cactus-tree

Re:Ask HN: Is anyone building their own AR glasses? on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @07:43PM (#42629597)

My end goal is to make glasses that can do a real-time AI translation, showing up as subtitles under people's faces. So that I can move countries without having to worry about not understanding anybody.

Re:Ask HN: Is anyone building their own AR glasses? on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @06:43PM (#42629101)

Cool! What are you working on? What were you trying to find?

Ask HN: Is anyone building their own AR glasses?

Posted by cactus-tree on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @06:34PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I would love to connect with other hackers building their own Frankensteins.I'm working on making Nreal glasses standalone. It's a sandwich of an RPI Zero 2W alternative, a custom companion PCB, a battery, and a camera. You attach it to the glasses and plug them into it. Since it has a camera you can design any user interface and vision-based applications directly on it.I'm also requesting a...

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