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Monako Glass
Run AI coding agents hands-free from a heads-up display
255 followers
Run AI coding agents hands-free from a heads-up display
255 followers
Monako Glass is a 48g wearable running Buildroot Linux with a waveguide display, bone conduction mic, and gesture input. Lets developers run Claude Code, Codex, or any coding agent hands-free from glasses. Reservation-only, ships July-August 2026.
Coding agents are powerful. Being chained to a desk to use them is not.
Monako Glass is a 48g Linux computer built into a pair of glasses, designed to let developers run Claude Code, Codex, or any coding agent hands-free through a heads-up display.
Most smart glasses are built for consumers. Notifications, photos, music. Monako Glass is pointed the other direction entirely. The problem it solves is simple: agentic coding workflows demand attention, but that attention does not have to happen at a fixed screen. Monako puts a full Buildroot Linux OS, a waveguide display, and a bone conduction mic on your face so you can stay in the loop wherever you are.
Here is what you get:
🖥 Waveguide heads-up display on a 48g frame
🎤 Nasal-vibration bone conduction mic, built for loud environments
👋 Hand tracking and gesture input via onboard 0.5 TOPS NPU
🐧 MonoOS: full Linux with a Lua app layer agents can write to and run instantly, no build step
🤖 Claude Code, Codex, and any coding agent supported
🔋 300mAh battery, 4 hours screen-on, 8 hours normal use
Developers and AI researchers who run autonomous coding agents and want to stay connected to those workflows away from a desk will find the most immediate use for this.
Reservations are open at $19 toward a $399 unit, shipping July to August 2026. Check it out and reserve yours at monako.ai.
The hardest part with AI agents is not only giving them tasks, but staying aware of what they’re doing. A heads-up display could actually help with that.
@malani_willa I like that this is built around a real workflow problem. if developers can interact with agents naturally, this could open up new ways of working
This is wild, agents running without being chained to the desk is a fun direction. How do you actually steer an agent from the glasses, is it mostly voice or the gesture input?
This is a cool concept. The heads-up display for coding agents makes sense when you think about it, constantly looking away to check output breaks the flow. Curious how the latency feels in real use.
This looks super cool. Many companies are trying to build this type of tool. I've even purchased some in the past; many of them are in the garbage now. I love the concept. The video is super cool. I'm just not convinced you can build what you say you can build. Prove me wrong.
Where can I see the source code of MonoOS? Is it published on GPLv2 license?