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INMO

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INMO
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Industry Augmented Reality
Founded 2020
Founder Yang Longsheng
Headquarters Chengdu, China (moved from Shenzhen in 2024)
Notable Personnel Yang Longsheng (founder and CEO), Lü Yifei (co-founder)
Products AR smart glasses (AIR series), AI translation glasses (GO series), AI photo glasses (X series)
Website https://www.inmo.com


INMO (Chinese: 影目科技, Yingmu Technology) is a Chinese company that designs consumer Augmented Reality and AI Smart glasses. It was founded in 2020 by Yang Longsheng, a former general manager of the wearable division of the phone maker Coolpad Group, and started out in Shenzhen.[1][2] The company moved its headquarters to Chenghua District in Chengdu in 2024, where it opened its own glasses factory in March 2026.[3][4] INMO is best known for the INMO Air, which it describes as one of the earliest mass-produced wireless all-in-one consumer AR glasses, a product category in which the lightweight glasses run their own software and handle computing on board rather than relying on a tethered phone or PC.[5][6]

INMO's catalog is organized around three families: the AIR series for light productivity and audiovisual use, the GO series focused on real-time translation, and the X series aimed at photography.[7] Its newer models include the INMO AIR3, standalone binocular AR glasses with a 1080p display announced in November 2024, and the lighter INMO GO3 translation glasses announced in October 2025.[8][9][10] In September 2026 the company recalled about 1,643 AIR3 glasses in the United States and about 120 in Canada because the left temple can overheat; the remedy is a free firmware update to version V3.16.[11] The same month it announced a C3 funding round, bringing its C-series financing to nearly 1 billion yuan.[3]

Reviewed 14 October 2026. AIR3 recall, funding rounds, Chengdu move and factory, shipments, and product launch dates, prices and specs checked against the cited sources. About review dates.

History

Founding and first products (2020-2022)

INMO was established in 2020; the company's own website gives January 2021 as the date Yingmu Technology Co., Ltd. was established, and describes the company as coming from Coolpad Group.[5][7] Founder Yang Longsheng had previously run Coolpad's wearable products business, and the early team of more than 50 people drew engineers from phone makers including Huawei and Xiaomi, with research and development staff making up about 70 percent of the company.[1] The company took angel funding in February 2021 from backers including Yilai Investment and 37 Interactive Entertainment.[1][7] Lü Yifei is also a co-founder.[12]

According to INMO, it released the xView, which it called ultra-thin all-in-one AR glasses, in July 2020, and its X series of 5G all-in-one AR glasses debuted at a China Telecom event in May 2021.[5][7] The INMO Air was unveiled at a launch event on July 26, 2021 and put up for sale on the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo, priced at 469 US dollars; co-founder and CMO Alfie Lv announced the price.[5] In November 2021 INMO closed a pre-Series A round worth tens of millions of yuan, led by Matrix Partners China with participation from Unity Ventures and Junsan Capital.[1] The Air went on to a broader release, reported by the company at 2,999 yuan in China with more than 10,000 pre-orders, and INMO says deliveries began in April 2022.[1][7] In May 2022 INMO raised a Series A round of nearly 10 million US dollars, led exclusively by Zhiwen Group.[12][13]

Air2, GO and GO2 (2022-2024)

INMO followed with the binocular INMO Air2, unveiled in October 2022, which it began taking orders for later that year and paired with a metaverse application called INMOVERSE.[6][7] The Air2 went into mass production in April 2023, and the international version was crowdfunded on Kickstarter in mid-2023 with early-bird pledges at 599 US dollars for the first 1,000 orders.[7][14]

In September 2023 the company launched the INMO GO, its third mass-produced consumer AR glasses and the start of the translation-focused GO line. It weighs 52 grams and uses a monocular diffractive waveguide with a single-color green Micro-LED display supplied by Jade Bird Display; the official price was 1,999 yuan, with a launch price of 1,799 yuan.[12] Jiemian reported that INMO planned to use Microsoft's AI services overseas and Baidu's Ernie Bot or iFlytek Spark in China.[12] On November 29, 2024, INMO announced the AIR3 and the INMO GO2 translation glasses, priced at 4,999 yuan and 3,999 yuan respectively; the GO2 offered online translation in 40 languages and recognition of 90 accents.[8] INMO says the first batch of blind orders for the AIR3, GO2 and X series AI photo glasses exceeded 10,000 units.[7]

