Brilliant Labs presents "Halo" AI glasses: Privacy-friendly and open source
Brilliant Labs presents Halo, AI glasses that create apps by voice, save reminders and remain completely open source.
The new smart glasses from Brillant Labs are barely noticeable despite their camera and display.
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With "Halo," Brilliant Labs is launching new smart glasses on the market that look almost indistinguishable from conventional everyday glasses but feature an extensive sensor package, a display, and a multimodal AI assistant. The glasses are based on an open-source concept and, according to the manufacturer, place particular emphasis on data protection and customizeability.
The integrated AI assistant “Noa” processes visual and acoustic information from the environment and is designed to react to it in near real time. Users can control the glasses by voice command and activate the microphone or camera, for example, or switch them to sleep mode.
Glasses that remember
A key technical innovation compared to Brillant Labs' first smart glasses, "Frame," is the “Narrative” system. This is designed to provide a structured, context-based reminder function. No raw data is to be stored. According to the manufacturer, an abstracted representation with local processing is generated from the captured audio and video signals instead. This means that names or conversation content can be retrieved even after a long period of time without personal data ending up in the cloud.
With “Vibe Mode,” Brillant Labs is also introducing a voice-based method for app creation. Users will be able to give instructions using natural language, based on which Noa will create simple applications that can be executed directly on the glasses. These applications can also be shared or adapted by third parties. Technically, the system is based on Lua integration in the Zephyr open source operating system. Computing power is provided by an energy-efficient B1 AI microcontroller from Alif Semiconductor, which is designed for local processing.
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“Halo” smart glasses: open source and affordable
The equipment includes a small 0.2-inch OLED color display that projects content directly into the field of vision, optical sensors, microphones, an IMU (position sensor), and bone-sound speakers in the temples. The glasses weigh around 40 grams, support different eye distances, and, according to the manufacturer, should last up to 14 hours on a single charge. In collaboration with the online optician SmartBuyGlasses, Brillant Labs also offers corrective lenses in various designs.
While many other providers, such as Meta with its Ray-Ban smart glasses, rely on proprietary systems, Brilliant Labs says it provides all software and hardware documentation openly. Media content is not stored but converted directly into a non-traceable data stream when it is captured.
The sales launch is planned for November 2025 at a price of 299 US dollars. Halo will only be available via the company website and only in limited quantities at market launch.
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