I haven't been able to find too much online -- does anyone have a pair of the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses [0] and can speak to how easy (or possible) it is to write custom apps for personal use for the glasses?<p>[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37678860
I really like my pair yet only for taking pics and videos as that's the most reliable feature followed by Bluetooth audio for music and audio in general.<p>Using it to take calls and voice chat isn't that reliable and Hey Meta is very unreliable.<p>This version feels like smart glasses beta 1 but I do highly recommend then from my two weeks of frequent usage (bought them day they just came out) for taking pics n short videos!!<p>Overall good job Meta/Zuckerbrrg ..excited for the next version where all features work reliably and a few more smart features are added /work well like binoculars mode :)<p>To answer your question and based on my usage I don't think they could run any developer apps or programs and or reliably so. So I say closed for outside development until the next and fourth version.
I would love to hack them to trigger the camera from my smartphone instead than touching the frame. I completely understand why they did it and it's a good thing that the general public can't take pictures with it without it being obvious. But as an hobbyst street photographer I feel it would be an amazing tool to take some candid shots of street moments without attracting attention.