OpenGlassAI $20 Smart Glasses Win Hackathon

TapTechNews May 16th news, a recent open source project called OpenGlassAI won the first place in the Llama3hackathon hackathon hosted by Meta. According to the members of the project, the team only spent $20 (approximately 144 RMB) on materials to turn any glasses into smart glasses (TapTechNews note: the open source project was later changed to less than $25).

From the demonstration video of the project members, it can be seen that this $20 smart glasses consist of a pair of sunglasses and a black box protruding from the right side. It is reported that the glasses are equipped with a camera that takes a photo every five seconds and a microphone that continuously transcribes audio. The working principle is to reflect the information received by the wearer's eyes and ears at the moment by collecting photos and text database.

The current functions that can be achieved include recording life and names, calculating calories, real-time translation, pressing the button on the side of the glasses to access Meta's Llama3 chatbot and interact with it.

The team members also stated that this smart glasses can be integrated with OpenAI in the future, even Google Gemini, and most importantly, it can mix and match multiple different functional components to create applications and frameworks that interest users.

All the source code of the project and some demonstration videos can be freely accessed on GitHub (click here). Although the team completed this project with only $20 material cost in the competition, if you want to replicate this project, you need components including SeeedStudioXIAOESP32S3 sensor, EEMBLP5020303.7v250mAH battery, 3D printed glasses bracket box, etc., with material cost of less than $25 (approximately 181 RMB).