Move to Chengdu and later funding (2024-2026)

In July 2024 INMO, then registered in Shenzhen as Shenzhen Yingmu Technology Co., Ltd. (深圳影目科技有限公司), completed a Series B round of nearly 100 million yuan from Sichuan Development Hongxin Fund, Chenghua Science and Technology Investment and Jiangxi Zhonghuan Investment Group, and announced that it would set up its headquarters in Chenghua District, Chengdu.[13] In 2025 INMO raised a Series B2 round of about 150 million yuan, jointly invested by Puhua Capital, Liangxi Industrial Development Group, and Shenqi Capital, in a market increasingly contested by larger players such as Xiaomi.[2] TMTPost reported in January 2026 that INMO had completed B2, B3 and C1 rounds within one year, with Chengdu Science and Technology Innovation Investment (成都科创投), 南山战新投 and Pufeng Capital (普丰资本) investing in the C1 round, at a reported valuation of 2 billion (the article did not state the currency).[15]

The international version of the AIR3 was shown at IFA 2025 in Berlin in September 2025 and launched on Kickstarter that month with a standard MSRP of 1,099 US dollars.[9] By late October 2025 the campaign had raised more than 630,000 US dollars from more than 673 backers.[16] INMO announced the GO3 in China in October 2025. After its international debut at CES 2026, INMO announced in April 2026 that the GO3 would launch outside China through a Kickstarter campaign starting that month.[17][18]

In March 2026 INMO's own AR glasses factory in Chenghua District began production, with an annual capacity of 100,000 units; the company does final assembly in Chengdu and exports to Europe and the Americas.[3] In June 2026 it launched Magic AI Glasses, designed by the singer Jackson Wang (王嘉尔); Chuanguan News reported 50,000 initial pre-orders and an exclusive North American launch in July.[3] On September 9, 2026, INMO announced a C3 round led by the Sichuan Zhenxing Technology Innovation Fund, with Jing'an Capital (静安资本), Shibei Hi-Tech (市北高新), Guangzhou Industrial Investment (广州产投) and others following; after the C1 and C2 rounds earlier in the year, its C-series financing totaled nearly 1 billion yuan. The size of the C3 round alone was not disclosed, and the company said it had begun preparing for a stock market listing.[3][4]

AIR3 recall (2026)

On September 24, 2026, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission published recall 26-797 for the INMO AIR3, issued jointly with Health Canada. The left temple of the glasses can overheat during extended use, posing a burn hazard. The recall covers about 1,643 units in the United States and about 120 in Canada, sold from December 2025 to August 2026 through Amazon, INMO's website and Kickstarter for 900 to 1,300 US dollars.[11][19] INMO had received 10 reports of overheating, including burning sensations on the face and the left side of the ear; according to Health Canada, the company had received no reports of incidents or injuries in Canada as of September 17, 2026.[11][19] Owners were told to stop using the glasses and contact INMO, which helps them update the system online to firmware version V3.16; no refund or replacement is offered.[11][20] The CPSC lists INMO International Technology Limited of China as the importer, and the recall was classified as a Fast Track Recall.[11][20]

Technology

INMO's early glasses used a vertical array optical waveguide to project a see-through image in front of the wearer, a design the company highlighted as letting the AIR keep an everyday appearance while weighing under 80 grams.[5][1] The hardware runs IMOS, INMO's own operating system. SlashGear's 2023 review described IMOS 2.0 on the Air2 as apparently a customized form of Android, though INMO had not confirmed this; IMOS 3.0, introduced with the AIR3, is compatible with about 99 percent of Android apps according to INMO, and INMO states that the AIR3 supports up to three floating screens.[14][8][9] INMO lists Android 14 (64-bit) as the AIR3's operating system, and the international version has official access to Google Play.[21][22]

Later AIR models moved to Micro-OLED displays feeding the optics. The AIR3 uses a 0.44-inch MicroOLED panel at 1920x1080 and 120 Hz, rated at 600 nits, with a 36-degree field of view; INMO developed the lens stack with Essilor so that the protective lens, waveguide and prescription lens form one piece.[23] INMO states that the panel is a Sony Micro OLED and that the glasses run on an 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon XR platform with 8 GB of memory and 128 GB of storage.[9] The GO line takes a different approach: IT Home reported that the Chinese GO3 uses a UNISOC W337 chip, a 640x480 green monochrome MicroLED panel rated at 1,500 nits, two detachable 270 mAh batteries and a 53-gram frame, while INMO's April 2026 international press release describes dual Micro OLED displays at 640x480 with diffractive waveguides.[10][18] Later models also add AI assistants; the GO3 responds to a wake phrase, and TMTPost reported that INMO's conversational assistant is built with Zhipu's GLM model.[10][15]

