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MentraOS – open-source Smart glasses OS

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206 points arbayi | 1 comments | 05 Sep 25 16:25 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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poly2it ◴[05 Sep 25 18:05 UTC] No.45141622[source]▶
How open-source are these glasses really? Are all software components compilable from source, or do they just publish an SDK Espressif-style?
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alex1115alex ◴[05 Sep 25 20:27 UTC] No.45143236[source]▶
It's all open-source:

https://github.com/Mentra-Community/MentraOS

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grokx ◴[05 Sep 25 20:44 UTC] No.45143371[source]▶
Not really, despite the repo being named MentraOS, this repo seems to include only some mobile apps (that either run on a phone or on the glasses), some server code, and some SDKs. Mentra glasses are likely running on a fork of AOSP, which is not in this repo.
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SparkyMcUnicorn ◴[05 Sep 25 21:04 UTC] No.45143591[source]▶
AOSP (or even a minimal fork) is way too heavy to be running on the glasses. It looks like the firmware is quite minimal and the "OS" is the app.

https://github.com/Mentra-Community/MentraOS/tree/main/mcu_c...

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1. wiseowise ◴[06 Sep 25 10:21 UTC] No.45148079[source]▶
>> AOSP (or even a minimal fork) is way too heavy to be running on the glasses

> Meta Horizon OS, previously known informally as Meta Quest Platform or Meta Quest OS, is an Android-based extended reality operating system for the Meta Quest line of devices released by Meta Platforms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Horizon_OS