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Launching Mentra Live open-source smart glasses.
Deploy smart glasses for real world work.
We already shipped thousands. Now, they're generally available.
Build apps that leave the screen. Let your AI step into the real world.
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cayden 凯登
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cayden 凯登
@caydengineer
- Shenzhen is the place to do hardware. We are moving so fast here rn.
- Building the OS for the next 8 billion personal computers.
00:00 - Locking in at cafe in Shenzhen... it's the same as home except 79th floor and 85 million people below.
- AugmentOS 1.0 has dropped. AugmentOS is the open source OS and super app for smart glasses. It enables apps and AI agents for the next 8 billion personal devices. And we're launching today, with hardware you can buy today. 1/🧵
00:00 - I was about to spend $250k on a smart glasses component If we're even moderately successful, this will evolve to a ~$10M+ deal There are two competing companies who make this component The Chinese company CEO invited me to office, brought me to dinner, showed me assembly line
- We built the open source alternative to the Meta Raybans: Last year, I dropped out of MIT This year, we raised $8 million to build open source smart glasses Now, we’re launching our first smart glasses for devs: open source, with a software development kit, and an app store.
00:00 - Making a camera was way harder than I thought. Here's what I learned: If you want smart phone level camera, you can't just buy a smartphone camera component That's because cameras talk to a special chip (ISP) that does all kinds of magic There's special image software too,
00:00 - Building the smart glasses OS from 1,000 feet in Shenzhen. AugmentOS 1.0 dropping this month.
00:00 - If only you could develop on the Meta RayBan smart glasses... If only there was an open source alternative... Coming February 2025.
- for the next 24 hrs, if you want free ai glasses (anywhere in the world), dm me :)
- 6 years ago, I built my first smart glasses with hot glue and grit. Today, I’ve dropped out of MIT to build the smart glasses OS at Mentra and join @ycombinator W25. Tech is an extension of our minds, and smart glasses are the next phase shift in human-computer bandwidth. Smart
