Outside the station, trams cross the square and suitcases rattle over the paving. You have an address for the hotel, but a narrow street catches your attention first. L'Atitude 52°N's Departure Collection is made for days like this, with glasses that let you ask about a place, get help with another language, or capture something along the way. Our name takes its coordinates from Berlin, but that curiosity travels wherever you go.

A Little Help Along the Way

AI glasses give you access to an assistant through the eyewear you are wearing. You can ask a question aloud and hear an answer, while some pairs also offer translation or use a camera to help identify what is in front of you. The Departure Collection brings these functions together through Goya AI in two frames: Berlin, with its bold navigator silhouette, and Milan, with a softer, rounded shape. Both share the same core functions, so you can choose the style you prefer. Responses come through open-ear speakers, leaving the lenses free of screens so you can keep looking around as you listen.

You might first use Goya when a building makes you stop. There is a date above the entrance, a row of carved figures, and very little to explain what happened here. Goya's AI Tour Guide provides background about recognised landmarks and museum collections, giving you something to connect with the details you see. If another question follows, say "Hey Goya" and ask before continuing your walk.

Later, a shop owner begins explaining something you have picked up. You recognise a few words, but would like to understand more. Goya's Live Translation offers help across English, German, Spanish, French, and Italian. It gives you a way to follow the explanation and ask a question of your own, whether you decide to buy anything or simply thank them and move on.

Keep Something of the Day

By afternoon, the moments you want to remember may be smaller than the sights you came to see. A friend turns towards you in a sunlit street, or a ferry pulls away with the waterfront behind it. A touch or voice command lets you take a photograph or capture a short video while your phone stays in your pocket. The wide-angle camera includes more of the surroundings, keeping the person and the place together in the frame. Our guide to hands-free photography looks more closely at that perspective.

There is room for familiar comforts along the way, too: music on the walk back, or a call to someone at home. The open-ear speakers leave your ears uncovered, carrying calls and music through the same frame as Goya's spoken answers. Back at your room, you can sync your photographs and put the glasses in their charging case. Then there is the evening to think about, perhaps starting with somewhere you passed earlier.

Before You Set Off

Fit deserves a little attention before a day spent exploring. Adaptive temples and spring hinges help the frames accommodate different head shapes, with prescription-ready configurations among the lens options. Compare the colours, then see how the frames look on you using Virtual Try On on the product page. For a closer look at fit and lenses, read our guide to the anatomy of smart glasses.

Before travelling, check phone compatibility and arrange internet access for connected features such as Live Translation. Give the glasses a charge and pair them with your phone before leaving. Spend a few minutes trying the controls, taking a photograph, and asking Goya a question. You will have a clearer idea of how to use them when something catches your attention away from home.

You may already have a room booked, a gallery marked on the map, and somewhere in mind for dinner. Leave a little space between them for the places and people you have yet to meet. Then all that remains is the departure itself: the station, the square, the first unfamiliar street, and the questions you'll be free to ask along the way.