Now building in public

Smart glasses without the surveillance.

Fully offline AI. Swappable battery. Five modular boards you can repair or upgrade yourself. No cloud. No subscription. Yours to keep.

Order — $199 Customize

Why I started this

I wanted glasses I could actually own.

Not rent. Not subscribe to. Not something that quietly uploads my life to a server I don't control.

Every pair of smart glasses on the market today asks you to trade privacy for convenience. Always-on cameras. Always-on mics. Always-on cloud. And when the battery dies, the entire product dies with it.

Plain Vision is the opposite. Offline AI that runs directly on the glasses. A battery you swap in seconds. Five modular boards you can repair or upgrade yourself. Open schematics, so you are never locked out of your own hardware.

No cloud. No subscription. No surveillance. Just glasses that work — and stay yours.

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The Plain Vision team Building in public since day one

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01 / On-device AI

Intelligence that never leaves the glasses.

Face recognition, object search, and basic scene understanding run entirely on the device. Nothing is uploaded. Nothing is stored in a cloud.

ESP-DL and TensorFlow Lite Micro
Works fully offline
Optional phone offload for heavy tasks

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02 / Swappable battery

Carry a spare. Never plug in.

A 960 mAh lithium-polymer pack that replaces in seconds with a single JST-PH connector. Buy a second one. Keep it in your pocket.

24-cell 1S24P LiPo configuration
TP4056 charging with PTC fuse protection
Swap-in under ten seconds

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03 / Modular and repairable

Five boards. Open schematics. Yours forever.

Every module connects through standard 10-pin FFC ribbon cables. Break the camera, replace the camera. No glue. No proprietary screws. No e-waste.

Published schematics for every board
Standard FFC connectors
Repair, upgrade, or extend it yourself

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Subscriptions

5

Modular boards

960

mAh swappable battery

100%

Repairable

Inside the frame

Five modules. Every one swappable.

Pick what you need. Upgrade what you want. Repair what breaks. Every board is documented, replaceable, and yours.

ESP32-S3 main processor with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and USB-C.

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960 mAh swappable battery. Replaces in seconds.

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Bluetooth audio with bone-conduction ready connectors.

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Five tactile switches. Physical controls, always.

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OV2640 camera for on-device vision.

Ready when you are

Build the pair you actually want.

Pre-order Plain Vision One, or customize it module by module. Both ship from the USA. Both come with open schematics.

Order — $199 Customize