Omi Glass Dev Kit

Omi Glass Dev Kit 

The Omi Glass Dev Kit is a developer kit for AI smart glasses designed for all-day image and audio recording, as well as expanding the capabilities of personal digital memory. The device can capture what the user sees and hears, and then use this data to transcribe conversations, create automatic summaries, task lists, notes, and contextual memories.

The solution has been developed as an open platform for developers. The hardware, firmware, and software are available as open source, enabling users to modify how the glasses operate, develop their own features, integrate AI models, and build custom applications. The manufacturer also indicates the possibility of working with an API, an MCP server, and the Omi application ecosystem.

The Omi Glass Dev Kit is not a typical “plug and play” consumer product. It is a developer kit that requires technical configuration, work with firmware, the Arduino IDE environment, and assembly components. As a result, it is particularly suitable for research and development projects, AI wearable solution prototyping, lifelogging, work automation, contextual application testing, and building custom tools based on audio-visual data.

Key Features

All-day image and audio recording
Transcription of the user’s speech and surrounding conversations
Automatic summaries, tasks, and memories
Support for over 25 languages, including single-language mode, multilingual mode, and translations
Speaker recognition based on voice profiles
Online and offline operation
Search across summaries, tasks, and memories
Ask Omi AI feature with access to user knowledge and web search
Daily Recaps
Brain Map for connecting memories and context
Integration with Android, iOS, Mac, and web applications
Synchronization with task managers
Application marketplace and the ability to build custom tools
API and MCP server for working with data
Open hardware, firmware, and software
Ability to modify firmware and create custom features

Device type: Developer kit for AI smart glasses
Purpose: Lifelogging, AI memory, transcriptions, work automation, AI application prototyping
Hardware platform: Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32 S3 Sense
SoC: ESP32-S3
Camera: Integrated camera on the XIAO ESP32 S3 Sense board
Microphone: Yes
Main power supply: 6 × 150 mAh LiPo batteries
Additional power supply: 1 × 250 mAh LiPo battery
Housing / mounting: 3D-printed components, STL files in the hardware folder
Hinges: Standard glasses hinges
Firmware: Arduino IDE or arduino-cli
PSRAM setting: OPI PSRAM
Software: Expo project, Node tooling, npm or yarn
Repository: Omi / OmiGlass
Open source: Hardware, firmware, and software
Water resistance: No
Operating mode: Photos taken every few seconds and sent to the Omi AI application
Video and audio: Possible, but requires modification of the default firmware
Applications: Android, iOS, Mac, web
Integrations: API, MCP server, application marketplace, task managers
Data security: Declared TLS encryption in transit and AES-256 encryption at rest, with the possibility of local operation

NOTE:

The Omi Glass Dev Kit is a developer platform / AI wearable dev kit, not classic AR glasses. The manufacturer does not describe them as glasses with a display, but rather as glasses with a camera, microphone, and integration with an AI application for context recording, transcription, and automation.

A product for technical users: component assembly, 3D printing, Arduino IDE configuration, firmware, repository, and Expo/Node project.