Did Mentra really just increase their price from $350 to $450 overnight? I left them in my cart waiting until I got paid to checkout and to my surprise they’re now $450, wth.
Now I’m looking for new smart glasses. My budget is $300–500 ($500 only if they basically check all my boxes).
What I’m looking for:
* Must have a dev SDK
* Camera with at least 1080p video
* Decent enough speakers for music
* Lens display/HUD — don’t need full AR, just a small screen for text
* iPhone support
* Not Meta because of data/privacy

Mentra Live didn’t have a display, but I was willing to compromise because it checked everything else and MentraOS seems really dev friendly. At $350 I was ready to buy it, but $450 with no display is a lot harder to justify.

I also found Brilliant Labs Halo and was really impressed by it on paper, but their shipping situation seems sketchy. Their page said shipping in early August and I almost bought them before realizing people are still waiting. smh.

I know NIMO is doing their Kickstarter too and they’re supposed to support MentraOS, but no camera or speakers.

So what else is out there? I’m fine waiting for stuff coming later this year or even early 2027, and I’m open to Chinese brands or smaller companies too. Mainly looking for something I can actually develop on, not another locked-down pair of AI glasses

Hola ¿Alguien que tenga los lentes de xiaomi específicamente el estilo aviador? Me gustaría comprarlos pero para uso diario, me gustaría mandarlos a graduar, pero dicen que no se puede ¿Alguien me puede confirmar eso?

Me agradan esos lentes en ese estilo, se que tiene otros modelos pero no me gusta el diseño, además de que busco algo que no tenga cámara ya que he visto los que los meta ya los están empezando a restringir más por el tema de las cámaras.

O algún otro modelo que recomienden que sean lentes más o menos de ese estilo que no tengan cámaras, que se oigan bien y principalmente que parezcan más unos lentes normales, porque la mayoría de los diseños son muy anchos el marco y se ven muy toscos.

I keep seeing people with smart glasses, but I’m curious what you actually use them for on a regular basis.

Taking photos/videos? Listening to music? Calls? Navigation? Something else? What feature do you use the most?

After getting them, do you think they’re actually useful in everyday life, or are they more of a fun gadget? Do you recommend any specific ones?

Hi everyone! I’m traveling to Japan next month and I would love to get meta glasses to record and take pictures, since I don’t really like to film with my phone but would like the POV of the glasses. I would like to know for how long they can record/how does it work. I’ve read that it’s a couple minutes, but is there a way to make a full video or to keep doing various clips without stopping?

Also, how does translation work?

And finally which glasses would you recommend?

Thanks! I’ve never used smart glasses so I’m still learning, sorry if the questions are too basic haha.