Nathan Lee

Ours didn't flop

Nathan just vibe coded a smart glasses app in less than 5 minutes. You can too. What's the first app you'd build on these?

@caine35794 @caydengineer The dildo use-case hasn’t been highly requested but we’ll look into it

@caydengineer If you don't change the obvious camera design, no matter how good your product is, it is banned to be used in public. It can only be a d**do used only in the bedroom. Fire your product manager now

We built the open source alternative to the Meta Raybans: Last year, I dropped out of MIT This year, we raised $8 million to build open source smart glasses Now, we’re launching our first smart glasses for devs: open source, with a software development kit, and an app store. A canvas for makers to easily build the upgrades we dreamed of as kids. Tools at your fingertips to expand our minds and unlock new powers And we're just getting started. Peep the website and join the movement with @MentraLabs

We’re bringing 50 smart glasses to #HackMIT for people to build on. What kind of projects do you wanna see?

@VibeCodeTeddy @caydengineer Agreed 🤝

@caydengineer Can’t wait to see how these turn out! Open source is where the real innovation happens.

@Taofeeq653551 @caydengineer @MentraLabs Thanks for the feedback 👍🏻

@caydengineer @MentraLabs Tiny text hurts user experience. Make it a little bit bolder, easier to read, better feedback, higher engagement. Small tweaks can create big improvements.

@beReplyHero @caydengineer This is a great idea!

@caydengineer Monthly maker challenges with tiny grants would kickstart creative app experiments, example: gesture art contest

@redowul @caydengineer completely open! checkout the repo Israelov linked

@caydengineer When you say open-source, how open are we talking? I'm interested in the idea insofar as I control the entire machine after I pay for the hardware, akin to a Linux device. Complete root access.

@And2TheRepublik @caydengineer test ginger 😭 ?? wdym by that

@caydengineer Lets goooo! Can I be your test dummy? I mean test ginger…? 🫣

@xCrazyEyez @caydengineer Thanks for the feedback :) Our recent models are even sexier and slimmer

@caydengineer Gonna be honest with you here. A big reason people will buy Meta over yours is purely aesthetic. Your glasses look like trash, and once you remedy that, I believe you will have a hit product.

@p_misirov @caydengineer @ycombinator Yep! You can find our sdk on our website: mentra.glass

@caydengineer @ycombinator you are telling me that I can use the glasses hardware and software as I wish? sign me up!

@Yami00096 @caydengineer exactly. what do you imagine being built on these?

@caydengineer The fact that it’s open source means the ceiling isn’t defined by one company’s roadmap, it’s defined by what the community can imagine.

half the team is in SF cranking out software other half in Shenzhen cooking up beautiful hardware Focusing on: reliability sleeker lighter hardware SDK to let devs build anything app that let's you stream anywhere What color do you want, and what will you build?

Our privacy filter for smart glasses is now on GitHub! It replaces a raw camera feed with a filtered stream in your app, applying privacy protections in real time so you can avoid the hassle of privacy compliance. github.com/PrivacyIsAllYo…

@othocs @caydengineer @MentraLabs @a_israelov @IsaiahBallah @Nicolo_AI @ycombinator we had a serious discussion abt naming the onboard ai assistant jarvis. but figured that a middle aged mom doesn't wanna say "hey jarvis" in public 🥲 not to say that middle aged moms will be early adopters

@yo_nathan_lee @caydengineer @MentraLabs @a_israelov @IsaiahBallah @Nicolo_AI @ycombinator NOW WE’RE TALKING

we made Meta Rayban glasses but with an open source sdk then 100 hackers make apps on them at YC this is the dev ecosystem Meta missed out on their walled garden will never see this kind of collaborative innovation

@othocs @caydengineer @MentraLabs @a_israelov @IsaiahBallah @Nicolo_AI @ycombinator bang x.com/caydengineer/s…

@caydengineer @MentraLabs @a_israelov @IsaiahBallah @yo_nathan_lee @Nicolo_AI @ycombinator Make « Jarvis Clip That Shit » a reality and you got an investor

@vNvthan @caydengineer @MentraLabs @a_israelov @IsaiahBallah @Nicolo_AI @ycombinator smh they weren't feelin the 6k calorie goal x.com/caydengineer/s…

@yo_nathan_lee @caydengineer @MentraLabs @a_israelov @IsaiahBallah @Nicolo_AI @ycombinator no 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

@MuizMusk @caydengineer @ycombinator @MentraLabs @a_israelov @IsaiahBallah @Nicolo_AI @thelensai wdym?

@0xPBIT @caydengineer @MentraLabs @a_israelov @IsaiahBallah @Nicolo_AI @ycombinator irl clipping. the best part is that we didn't make this feature. someone else did at our hackathon. anyone who has a smart glasses idea can make it happen when the platform's open

@yo_nathan_lee @caydengineer @MentraLabs @a_israelov @IsaiahBallah @Nicolo_AI @ycombinator hell yes. like the NVIDIA instant replay game capture. epic feature. nice job.