Open hardware Case study

cheApR

The idea

Augmented reality designed to be built, opened, and changed.

Cheap 3D-printed AR goggles you can open, rebuild, and change.

Custom electronics, ESP32 controllers, dual displays, camera and motion inputs, battery management, and a prototyping ecosystem you can actually configure.

Open hardware
Concept
Prototype

ContextIndependent / R&D
DisciplineOpen hardware
YearArchive

01 / Project view

The prototype

How it was built.

ESP32 controllers, dual displays, camera and motion inputs, and a battery system built so you can keep opening it up.

Project details

Selected development views

cheApR project development image — Project detail

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