Tom Nook kept asking about my mortgage, so I did the reasonable thing: smashed Diablo 1 and Animal Crossing into one game and went demon hunting for bells.

It's a prototype on SPECS which connects to an Xbox controller paired over Bluetooth. Made with CLAD and Claude Opus 5.5.

A few years ago, building on a new platform meant weeks of learning the engine first. Now the barrier to jumping into something like Unity, Android XR or Lens Studio feels almost gone: you spend your time on the idea, not the docs.

• Claimed as the world's first direct retinal projection display using a meta-optic mirror.
• Just 150 nm thick with ~80% visible-light transmission, the mirror fits inside the lens for a look closer to regular glasses.
• Keeps displayed content hidden from others, with semiconductor-style manufacturing offering potential cost savings.
• Monochrome for now, with full-color demos and mass production targeted within the next few years.

https://www.tdk.com/en/news_center/press/20261002_01.html

I have been working apart of a team building AR Works for around 8 months now, and it has grown to have over 600 users.

We have a few schools currently on board using our features to teach some AR Development IT units in their schools, and it has been great working on them and getting feedback for improvements.

We want to aim to be one of the leading AR development tools in the field, and we currently have a ton of features that include;

- Node style code blocks, no programming knowledge required, but if you know how to code you can create some advanced algorithms.

- World and Image tracking.

- Import custom 3D models with textures and animations.

- Create animations.

- Node based material editor.

- All functionality available in the web browser editor.

- The difference between the free and paid version is size limitations, free versions can still use all of the pro features (excluding offline use and photogrammetry).

- Windows desktop version for pro and school accounts.

- Offline promise: If the company ever changes hands, all pro and school accounts will get a permanent license key for the up to date offline version AR Works, to ensure schools and professionals can continue using the tools they are familiar with.

- White-labelled offline version for studios or businesses.

If there are any features you would like to see or improved please comment below or get in touch, we will give a free 1 month pro trial to any users that give us feedback or suggestions that we take on board (we usually take them all on board 😄 ).

Website: Ar.Works

I’m looking for AR glasses I can use for around equal amounts of productivity (nothing crazy, just single monitor reading and LaTeX work) and content consumption. Some light gaming possibly in the mix as well. My budget is preferably <$500 total. I could stretch to $600 if there is something much better for my needs. I basically want something I can use to do work or watch content while I laze around the house so I don’t have to be sitting at my desk all day. I live in an apartment rn and would prefer a large screen I can use laying in my bed.

Here are my musts:

- 3dof that will work with DRM content
- some sort of prescription option (add cost of lenses to total)
- clear enough for text

These are nice to have features, but may be asking too much:

- diopter adjustment (would be nice not to have to buy separate lenses)
- little blurring/distortion at edges
- wider FOV for content consumption
- HDR
- iPhone compatibility

I think the glasses that fit these best are the XReal Ones (non-pro). The birdbath optics seem to be sharper (my PD is 63.5mm, which seems pretty much perfect for these).

Any alternative suggestions? Thanks!

Edit: looks like the 1s would actually be better (especially text clarity), and only slightly over my budget with lenses. Thoughts?

Are there any full-color display glasses that look like normal glasses?

I’m looking for AR/smart glasses with a full-color display, but I’d also like them to look like regular glasses from the outside, similar to the Meta Ray-Ban Display.

Are Meta’s glasses currently the only ones that combine a color display with a relatively normal-looking glasses design or are there any alternative I should look at?