Aura pendant against a dark backdrop

Aura

Worn. Screenless. Aware.

Capabilities

Listens. Sees. Remembers.

Groq LPU · < 500 ms

Always listening

Voice transcribed in under 500ms. No app. No buttons.

OV2640 · GPT-4o Vision

Visual understanding

Point at anything. Aura sees and stores what you're looking at.

Pinecone · RAG

Never forgets

Every conversation is indexed. Ask in plain language, get the memory back.

Self-host your backend. No cloud account required. Your data stays yours. How privacy works →

The idea

The third device.

Not a computer. Not a phone. Something worn.

Not a computer

Not a phone

Something worn

Specifications

Technical specs.

Standard off-the-shelf parts. No markup. MIT licensed.

Aura exploded view: battery, MCU, camera, microphone
0.5s
Transcription latency
Voice-to-text via Groq LPU inference. Fast enough for natural conversation.
~$50
Bill of materials
Standard off-the-shelf parts. No markup. MIT licensed.
80g
Total weight
50 × 68 × 18 mm. 900 mAh Li-Po. ~2 hours active, ~1 hour charge.

Build yours today.

Fork the repo, order the parts, and follow the build guide. No soldering experience required for the base build.

Aura components laid out: MCU board, camera, battery, 3D-printed case
Support

Questions?

All processing happens on your self-hosted backend. No cloud account required.
~4 hours active use, 45 minutes to full charge.
No soldering required for the base build. The case snaps together.
Yes. Configure Deepgram, Groq, OpenAI, or local Whisper in the backend .env.
Yes. MIT licensed. Case STLs, firmware, and backend on GitHub.
Any phone with Bluetooth LE. The Omi app runs on iOS and Android.