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I bought the Even G2 smart glasses and the Even R1 smart ring. I use prescription lenses for daily wear.
The hardware feels good. The R1 ring is thin and comfortable. It does not feel sticky like cheap smart rings. The G2 glasses are light. They come in two styles: a Boston shape and a square shape.
The glasses include several built-in features:
- A dashboard for news, stocks, and calendars.
- Phone notifications for email and social media.
- A teleprompter and navigation.
- Conversation transcription and translation.
- An AI assistant.
I wanted more control. The standard AI does not connect to external services easily. I built three apps to test the limits of the system.
App 1: Personal AI Agent I built this to talk to my own AI agent. It uses an Even Hub app on the glasses and a bridge on my Mac. The display shows stages: "Transcribing," your words, "Thinking," and then the answer.
App 2: Skeleton Display This is a local display-only app. It uses no backend and no network.
App 3: Anger Management This is a joke app available on the Even Hub. You can search for it if you own the glasses. It shows a countdown or a count-up depending on your settings.
Lessons from development:
- The display holds at most 4 image containers at once.
- The SDK does not provide speech-to-text. You must handle transcription differently than standard apps.
- The SDK supports tap, double tap, and swipe gestures. It does not support hold gestures.
- The connection between glasses and phone uses BLE. This means bandwidth is low.
Use the official evenhub-simulator to test your screens and inputs before using the hardware.
Source: https://dev.to/yokomachi/got-an-even-g2-build-your-own-apps-hands-on-impressions-and-dev-tips-1glp
Optional learning community: https://t.me/GyaanSetuAi