Learn how to use the AI button on VIVE Eagle AI smart glasses to wake VIVE AI, start assigned actions, and control power functions.
The AI button on VIVE Eagle provides quick access to VIVE AI features and also serves as the power button for the glasses. You can configure separate actions for pressing the button once and pressing it twice.
Where is the AI button?
The AI button is located on the left temple of VIVE Eagle, controlling both AI actions and essential power functions.
The AI button is separate from the capture button on the right temple. The capture button is used for taking photos and recording videos, while the AI button provides access to assigned AI actions and power controls.
What does the AI button do?
The AI button has two main purposes:
- Power control: Turn VIVE Eagle on or off, or force the glasses to restart if they become unresponsive.
- AI action control: Press the button once or twice to perform actions assigned through VIVE Connect.
Power controls
Use the following button actions to control power:
- Turn on VIVE Eagle: Press and hold the AI button for two seconds.
- Turn off VIVE Eagle: Press and hold the AI button for five seconds.
- Force restart VIVE Eagle: If the glasses are unresponsive, press and hold the AI button for around 12 seconds.
During initial setup, you also use the AI button to turn on the glasses and confirm pairing with your phone.
Pressing the AI button once or twice
You can assign different actions to a single press and a double press. For example, pressing once can wake VIVE AI, while pressing twice can start another supported action. The actual result of each gesture depends on the settings selected in VIVE Connect.
Available actions include:
- Wake VIVE AI: Starts an interaction with VIVE AI.
- Custom: Runs a custom action you created for VIVE AI.
- Latest news: Provides a summary of news relevant to your region.
- Recipes: Suggests recipes based on ingredients you are looking at.
- Voice recording: Starts a voice recording that can later be transcribed and summarized with VIVE AI Notes.
- Landmarks: Identifies a landmark or structure and provides more information about it.
- Location reviews: Identifies a location and provides its latest star rating and review.
- Visual translation: Reads a translated summary of visible text.
- Artwork: Identifies artwork and provides more information about it.
- Animals: Identifies an animal or insect and provides more information about it.
- Plants: Identifies a plant, flower, or fruit and provides more information about it.
- Scene: Describes the scene you are looking at and provides key details.
- Read out loud: Reads visible text that matches the currently selected VIVE AI language.
- Wake up your phone assistant: Activates your phone’s assistant instead of VIVE AI.
Some actions use the VIVE Eagle camera to understand what you are looking at. Keep the subject within the camera’s field of view, make sure there is sufficient lighting, and avoid a visually busy background when possible.
How to check or change the button actions
VIVE Eagle must be connected to VIVE Connect before you change the AI button settings.
- Connect VIVE Eagle to VIVE Connect.
- On the VIVE AI screen in VIVE Connect, open the AI button shortcut. You can also go to Settings > Gestures > AI button.
- Select Press once or Press twice.
- Select the action you want to assign.
The single-press and double-press settings are independent, allowing you to keep two frequently used actions available from the glasses.
Using the AI button for voice recording
If Voice recording is assigned to one of the button gestures, press the AI button using that gesture to begin recording. To stop, perform the same assigned gesture again.
The first time you use voice recording, VIVE Connect prompts you to read the feature notice and acknowledge it before continuing. VIVE Eagle must be worn and connected to VIVE Connect to use the voice-recording feature.
Custom AI actions
The Custom option lets you assign an action that you create in VIVE Connect. A custom action contains a name and instructions describing what you want VIVE AI to do.
You can also turn an existing VIVE AI chat into a custom AI button action. After it is assigned, pressing the configured button gesture triggers VIVE AI to perform that action.
If the AI button does not perform the expected action
Check the following:
- Confirm whether the action is assigned to Press once or Press twice.
- Make sure VIVE Eagle is turned on and connected to VIVE Connect when the selected feature requires that connection.
- For AI features other than taking photos or recording videos, make sure the connected phone has internet access.
- If VIVE Eagle is unresponsive, restart it. If a normal restart is not possible, press and hold the AI button for around 12 seconds to force a restart.