Picture this: you're sporting your sleek Meta Rayban Smart Glasses, commanding your digital world with just your voice. It sounds like science fiction, right? Well, it's closer to reality than you think. A nifty project called 'meta-vision-api' is on the scene, merging the capabilities of GPT4 Vision with your stylish specs. It's designed for those who love to be at the cutting edge, tech enthusiasts and, let's admit it, any gadget geek who gets a thrill from clever workarounds.
If you've got a pair of those snazzy Meta glasses, an OpenAi API Key, and some adventurous spirit, you're in for a treat. By the end of this blog, you'll be turning heads—not just with your fashion sense, but with the sheer genius of your enhanced smart glasses!
Now, before you dive in headfirst, there's a bit of setup involved. It's like assembling the ultimate toy on Christmas morning—the anticipation is part of the fun! You'll need the aforementioned Meta Rayban Smart Glasses and a couple of digital key stones like an OpenAi Api Key and an alternative Facebook/Messenger account. Think of these as the secret ingredients to unlocking a treasure trove of possibilities.
The setup dance includes adding some mystery .env files, running the server with 'bun install' and 'bun run dev', and lighting up PORT 3103 with your server's presence. If all goes well, your setup is ready to face the music—And by music, I mean your voice commands!
Bookmarklets are like backstage passes to the internet. They're small scripts stored as bookmarks, letting you do things that might feel like sneaking behind the curtains of a browser's stage. With 'meta-vision-api', you add a bookmarklet to Messenger, transforming it into a secret agent, waiting to send your photos off for a GPT4 Vision analysis upon your command.
Don't worry; it's not as MI6 as it sounds. You copy some code, create a new bookmark with this code as the URL, and boom! Click the bookmark, and you've just enabled the Messenger Chat Observer. If an image message pops in, your faithful observer is on the case, forwarding it to your project's REST API.
Alright, the stage is set, and it's time for the first act. Testing is the dramatic monologue that reveals if your setup is a smash hit or if it needs an encore performance. You'll issue a voice command to send a photo to your alternate account. Picture this moment as stirring an enchanted cauldron, where you brew the magic spell that gets the integration going.
As you command your Meta Glasses to send a photo, your server should come alive, narrating each step of the process: "GPT4 Vision Request" and "Creating new data file." It's like the chorus of a Greek tragedy, except the only tragedy would be not trying this out!
This isn't where the credits roll. After sending your photo on its covert mission, you get to peek into the secret files. Open up the './public/data.json' and witness the fruits of your labor—data transformed and waiting to be used like a treasure chest of insights. It feels like finally deciphering an ancient cryptic language, right?
What use is data if you can’t revel in its glory? Now's the time to take your bespoke concoction of tech out and about, impressing passersby with your high-tech gadgetry that's got more tricks up its sleeve than a seasoned magician.
With this integration, the world's your proverbial oyster, and you're shucking it with augmented reality. Imagine whipping up an app that identifies plants on a hike, or creating an urban exploration tool that tells historical tales when you gaze upon an old building. The potential is as vast as a star-filled sky.
Perhaps you're into something more niche, like a treasure hunt app that uses visual cues to guide you to your next clue. The 'meta-vision-api' isn't just pushing boundaries; it's erasing them entirely so you can draw your own map of what's possible.
It's not perfect—nothing hacky ever is—and our wizard of an author foresees potential changes. But the beauty lies in the imperfection, the constant tinkering, and the community's creative flow that propels projects like this forward. It's like a fairy tale for tech enthusiasts, and you're the protagonist wielding the power of GPT4 with your trusty Meta Glasses.
While we eagerly await an official SDK from the Meta Reality Labs team, 'meta-vision-api' is our hacky wand, turning pumpkins into carriages. It's open-source, which means it's built on the shoulders of giants, freely given for you to modify, enhance, and share. Just don't turn into a pumpkin at midnight.
Hacky Meta Glasses GPT4 Vision Integration. Contribute to dcrebbin/meta-vision-api development by creating an account on GitHub.