Introducing PMSG: whether you call them the Poor Men’s Smart Glasses or the People’s Modular Smart Glasses / Portable Mesh-Connected Smart Glasses, With PMSG, *( its my inside joke ) you can transform your regular eyewear into customisable smart glasses, integrating sensors and connectivity for personalised functionality. It’s a DIY / open tech approach that brings advanced technology within everyone’s reach. - Project goal is to have hardware platform to easy add and for all at ultra low price point. Staying in the low price point and prototype space like bellow model shows. ( So, no—you can’t stream Netflix or Disney+ on them… yet. < OR DOOM > )
Model by Wall Street Journal and Joanna Stern
source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVxhZ29f8dA
Coming soon from Seeed Studio — the PMSG starter kit for around *$80 (shipping and customs fees not included, because, well… that’s out of my hands, but I’m doing my best!). *( basic price hope to add hight tech fun stuff )
Plug-and-Play Build: Having a pair of Without Eyewear set of glasses and with the Seeed studio XIAO
Source: https://without.live/eyewear/
For custom lenses, we recommend Vroom Optiek changing to your personal specs to fit the PMSG models.
Open ecosystem, you can effortlessly integrate BLE, Wi-Fi, LoRa, or even Edge AI capabilities through / SenseCraft platform or / Meshtastic. *( and more ) No soldering skills required—just snap it together and go! You add your Xioa or Xioaheader based MCU like Adafruit qt-py
Let us know if you like to have one pro oder ?
Concept of by Seeed Studio PMSG starter kit
• Versatile Connectivity: Supports USB and web-based tools, making it seamless to connect to platforms like A-frame AR for augmented reality applications.See or demo site: https://api.2qr.at/ar
1 / 2 • https://api.2qr.at/ar *( puur for demo )
• Basic parts: PMSG – Basic Parts & Sensor Functions
Prototypes - showing backside
• Expandable Features: By leveraging the Grove system, you can add modular components like, Air Q sensors, Camera and OLED displays / waveguide for interactive AR experiences.
Due to the high prices and limited stock of new technology, we will wait until prices drop. For OLED and waveguide setups for glasses
1 / 2 • Prototype adding Camera - Running a Powerful MCU Board ( showing easy R&D part of PMSG )
• Future-Ready Designs: By 2026/27, we’ll roll out waveguide technology, taking AR to the next level with sleek, futuristic designs that are both fun and functional.
We do have a budget-friendly ( Poor mens ) display build-in using fantastic four RGB NeoPixels as basics.. having lux sensor its great to get simple feedback in your eye
Demonstrating a 4-LED display running simple animations.
PMSG isn’t just wearable tech—it’s a movement to make modular AR / smart glasses accessible, sustainable, and undeniably cool. Whether you’re building with pre-soldered kits or adding your custom flair, PMSG is here to empower your creativity.
At some upcoming events, we’ll be demoing our PMSG models and setup—stay tuned!
Datums
🎪 Burning Man, Black rock city 🔥 – Aug 24 → Sep 1 2025
🌐 The Things Conference, Amsterdam – Sep 23 → 24 2025
🤖 Maker Faire Shenzhen / 大湾区国际创客峰会 – Nov 15 → 16 2025
source: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7358856717448663040
Some update 31 Aug 2025
PMSG Aluminium version + SMA connector break-out at back of Lora RF
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