I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: the collision of tech and porn is inevitable. Just ask the internet, or VHS tapes, or the Apple Vision Pro. If there’s a will, there’s a way to watch porn with it, or in the case of these soon-to-ship smart glasses, livestream porn with it.
Behold the Mentra Live Camera Glasses, a pair of smart glasses that are being marketed specifically for livestreaming. That livestreaming capability, enabled by onboard cameras, can happen in a number of places, according to Mentra. Among them are platforms like X (duh), YouTube (yawn), Twitch (double duh), and OnlyFans (wait, what?). Yes, that’s right. Mentra specifically lists OnlyFans as one of the platforms you may, potentially, sometimes, want to livestream to.
As far as I can tell, there’s no specific integration with OnlyFans or anything like that, but the smart glasses are open source, which means they’re inherently more permissive than other glasses in the space, like those made by Meta, which have a closed app ecosystem. The open-sourceness of it all would theoretically make them more suitable for stuff like livestreaming on OnlyFans, a platform that, as many of us know (it’s okay, you can admit it), is not exactly welcome on major app stores owned by Google or Apple.
And before you get any ideas, the only application is for livestreaming OnlyFans, not watching it. There is no display on these smart glasses, which Mentra says is intentional. Not because they’re afraid of people walking around watching porn, but because the choice gives the battery longevity and makes the smart glasses last longer than competitors with bright displays to power.
Speaking of app stores, Mentra says its smart glasses have their own. They’ll ship with access to what the company is calling the Mentra MiniApp Store, where you can download apps that let you do stuff like live translation, memory games, calendar integrations for reminders, and more. I took a quick peek at the listed apps on Mentra’s store, and there’s also an option to download an X app, but all the description tells us about the experience is “use X on your smart glasses.”
Back to the porn thing, though. If you are going to livestream porn with these smart glasses, you should know that the max video resolution is 1080p, and they have a 119-degree field of view. That’s the same resolution as Meta’s first-gen Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses but less impressive than the Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 AI glasses, which can shoot video in 3K. They’re also pretty light at 43g as opposed to the Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 AI glasses, which weigh between 48 and 50g. Battery life is apparently 12 hours on a single charge, but that will fluctuate depending on what you’re doing. Livestreaming porn, for instance, may kneecap that figure a bit. And yes, they’re prescription-compatible, so you can see, uh… what you’re doing when you wear them.
For me, easily the most interesting part of these smart glasses is that they’re open source and come with an app store. I’ve tried quite a few pairs in the past few months, and the biggest complaint I’ve had about most of them is that the capabilities feel limited for now. Opening up the field to let people expound on capabilities themselves does make a lot of sense in theory, though we’ll see if anyone actually bothers to develop apps. At the very least, OnlyFans livestreaming is a decent way to spice up marketing.
The Mentra Live Camera Glasses cost $299 and will start shipping on Feb. 15, with a second batch coming on Feb. 28.
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