I had no idea about this hackathon, and it was just very serendipitous, said Fitsimones.
And then, you know, I think we started just jamming and building on the initial prototype.
He was joined by Stepnan Korshakov, who solved the most difficult software challenges of the project.
Photo: Scott Fitsimones
These two picked up Fitsimones, Shreeganesh Ramanan, and Jatin Gupta to make a winning team.
Cerebral Valley hosts hackathons like this often, bringing together San Franciscos thriving AI startup scene.
At one point late on Saturday, Shevchenko left the event to 3D print the Open Glass computer case.
The Cerebral Valley hackathon in San Francisco.Photo: Maxwell Zeff
This collects a database of photos and text to mirror what your eyes and ears take in.
were some questions the AI answered during the demo.
People around the world want to build things with this.
Now they have some way to own and contribute to the success of this project themselves.
While other smart glasses are on the market today such as Meta Ray-Bans theyre not open-sourced or this cheap.
For instance, not every pair of Open Glass has to take pictures or constantly record audio.
Smart glasses havent quite caught on like other wearables have.
However, the advancement of multimodal AI models makes this an exciting time for smart glasses.
Google even showed off a prototype of new Google Glasses in a demo of its latest AI on Tuesday.
Open Glass hopes that giving the open-source community access to this technology will enable greater innovation in the space.
Google ( actually) snuck in a demo for a pair of AR glasses (codenamed Project Iris).
These questions are important but arent exactly the focus for developers at the early stages of this technology.
Whats more important to them is making it useful.
Some non-technical people may purchase Open Glass to simply use a cheap pair of smart glasses.
The Open Glass story is a testament to the thriving AI startup culture in San Francisco.
The open-source community could unlock key breakthroughs in stuck technology like smart glasses.
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