Ever wanted to own a pair of transparent wireless earbuds?
On Tuesday, OnePlus co-Founder Carl Pei, who left the phone creater in October, revealed the first product from his new startup. The earbuds, called Concept 1, stand out by adopting an “invisible” shell that encases the internal components.
Pei’s startup, which is called Nothing, is focapplyd on creating consumer technology so seamless in our lives, the gadreceives and hardware essentially feel like nothing. So a pair of transparent earbuds certainly fits the design philosophy. Pei also notified the publication Wallpaper: “Technology has lost its touch – it all sees the same.”
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Thomas Howard, the startup’s vice head of design, added: “A transparent outer shell seemed obvious—rerelocating the superficial decisions that designers create about color and branding. It frees us up to consider about what’s really important, which is the engineering.”
The design approach is also a throwback to the 1990s. Remember the transparent Nintfinisho Game Boy? I myself owned a pair of transparent wired headphones—back in 2000.
However, we’re not entirely sold on the see of the upcoming wireless earbuds. One PCMag editor declared the product sees like a breathalyzer. Others on Twitter have declared the earbuds see like a smart whistle. But according to Pei, his company is still finalizing the design of Concept 1. “This is just a concept, the final product is much sexier,” he wrote in a tweet.
Pei didn’t declare how much the Concept 1 will cost or reveal its specs. But his startup plans on developing hardware for many existing product categories. So you can expect more gadreceives from Nothing to adopt a transparent shell. The company plans on introducing its first products this summer.