Reviews have pointed to short battery life in real use. SlashGear measured about 75 to 120 minutes per charge on the Air2, against INMO's claim of 5.5 hours, and criticized its 640 x 400 resolution and thin app selection while praising the engineering and media playback.[14] In Android Faithful's review of the AIR3, Jason Howell measured 60 to 90 minutes of screen-on time, found that the display could not compete with direct sunlight, and called it the most capable standalone smart glasses he had tested.[22]

Products

INMO's lineup is split into the AIR series (display and light productivity), the GO series (translation), and the X series (photography). Selected models with verified details are listed below.

Product Year Series Notable specs and notes
INMO Air 2021 AIR Wireless all-in-one AR glasses under 80 g; vertical array waveguide; 2 GHz processor; about 4 hours of use; sold on Indiegogo for 469 US dollars (2,999 yuan in China); deliveries from April 2022[5][1][7]
INMO Air2 2022 AIR Binocular AR glasses; micro-OLED with array waveguide; quad-core 1.8 GHz chip, 2 GB RAM, 32 GB storage; runs IMOS 2.0; under 100 g; paired with the INMOVERSE app; crowdfunded from 599 US dollars[6][14]
INMO GO 2023 GO Translation-focused glasses with AI features; 52 g; monocular diffractive waveguide with green Micro-LED; 1,999 yuan official price (1,799 yuan at launch); launched September 2023[12][7]
INMO GO2 2024 GO Translation glasses announced November 29, 2024; online translation in 40 languages; 3,999 yuan[8]
INMO AIR3 2024 AIR Standalone binocular AR glasses; 0.44-inch 1920x1080 MicroOLED at 120 Hz, 600 nits, 36-degree field of view; 8-core Snapdragon XR platform, 8 GB RAM, 128 GB storage; Android 14; about 135 g (INMO figure); 660 mAh battery; 4,999 yuan in China (4,299 yuan launch price); international MSRP 1,099 US dollars; recalled in the US and Canada in September 2026 for an overheating temple[23][9][21][11]
INMO GO3 2025 GO Translation and AI glasses; UNISOC W337; 640x480 green MicroLED, 1,500 nits (Chinese version, per IT Home); 53 g; two swappable 270 mAh batteries; 2,999 yuan launch price in China (3,299 yuan base retail price); Kickstarter campaign announced for April 2026[10][17][18]

Market position

INMO competes in China's crowded consumer AR and AI glasses market, where it has emphasized standalone, phone-free designs and translation as differentiators.[1][6] Citing iResearch, Jiemian reported that INMO ranked fifth among consumer AR glasses brands in China by online sales share in the first half of 2023, with 5.2 percent, behind RayNeo, Xreal, Rokid and Huawei.[12] Its founder has framed the 2025 entry of large consumer brands such as Xiaomi into AI glasses as helpful to smaller specialists like INMO; he reported that INMO's own sales rose by about 1.5 times after Xiaomi's launch, and he expected each maker's sales to grow two to three times in 2025.[2] TMTPost reported that INMO has set up experience stores with LOHO, EssilorLuxottica and 亚洲眼镜.[15]

