13 Aug 2026
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Mike Boland
AWE Talks: Intelligent Eyewear is All About Conversational AI
Welcome back to AWE Talks, our series that revisits the best AWE conference sessions. With AWE USA recently concluded, there's a fresh batch of stage footage to keep us occupied for weeks.
We continue the action and insights this week with a look at the UI that stands at the intersection of AI and XR: voice. NXP Semiconductors breaks down the importance of voice in the coming age of AI glasses.
See the summarized takeaways below, along with the full session video. Stay tuned for more video highlights each week and check out the full library of conference sessions on AWE's YouTube Channel.
Speakers
Nik Jedrzejewski, Director of Wearables Business, NXP Semiconductors
Laurent Pilati, AI Software Engineering Manager, NXP Semiconductors
Brian Vogelsang, Android XR Ecosystem Scaling & Technology, Google
Key Takeaways & Analysis
- AI glasses represent the holy grail of ambient computing that keeps us in the moment.
- XR is a key part of that vision to sense surroundings and offer a visual UX.
- But inputs and UI are equally important... and the prime candidate for that is voice.
- Given that we won't have keyboards and touchscreens, voice is a natural UI.
- This brings us towards the convergence of conversational AI and XR.
- But this is all easier said than done given technical hurdles around both technologies.
- Zeroing in on voice, there are several engineering principles for natural interactions.
- NXP points to key factors such as voice back-channeling and barge-in functions.
- Timing is also key in terms of natural conversational cadence and AI responses.
- And all the above relies on processing, which can be split for optimal load balancing.
- All of this is already being pushed forward by NXP deployments with Google.
- Specifically, Google's intelligent eyewear relies heavily on voice processing in its UX.
- With NXP's Conversa, voice is a primary input for daily interactions with Gemini
- This involives voice input but also output for audible intelligence for AI glasses.
- This will continue to be an area of massive investment and evolution, alongside XR.
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