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We're shipping out 1,000 open source smart glasses 1 year after starting this hardware project Livestream anywhere, take AI notes, film POV, listen to music, and build your own apps on Mentra Live. Things are just getting started 😎

@happy_ships @MentraGlass It all depends on what you're doing with it. Microphone streaming all day with a few images, it will last for 12 plus hours. If you need something more intense, like streaming video, then you can use the charge cable while the glasses are being worn, to get infinite battery

@caydengineer @MentraGlass What's the battery life like for "real world work"? That's always been a sticking point for any head-mounted tech I've tried to deploy in the past.

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.

@kiransdm Banger

headphones that record what you've been listening to so you can use them without a phone as a standalone object

If you define an architecture that has a cloud component, and it's open source, then who runs the cloud component? Either we can run it, or we can have the devs run it, or both of us can run it. We decided, because it was complex to set up, and having a single relay is more efficient, that we would offer the service for free that people could use. If they don't want to use our service, that's okay, because the entire code base for that service is free and you can host and run your own. It is not true that the apps are running on our server. We just run a relay, and the apps run on the developer's own server. I think if you take a look at the history of myself, and my team, you will see that we are incredibly dedicated to the open source ethos, and we contribute a massive amount to open source wearables. Looking around, I think we might be the single largest contributor to open source wearables in the world at this moment. You are fighting and trying to make an enemy out of the company who is doing exactly what you want to happen in this world.

I agree, and I appreciate and look forward to the features you just mentioned! It's not that I "just disagre with your architecture" It's that I feel like "currently, we host all running apps on our own servers" is the thing you're trying to NOT say out loud. And you KNOW that's what I meant, yet you weave semantics and theoretical possibilities around when confronted with real questions, which I see as cognitively disingenuous not "smart". I *could* do A LOT of things, but what you're not disclosing up front to the public is that the current MAIN , if not the ONLY way to run and interact with these apps is being dependent on you and your servers to be operating with no expected cost. Which goes against every single ethos of open sourced software, if not wearables in general.

Open source means the source is open. The source is open, so it's open source. -- If you want to host your own app, you can. You can host your own cloud if you want. -- We also have 2 ways coming out shortly to run your own app locally too. First is the Mentra Bluetooth SDK, coming out this month. It allows you to connect directly to the glasses from a phone via android, ios, or react native. Second is MentraOS 3.0, which moves the app runtime to the phone. -- You can disagree with our architecture, but disagreeing with our architecture doesn't change the fact that it's open source.

@caydengineer @MentraGlass you said "open source" 4 times in this 90 second video and while that technichally may be correct, you don't mention that you're the one hosting all the apps! so NOT: users install apps on their glasses, or phones, and can use it anytime with no internet or other dependency, no?

Landed in Istanbul with a personal tour guide. They knew everything about the history of the city, the geography, the architecture. That tour guide was an AI on my face. But this post isn't about tour guides, it's about open-source smart glasses that allow you to rapidly build and deploy new apps that let AI enter the real world. What will you build? (Check out the video to see that same experience in SF.)

@dgreller I cannot but in a few months we'll be able to share more. Yes, you can deploy without putting it on the store. Just host the link on your website

@caydengineer Can you cite some useful examples of the deployments you mention above? Can builders create their own apps that don't require posting them on the Mentra App Store?

@aLostKindSoul @MentraGlass Founder led social media marketing, a press release, and word of mouth driven by being the best/only option.

@caydengineer @MentraGlass How did your customers mainly become aware of your product and place orders?

@kairosolomoon @ycombinator @MentraGlass No but there's an open source SDK so feel free to hook it up

@caydengineer @ycombinator @MentraGlass Cool stuff. Is blockchain here

@apollo_ullah @ycombinator @MentraGlass Go for it, MentraGlass.com/Live

@caydengineer @ycombinator @MentraGlass let me use these for Berkeley ai hacks 🙏👀

@rahamanbinujit @ycombinator @MentraGlass There's a big beautiful bridge there what can I say

@caydengineer @ycombinator @MentraGlass Why everyone is going to this location and recording video for their startup 😭

Thanks for the feedback. From our deployment, We Believe these are comfortable and stylish enough to work for business deployment For consumer deployment, they need to be on another level of fashion, and you'll see more of that from some of the companies we're partnering with who are launching their own consumer glasses over the next 12 months on MentraOS

@caydengineer @MentraGlass Congrats on the launch! Great product One problem I see with all smart glasses though is that they are too thick and look absurd while wearing.

@Ademola_4life @MentraGlass Not yet but will starting later this year

@caydengineer @MentraGlass Do you ship to Canada?

@IgorIlyinsky @candyyueliu @MonakoResearch Mine have prescriptions too. You don't need Essilor Luxottica for that.

@caydengineer @candyyueliu @MonakoResearch My meta ray bans are prescriptions. This is the one upside of partnering with an eyewear monopoly.

Yep! We have a prescription lens slot 👓 You can fit your regular prescription lenses locally after receiving the glasses.

@sabir_huss50540 @MentraGlass MentraOS: docs.mentraglass.com

@caydengineer @MentraGlass What SDK do developers use for this?

@ptremblay @MentraGlass It's comfortable for daily wear, can charge while using, and most importantly, has an open source SDK that businesses and devs can deploy.

@caydengineer @MentraGlass can you answer how this is better than Meta's Rayban smart glasses?

@johnreesxyz @MentraGlass There's a bright white light on the glasses when camera is on

@caydengineer @MentraGlass how do people know if you're filming them?

@Hormold @MentraGlass @livekit Hell yeah: MentraGlass.com/Live

@caydengineer @MentraGlass i wanna try to connect glasses to @LiveKit agents natively, could i get one pair to implement this?

@HR_Castillo @MentraGlass It's not, there's no display. You can use it with prescription lenses

@caydengineer @MentraGlass Is this rendered on the glass? Is there a different layer screen if I need prescription glasses?

@thibauld @MentraGlass It can if you build it! Open source OS/SDK

@caydengineer @MentraGlass can it connect to a locally served llm?

@cmertayak @MentraGlass Battery depends on usage It can run Notes for 12+ hours. It can stream for ~40 minutes

@caydengineer @MentraGlass obvious question: how long does the battery go and how does it compare to the Meta's glass?