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Ray-Ban Meta chess coach

The creator: @0xProbabillityOriginal post

Meta glasses read the chess board and an AI calls out the best move

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By @0xProbabillity

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Ray-Ban Meta chess coach
Demo by @0xProbabillity, posted · Watch on X · Screen recording from the creator's iPhone app.

What you need

Difficulty
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License
No license stated

Parts

  • Ray-Ban Meta glasses (the creator says it works with all Meta glasses), iPhone running the creator's app
AI model or service
Neural network trained by the creator for real-time chess board recognition, Chess engine for best-move analysis (engine not named)

Overview

A chess helper for Meta glasses shared on X by @0xProbabillity. The creator says they reverse engineered their Ray-Ban Metas so that a 3000+ Elo AI reads the board and shows them the best move in AR. It's still in progress: no app, code or repo has been released.

What it does

  • “So I reverse engineered my Ray-Ban Metas… Now a 3000+ Elo AI reads the board and shows me the best move in AR.”
  • “For all meta glasses. It announces best move so you don't need a display, or you can see it in AR on your phone screen.”
  • “Trained neural network for board recognition and used chess engine for game analysis.”

Use-case ideas

  • Casual games and learning: “It's just to have fun with friends. I want to make this more of a learning app.”

How it works

A neural network the creator trained recognises the board in real time, and a chess engine analyses the position. The creator says it works on your phone and can announce the best move out loud, so no display is needed; the AR view in the demo is a screen recording from the iPhone app.

LayerComponentRuns on
CameraRay-Ban Meta glasses Glasses
Board recognitionNeural network trained by the creator Creator's phone app
Game analysisChess engine Creator's phone app

Limits and caveats

  • Not released yet: “Still working on it! I'll share updates”.
  • No app, code, repo or license has been published, and this page doesn't add any steps.
  • The AR view isn't in the glasses: “it's screen recording from iphone app.”
  • The creator says it isn't for cheating: “Cheating is not cool at all.”

Hardware

  • Ray-Ban Meta glasses (the creator says it works with all Meta glasses)
  • iPhone running the creator's app

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Credits and links

Sources

  1. x.com/0xProbabillity/status/2114065085278679526
  2. x.com/0xProbabillity/status/2114312037295865892
  3. x.com/0xProbabillity/status/2114385783830557079
  4. x.com/0xProbabillity/status/2114075992046416301
  5. x.com/0xProbabillity/status/2114386184243966149
  6. x.com/0xProbabillity/status/2114084745713750247
  7. x.com/0xProbabillity/status/2114318835704635740

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