Added MCP updates to FORK'D, an easy way to store recipes online. Now works with the Displays and allows Meta AI to see what recipe you're looking at so it can guide you through, step-by-step.
Try it out with this Pumpkin Spice Latte Cake. Just click the glasses icon for instructions on how to get started.
Updated my flash card app with Meta's new MCP features: ask for a deck out loud and it builds it.
Truly, MCP is HUGE for the Displays. The win is simple: I ask for a deck out loud and the app builds it, no typing out cards by hand. All without ever taking my phone out of my pocket.
Steam controller connectivity issues are well documented, but the exact cause is still somewhat up in the air.
I’d like to use this thread to collect data on how/when controller connection issues pop up for people using the internal receiver
For me, it ONLY happens during demanding games which makes me believe it’s a temperature issue. Would love to hear others’ experiences!
Have started getting the dreaded constant Steam controller connect/disconnect issue on my SM.
Puck is not connected, controller is fully charged. Seems to be only happening when playing Baldur’s Gate 3 at max settings 4k60 with FSR2
Wondering if it might be a heat soak issue. Possible that the internal receiver is overheating?
Nonetheless pretty disappointing. Love the steam controller and how it plays with the SM. Would hate to not be able to use it.
My GabeCube just came in today and I've spent a few hours with it. For context, I'm coming at this after using my RTX 4090 rig for couch gaming for the past 3 years.
My immediate takeaway: this is Valve's attempt at creating an Apple experience in the PC gaming market.
You get the part of PC gaming people actually like, which is the flexibility and availability of gaming on Steam. But you remove a lot of the stuff people hate, like Windows updates, launcher chaos, driver weirdness, desktop fiddling, and the general feeling that your living room gaming device is secretly a work computer pretending to be a console.
The second you hit the power button on this thing, you're booted into Valve's curated experience for how *they* think the consumer interacts with PC gaming. And they absolutely nailed this. The machine truly just works and it feels awesome to boot up my steam library without fiddling around in Windows. CEC is a game changer as well.
The part that made me cynical/continues to annoy me: Valve's claim that "this is a computer". Sure, you can boot Windows and not be locked into SteamOS. This is part of the reason it's so expensive, since they didn't want to subsidize the hardware. But the entire point of the steam machine, the part where it's strongest, is in the "it just works" category. Valve has curated a near-perfect Apple-like experience for PC gaming and they need to lean into it harder. I'm happy to pay the "Valve tax" if they continue putting out this type of quality, same as I pay the Apple tax for iPhone and Macbooks.
TLDR: Valve is creating an amazing experience with the steam machine, one that I'm surprised I enjoyed enough to warrant the "apple tax" on it.
I find I'm only putting mine on for specific functionalities, not as an everyday wearable.
Curious other's habits with these glasses!
Tested and working on the latest update. Middle finger to thumb tap now acts as a "back button" on web apps!
It’s called Manga Lens, and it’s live here: https://meta-manga-reader.vercel.app
The app is pretty simple right now: search for manga, pick a chapter, and read it directly on the glasses.
I mostly wanted to see whether manga works at all on a tiny heads-up display. It’s obviously not going to replace reading on a phone or tablet, but it’s been surprisingly usable for quick reading especially if I’m doing something where I don’t want to be looking down at my phone.
The main design challenge was keeping the interface minimal enough to actually make sense on the glasses. Most reader apps assume you have a full touchscreen, so I had to strip things down to the page, chapter navigation, and simple controls.
Turned out to be pretty good imo. Would love others to try it out!
Most focus trackers are built around your computer.
That’s fine if the thing you’re trying to focus on is a laptop, but a lot of tasks aren’t like that. Reading, cleaning, cooking, packing, building something, studying from a book, doing chores, etc. I built Focus Lens to fix that.
It runs a simple focus session on the Meta Ray Ban Display (using the IMU data stream) and gives you a quiet cue when your focus starts drifting. Right now it’s pretty simple: start a session, keep the timer visible, log distraction moments, and get a small cue to come back to one thing at a time.