According to the company, cumulative shipments reached nearly 200,000 units by early June 2026, first-half 2026 sales exceeded those of all of 2025, and overseas business covered more than 20 countries and regions and made up about 32 percent of revenue.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "AR smart glasses brand INMO completes the pre-A round of financing worth tens of millions of yuan, led by Matrix Partners". PR Newswire. 2021-11-23. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ar-smart-glasses-brand-inmo-completes-the-pre-a-round-of-financing-worth-tens-of-millions-of-yuan-led-by-matrix-partners-301431422.html. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Yang Longsheng, CEO of Yingmu: Xiaomi's Entry into AI Glasses Market a Boon as Sales Triple or Quadruple". 36Kr. https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/3373278892988419. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Xue Weirui (薛维睿) (2026-09-10). "影目科技C轮融资近10亿元 "成都造"智能眼镜加速出海" (in zh). Chuanguan News (川观新闻). https://cbgc.scol.com.cn/news/7939296. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Wang Junfeng (王俊峰) (2026-09-09). "影目科技C轮融资近10亿元，"成都造"智能眼镜正加速出海" (in zh). Red Star News (红星新闻), via Sina Finance. https://finance.sina.cn/tech/2026-09-09/detail-inirfumn8912768.d.html. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "INMO Debuts its New Generation Consumer-grade AR Smart Glasses". PR Newswire. 2021-07-29. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/inmo-debuts-its-new-generation-consumer-grade-ar-smart-glasses-301344257.html. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Chinese startup debuts wireless AR glasses". Nikkei Asia. https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/36Kr-KrASIA/Chinese-startup-debuts-wireless-AR-glasses. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  7. ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 "About INMO". INMO. https://www.inmo.com/pages/about-us. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Zhidu Technology (志读科技) (2024-11-29). "影目科技发布AR眼镜INMO AIR3，号称5年内要取代手机｜科技前线" (in zh). TMTPost (钛媒体). https://www.tmtpost.com/7353521.html. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 "INMO announces the debut of INMO Air3, the world's first 1080P full color optical waveguide all-in-one AR glasses". Kyodo News PR Wire (PR Newswire). INMO. 2025-09-06. https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/release/202509064707. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Yangzi (漾仔) (2025-10-17). "影目推出 INMO GO3 智能眼镜：单色 MicroLED 面板、可拆卸电池，2999 元" (in zh). IT Home (IT之家). https://www.ithome.com/0/890/218.htm. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 "INMO International Technology Limited Recalls INMO Air3 Smart Glasses Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Burn Hazard". U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. 2026-09-24. https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026/INMO-International-Technology-Limited-Recalls-INMO-Air3-Smart-Glasses-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-or-Death-from-Burn-Hazard. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 Xu Shiqi (徐诗琪) (2023-09-07). "影目科技推1799元AR眼镜新品，行业竞争进入千元阶段" (in zh). Jiemian News (界面新闻). https://www.jiemian.com/article/10053458.html. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "影目科技完成近亿元B轮融资，总部将落地成都" (in zh). PEdaily (投资界). 2024-07-31. https://news.pedaily.cn/202407/537848.shtml. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 "Inmo Air2 Review: Affordable AR Glasses With A Few Key Flaws". SlashGear. 2023-06-27. https://www.slashgear.com/1323632/inmo-air2-review-affordable-ar-glasses/. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Du Zhiqiang (杜志强) (2026-01-15). "一年3轮，影目INMO完成C1轮融资｜独家" (in zh). TMTPost (钛媒体). https://www.tmtpost.com/7843944.html. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
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  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "影目 INMO GO3 发布，携手蚂蚁集团等行业巨头打造AI+AR 产业生态平台" (in zh). ifanr (爱范儿). 2025-10-17. https://www.ifanr.com/1641227. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "INMO Unveils GO3, Next-Generation Everyday AI Smart Glasses Launching on Kickstarter". TechNode Global (PR Newswire Asia). INMO. 2026-04-02. https://technode.global/prnasia/inmo-unveils-go3-next-generation-everyday-ai-smart-glasses-launching-on-kickstarter/. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Ariel Rabinovitch (2026-09-25). "AI smart glasses recalled in Canada, U.S. for burn risk: 'Immediately stop'". Global News. https://globalnews.ca/news/12073039/ai-smart-glasses-recall/. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Chris Steven (2026-09-28). "INMO recalls 1,643 AI glasses in the US over a burn hazard, and the fix is firmware V3.16". MIXED. https://mixed-news.com/en/inmo-air3-smart-glasses-recall-cpsc-burn-hazard-firmware-v3-16/. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "What's the difference between INMO Air3 and Meta Ray-ban Display Glasses". INMO. 2025-10-07. https://www.inmo.com/blogs/news/whats-difference-between-inmo-air3-and-meta-ray-ban-display-glasses. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Jason Howell (2026-02-10). "INMO Air3 Review: Android Apps on Your Face, But the Battery Can't Keep Up". Android Faithful. https://www.androidfaithful.com/inmo-air3-review-android-apps-on-your-face-but-the-battery-cant-keep-up/. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Yangzi (漾仔) (2024-11-29). "影目推出"全球首发 0.44 英寸 1080P 120Hz MicroOLED 屏"INMO AIR3 AR 智能眼镜，4299 元" (in zh). IT Home (IT之家). https://www.ithome.com/0/814/243.htm. Retrieved 2026-10-14.
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