry's talk on "the why of startup timing" play out practically in this video. Thank you for the video

Garry Tan aggressively nods.

Very cool idea. Bro's got the same hot air station at me. Way cooler scope though.

Apple headset might dent the sales when it comes Would have loved to actually see what it would look like

how do you change pages when you're reading?

How is it different to AR and MR and VR .

This device will probably inspire me to finally re-read some books on advanced physics. We are so back

How is it different than reading a book on a vr headset?

Can’t wait to try it!

Its not though.

Buried on their website: 256x256 per eye resolution. I think I'll stick to a normal e-reader for now.

The assumption is wrong: people don't really want to read, they love the idea of being someone that read book.

This is an amazing technology!

Garry, what's the differentiator here. In future, if other AR headset provider chips into this domain. Would love to know your opinion on that. Thanks

I could never read with that font. When they implement a less pixelated screen I would consider it. This is literature not game boy advance

I see no use for it since such device could be easily included within VR & AR products that already exist... competition is harsh and could be coming from Apple soon, I can see no future for this company

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makes me wonder if they even a reader? cause no real reader will want to use it lol

i really don't get the dislikes here, this is amazing

Why would I get this over a VR headset? Sorry I don't even read and I think reading a physical book is more satisfying. Dead in the water imo..gl tho

Oh fuck, it’s cool

Hi garry I have sent you a request on linkedin could I have a few messages of your time ?

Garry is gay and his channel is pretty cool