I’ve mentioned this before, but I want pebble Smart Glasses. Just a few lines of texts as a heads up display. No cameras, no AR or AI BS, just notifications and text.
Please.
zack freedman on youtube created his own, and i seem to remember went through the build process if you’re interested
it’s not something you’d necessarily wear out, but apparently the utility value is very high
Just watched a video; he sawed an Epson headset in half & did some hardware mods so it doesn’t know it was sawed in half.
Also, it’s full video, I just need a little LCD/e-ink display…
Well well well…
Even Realities G1: The Pebble of Smart Glasses by MrMobile$750 w/ prescription lenses is just outside the range of “impulse purchase”, but still doable…
Now I’ve gotta take a harder look at this!
Pebble was peak smartwatch. It’s only been downhill since.
have you actually used other smartwatches? i have a xiaomi smart band 8 and it’s honestly really damn good, especially for costing 80 bucks. Even without a fancy display it has longer battery life than a pebble.
Only things i miss is physical buttons and more openness in the software, but honestly the only one that actually bothers me is no physical buttons.I’m not buying anything Xiaomi.
okay
but that doesn’t magically mean the watch doesn’t exist lmao, my point is that pebble wasn’t actually particularly peak.
But you know what, i kinda suspect you just want to be a hipster…Never said it didn’t exist lmao
I would love a round watch that uses an analog face but can still buzz me with notifications and do Apple Pay (or Google Pay). I’ve found ones that meet the first two but not the last one. I use my watch to pay way too much.
I think Garmin has some watches that fit.
Aight I might bite, loved the pebble 2 with rebble
Still using my Pebble Time today, I’d love to get a refreshed version with an active store again. It’s still my favorite smartwatch by far, nothing comes even close for me, I kept on thinking maybe I was alone in this.
Also used to be a Pebble enjoyer. I think realistically though, the world has moved on. There are other projects that carry the spirit of it too. I have a Pinetime, which is not nearly as good admittedly. Then there’s the Bangle.js which I’ve heard is really good. I will probably get one of these in the future because it does seem to be the best candidate as a Pebble successor.
Then if you have the right smartwatch, and a bit of tech skill, you can outright put Linux on your wrist with Asteroid OS.
I’m so happy this is back! can’t wait to build a watch
Kind of a misleading headline. They have a working prototype. Nothing even close to ready to ship.
I disagree, they have it working on the nRF52840 (which is new and supports new things like NFC and Thread/Zigbee). This means people can start developing features against that chipset.
Hardware doesn’t mean “production-ready model”.
