OpenGlass: A Sensing-Computing Split Architecture for Local MLLM-Driven Real-Time Visual Assistance (2026.acl-demo)
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| Challenge: | OpenGlass is an open-source, privacy-oriented, local-first system for low-latency multimodal visual assistance . cloud MLLM assistants offer strong visual understanding but often require uploading first-person visual data . |
| Approach: | They propose an open-source system for low-latency multimodal visual assistance . they use an ESP32-based glasses-side unit to capture visual context . |
| Outcome: | The proposed system captures visual context while a nearby device performs local MLLM inference and speech output. |
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