Honestly, running this type of app on the glasses has been huge. They make it feel more tied to the actual task instead of the device you happen to be using.
Test it out here: https://meta-attention-tracker.vercel.app/
Super simple, but very effective!
Download it here: https://glass-cards.vercel.app
If it gets popular enough, I’ll create a full web app so you can create your own study sets!
I’ve been messing around with the Meta DAT for iOS and built an early version of an app called RoloView.
The basic idea is simple: instead of swapping QR codes, LinkedIn profiles, or business cards, two RoloView users can meet in person and see a small business-card style profile appear in the glasses HUD.
So, for example, if you’re at a meetup, conference, hackathon, coworking space, etc., your glasses could show someone’s name, role, company, socials, or whatever they chose to share.
A few privacy things I wanted to build in from the start:
Small note on the demo video: I can’t record the screen and take the photo at the same time, so there’s a cut where the actual scan happens.
Overall, this was a fun first project with the Meta's device toolkit. I’m opening it up for beta testers soon, so DM me if you’re interested (iOS only for now).
For anyone technical who wants to poke around with similar stuff, I extended an Expo library from the *amazing* FabriBorgobello on GitHub. I’m waiting on a PR before it’s npm-installable from the main branch (but you can still find it here).
Got tired of constantly switching back and forth from my roster to the other game rules.
Copy/paste your roster into the web app, and it’ll generate a code for that specific roster.
I posted a WIP on this a few days ago, but happy to release it fully!
More levels will be added as time goes on. Feedback is always appreciated!
You can add the game to your glasses here: Laser Run
I built a web app called FORK’D that lets people take social media cooking videos and turn them into fully-functional recipes. Ingredients, step-by-step instructions, everything is automated all by copy/pasting a link.
Excited to say I also just added MRBD support!
You can now send any recipe you saved to FORK’D to your glasses. It’ll show you a shopping list, step-by-step instructions, and even in-line ingredient tags.
If you want to test it out:
• Make an account over at FORK’D (it’s free)
• Add a recipe. You aren't locked into a specific format here. You can import a recipe by pasting an Instagram Reel or TikTok link, uploading a picture, or just dumping a voice memo. The app will parse it out for you.
• Once the recipe generates, go to the recipe page, hit the little glasses icon next to the "start cooking" button.
• It syncs to your MRBDs, and you can just cycle through the steps while you cook.
As someone who cooks a lot, this has been an absolute game changer.
Built a simple game with gyro controls
Video is a bit funky because display is not perfectly synced with movements
Meta rayban displays just added web app support. Here's a quick demo!
Added glasses support to my cooking app, FORK’D
Here’s a test link to try it out: Honey Cake
Just tap the glasses icon next to “start cooking” to add it (make sure you have v125 and Developer mode enabled)
Works for all recipes, where each recipe can be added as a separate card on your glasses!
I used to have a bad habit of replaying stressful moments over and over after they happened. What helped me was not trying to “think positive” or force myself to calm down, but building the habit of writing down the thought, looking at the pattern behind it, and asking whether my brain was filling in blanks that were not actually there.
So I started using a little app I made to dump those thoughts when they came up. It walks me through what happened, what I assumed, what pattern might be showing up, and what a more grounded version of the situation could be.
Over time, the useful part was not the individual reflection. It was that I started catching the patterns earlier and reduce the time I wasted thinking about all of the "what if" scenarios.
I feel like I've reclaimed hours back each day doing this, and it feels sort of like "active journaling"
I’m a cognitive science PhD, and I built my first app around something I’ve always found useful: learning to notice the thoughts that show up after a stressful moment.
The app walks users through a short reflection, helps them identify possible thinking patterns, and gives them practice recognizing those patterns later. It’s based on classic cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) ideas, but puts a training twist on them.
The goal is pretty simple: help people get better at noticing when their thoughts are spiraling, catastrophizing, mind-reading, or jumping to conclusions, instead of stewing and ruminating for hours on end.
I’m looking for beta users who overthink, journal, use CBT worksheets, or are interested in building better self-reflection habits. Mostly looking for honest feedback on whether the flow feels useful.