Ursa Specs
Full glasses that let you control devices just by looking at them — no camera, nothing about your surroundings ever captured.
- Sensing
- EOG (nose pads + temple tips) fused with head-motion IMU
- Camera
- None — no image of surroundings is ever captured
- Confirm gesture
- Capacitive touch strip, one temple arm
- Frame
- Standard proportions, slightly thicker temple arms for electronics
- Output
- Feeds Router / Relay like any other Ursa input device
- Battery life
- TODO(metric)
What it does
Specs turns where you look into a control signal. Electrodes built discreetly into the nose pads and temple tips read subtle eye-movement signals, fused with a motion sensor that tracks head position, to determine where you're looking.
A touch-sensitive strip on the temple arm lets you confirm an action deliberately, so casual glances never trigger a click. Gaze-based control feeds into the same Router and Relay ecosystem as the rest of the Ursa lineup.
How it works
- Electrooculography (EOG) electrodes in the nose pads and temple tips read the electrical signal generated by eye movement — no lens, no image sensor, no picture of you or your surroundings is ever formed.
- A motion sensor in the frame tracks head position and fuses with the EOG signal, since where you're looking is a function of both eye and head movement.
- A capacitive touch strip on one temple arm is the deliberate confirm gesture — gaze estimates intent, touch commits it, so nothing fires from a casual glance.
- Gaze events are emitted into the shared Relay pipeline, alongside switch and voice input, rather than as a separate, incompatible control surface.
Specs is further out than Router and Murmur, and involves active R&D into camera-free gaze-tracking — see the Research page for the underlying signal work. Read the research →