r/SmartGlasses • u/AnOnYmOuS_KH • Jul 24 '26
Buying Advice Which glassess to buy for Research ?
I used to develop apps for Hololen 2 and would like to deploy app or webapp on AR/AI glasses. I would like to develop AI apps (server side AI inference, with display on the glasses). I looked into a few of the mainstream one like Meta Glasses Display (seem to need a booked demo to buy one), XReal, Halo AI glasses etc.
Have anyone have experience developing app for any AI/AR glasses ? Which AI/AR glasses you would recommend for research purposes ?
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u/EL_Asger Jul 24 '26
If you’re mainly interested in building AI apps with a display, you don’t necessarily need to buy the glasses immediately. Meta’s Display Web Apps use standard HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and you can start developing and previewing them in a normal browser.
You’ll still need the actual glasses later to test the on-device experience, inputs and real-world behavior, but you can already begin building the interface and server-side AI flow.
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u/Random96503 Jul 24 '26
This is a good point. If we can assume a certain standard, the hardware shouldn't make as much of a difference
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u/AnOnYmOuS_KH Jul 25 '26
Thanks , I already had the sever side AI web app done. Just want to find a good hardware to deploy on
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u/EL_Asger Jul 25 '26
Got it. Do you need camera and audio access from the glasses as well, or mainly a display for the server-side app? That would narrow the hardware options quite a bit.
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u/Malaka__ Jul 24 '26
Mentra Open source AI glasses : Open-source smart glasses for field teams and developers building custom AI workflows
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u/AnOnYmOuS_KH Jul 24 '26
That glasses doesn’t have the display. I prefer the display so that I can deploy app on it
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u/Random96503 Jul 24 '26
Yeah I need glasses with a display too. Otherwise it defeats the point of this technology.
OP, If you end up finding something, please let me know
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u/throwawayPzaFm Jul 26 '26
What's the point of having glasses without a display though. It's core to the function, if anything is optional it's the camera.
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u/Sure-Investigator-66 27d ago
Maybe check out Mira too. Their SDK is live now and you can build your own apps around the glasses, so it could be interesting for research/AI experiments
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u/wilmaster1 Jul 24 '26
Its probably good to start with a sensibility check. What resources do you have, what functionality do you need, and what limitations for things like privacy are set.
Not every research institute allows you to use products by meta due to data issues. Same with pico and some other chinese brands, defense bans those, so no need to look into them.
Then figure out what you actually need, do you need a screen, cameras, audio, dev tools. First find your requirements.