Schlagwort: smart glasses

  • Giving Google Glass a run for its money

    Giving Google Glass a run for its money

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    Arduino Team — August 27th, 2021

    Google rarely enters the hardware world and when they do, they receive a mixed reception. The smart glasses were very controversial when they first launched, due to privacy and fashion concerns. But the idea was a good one: a wearable computer that gave you a heads-up display (HUD) at all times. Unfortunately, even today’s Google Glass models are very expensive. That’s why this Redditor built their own DIY smart glasses using affordable components.

    The pair looks a lot like a bulkier version of Google Glass and they perform a similar function. The wearer gets a HUD positioned in front of one eye that displays useful information. In this case, the information comes from a separate device via Bluetooth. The software is still in development, but these glasses could theoretically display any information from a connected smartphone, such as navigation or text messages. The screen is monochrome and has a low resolution, but it is enough for basic graphics and text.

    The primary component is an Arduino Nano 33 BLE. That drives a 0.49″ OLED screen through an I2C connection. A lens and mirror project the screen onto a clear phone case lined with HUD film intended for cars. Power comes from a small 450mAh lithium-ion battery. The frame is off-the-shelf, but the enclosure for the electronics is a custom 3D-printed affair. It allows for adjustability, making the screen clear and readable. The software isn’t ready yet, but the STL files are available if you want to build your own DIY smart glasses.

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  • Student designs his own pair of smart glasses with a transparent OLED display and Arduino Nano Every

    Student designs his own pair of smart glasses with a transparent OLED display and Arduino Nano Every

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    Student designs his own pair of smart glasses with a transparent OLED display and Arduino Nano Every

    Arduino Team — July 24th, 2020

    For his school science fair, Mars Kapadia decided to take things up a notch and create his own pair of smart glasses.

    The wearable device, which went on to place in the state competition, uses a transparent OLED display to show info from Retro Watch software running on an Android phone. They’re controlled by an Arduino Nano Every with an HC-05 Bluetooth module to communicate with the mobile app. Power is provided via a LiPo battery.

    One unusual feature is that the darkened lenses can be flipped down for sun protection in outdoor environments, then up to allow easy viewing in darker areas. Kapadia demonstrates how his glasses work, plus discusses the technology used in the video below.

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJfCBOXrqYc?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281]

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  • This pair of Arduino glasses stops you from touching your face

    This pair of Arduino glasses stops you from touching your face

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    This pair of Arduino glasses stops you from touching your face

    Arduino Team — March 10th, 2020

    Touching your face is a subconscious behavior that we all do, and it is also an easy way to pick up illnesses like the coronavirus and flu. However, like many infectious diseases, proper hygiene can help reduce your risk. With this in mind, Nick Bild designed a simple solution in the form of a modified pair of glasses to provide a subtle reminder not to go near your eyes, mouth, and nose.

    The project, which Bild calls Sentinel, consists of an ultrasonic sensor mounted on top of the bridge and an Arduino Nano along the temple. Whenever a hand (or object) is detected in close proximity to the face, a red warning LED lights up in the wearer’s peripheral vision.

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMnGv9zEGWM?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281]

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  • Give your memory a boost with Newrons

    Give your memory a boost with Newrons

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    Give your memory a boost with Newrons

    Arduino Team — January 28th, 2020

    When you get a notification on your smartphone, more often than not, you’re doing something more pressing. You then silence the alarm, and perhaps forget about it. Nick Bild, however, has created a pair of smart glasses that take a new “look” at things by instead giving you a notification when you’re staring at an appropriate item.

    For instance, as demonstrated in the demo below, if your calendar says to “Go for a walk,” the Newrons would light up when you’re glancing at a pair of sneakers.

    The prototype is controlled by an Arduino Nano 33 IoT, which connects to the Google Calendar API over WiFi to view your schedule. Object recognition is taken care of with a JeVois A33 machine vision camera and notifications are shown on an LED.

    More details can be found in Bild’s write-up here. 

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8D3Lubc3Jo?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281]

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  • Google Glass no longer requires tethering plan for smartphone data sharing

    Google Glass no longer requires tethering plan for smartphone data sharing

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    An Explorer Edition of Glass is already a pricey piece of tech, and smartphone tethering plans required to give it a mobile Internet connection have only made ownership that much more expensive. However, there’s good news for Google’s guinea pigs: the latest update to the headgear quietly implemented a way around the additional monthly fees.

    With XE9 loaded onto headsets, the companion Android app pipes data to and from the hardware, bypassing both the smartphone’s Bluetooth tethering settings and extra plan previously needed from some carriers.

     

    To match the change, the application’s notification icon sports two arrows to signify the flow of info.

    We doubt telcos will be fazed by this development for now, but we don’t know if that’ll hold once Glass arrives on shelves and hits the streets en masse. We’ve contacted Google to find out if the feature will make it to retail units.

     

    Official Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/15/google-glass-bluetooth-tethering-without-data-plan/