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MentraOS – open-source Smart glasses OS

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206 points arbayi | 3 comments | 05 Sep 25 16:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.61s | source
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andrewla ◴[05 Sep 25 18:13 UTC] No.45141730[source]▶
Is anybody making smart glasses that are just a display? For me, the rest of the feature set verges on being anti-features. I'd much rather a very rudimentary display that my phone or another device could send relatively low bandwidth data to over bluetooth or some other protocol and build from there.

Having a camera or a mic on the glasses themselves seems like something I'd mostly want to avoid for privacy, and having a speaker just seems like gilding the lily when we already have a variety of headphones to choose from.

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1. hnlmorg ◴[06 Sep 25 07:32 UTC] No.45147350[source]▶
Loads. I’ve got a pair of Xreal glasses and use it regularly.
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2. walterbell ◴[06 Sep 25 11:29 UTC] No.45148345[source]▶
Viture similarly offers wired USB-c displayport, with myopia adjustment up to -5 diopters, and optional magnetic frame for custom prescriptions. They sell refurbs on eBay and have a Linux SDK. It's surprisingly functional as a mirrored monitor, without the additional software or hardware which adds platform-specific features like virtual monitors.
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3. numpad0 ◴[06 Sep 25 15:01 UTC] No.45149866[source]▶
Those birdbath stereo smartglasses must be coming from some exact same ODM, they're too same.