It’s not exactly the best pairing, but a Taiwanese vendor has married Google’s smart glasses concept with a set of over-the-ear headphones.

ChipSiP Technology showed off its “SiME Smart Headphones” on Tuesday during the Computex trade show in Taipei, and I had chance to try it on.

Last year, ChipSiP demonstrated a smart glasses product that it started selling in January for US$550.

The company has taken the same concept and applied it to a pair of headphones. At first glance, it looks like a pair of over-the-ear headphones with a large microphone on the end of a long plastic arm—but the microphone is actually a transparent display.

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