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Reverse engineering Solos smart glasses

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166 points floren | 2 comments | 31 Aug 25 22:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.427s | source
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matsemann ◴[04 Sep 25 07:30 UTC] No.45124592[source]▶
Very cool hack.

As an avid cyclist I never felt the need for this, my cycle computer has everything I need at a glance anyways. But I've seen some similar googles for skiing or swimming, which I might check out more. The skiing one is mostly vanity (like knowing my speed and other stats in the moment is not that useful), but the swimming one is nice as it's hard to track how you're doing without glancing at your watch. Anyone else have experience with these kind of devices?

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1. tcMtn ◴[04 Sep 25 11:34 UTC] No.45126100[source]▶
I have been using Active Look Engo 2 sunglasses and found them surprisingly useful for cycling. Having my power reading and heart rate right in my field of vision without having to glance down is nice. The bike computer is still there for more complex visuals like maps and navigation. Bonus points for the Engos just looking like regular sunglasses unless you carefully inspect them.

I've used and enjoyed Form goggles for swimming, but their subscription model is not to my liking.

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2. alchemist1e9 ◴[04 Sep 25 12:34 UTC] No.45126536[source]▶
It’s a bit of a hobby of mine to investigate wearables for HUD purposes so I have tested Engo 2 among others I would mention that something neat about Active Look’s is they publish all their Bluetooth protocol and have open source libraries to interact with their glasses.

I don’t have a pair of these Solos glasses (yet) but it looks from specs their resolution and display quality is much higher compared to Engo 2, obviously because it’s an actual microled display not prisms or waveguides.