10 Life Hacks Every User of the G2 Smart Glasses From Even Realities Should Know.

Even Realities G2 glasses are the most hacker-friendly glasses on the planet, no question about it. They’re discreet enough that no one will recognize you as a person wearing a facial recognition computer, but behind that silent display lies an incredible number of features. The basic setup lets you translate, navigate, communicate with AI, and do other things you’d expect from smart glasses, but Even Hub goes even further. Even Realities has opened a true developer platform that allows anyone to create anything for their glasses and share it with everyone. Hackers, rejoice! Here are ten hacks for your G2, including useful and surprising Even Hub apps, five-minute setups and configurations, and weekend projects that will test your coding skills and tolerance for frustration. There’s a second brain that remembers things most AIs forget, a clever way to become insufferably good at trivia, and even the possibility of starting a second career as a magician.

Customize your AI to create a “second brain”.

This project truly demonstrates the capabilities of Even Realities glasses. The G2 already has an integrated Even AI, but you’re not limited by its capabilities. You can not only use in-app settings to route the AI ​​to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or another LLM system, but also create your own custom AI. For example, Constella founder Tejas Sharma was frustrated by Even AI’s inability to remember information, so they created a “second brain” by routing the AI ​​to a multi-layered version of Constella (an open knowledge base) running on their network.

Using Second Brain instead of Even AI means you can say something like, “Remember to pick up the dry cleaning every Wednesday,” and it will be stored in your knowledge base. Later, you can ask out loud, “What should I have done on Wednesday?” and a fully-fledged AI agent will scan your memory (using hybrid vector and keyword search), connect your tools if necessary, and return a ready-made, structured answer that will be clearly displayed on the screen.

You can also use meeting mode, in which your glasses transmit audio from the microphone and record what you say onto the lenses with a delay of a few seconds. While you speak, the system silently processes your memory, tracks relevant connections, checks websites for usefulness, and produces a synthesized conclusion—it’s a bit like thinking. So, if you’re in a meeting and a colleague says, “Can we reschedule the squash game for Wednesday?” your glasses will silently compare this statement with your memory and silently produce, “Dry cleaning is picked up on Wednesday.”

The Second Brain project has been uploaded to Even Hub for G2, so it can be used as is, but Sharma has posted the entire integration layer on GitHub , so if you’re familiar with Python, you can see exactly how it interacts with the glasses and build a variant based on your own knowledge base.

Two ways to use G2 for instant two-factor authentication

We all know we should use two-factor authentication (2FA), but picking up your phone, unlocking it, and opening Messenger every time you want to log into Slack is inconvenient. There are two ways to make this easier:

• No software required : open the Even app on your phone, go to Settings > Notifications , and enable notifications. When an SMS arrives, you’ll be able to read the number displayed. Enter it, and you’ll complete two-factor authentication without even picking up your phone.

• Software solution : A developer from the Even Realities community created a special app for this purpose—2Factor. Instead of waiting for confirmation, you scan two-factor authentication QR codes in the app during setup. When it’s time to log in, you can access constantly updated one-time passwords (OTPs) with a time stamp directly from the glasses menu. Essentially, it’s Google Authenticator built right into your glasses.

Turn your glasses into your own programming mentor.

If you use Claude Cod’s autonomous AI programmer to develop software, you know that the biggest challenge isn’t the AI ​​itself writing the code, but its “control.” AI agents constantly pause to ask permission before executing commands or editing files, tying you to the keyboard with the simple task of saying “yes” or “no.” With the G2’s built-in terminal mode, you can display the contents of your computer’s terminal directly on your glasses, acting as an observer while you drink coffee, walk around the room, or knit.

• Install the CLI bridge: On your computer, open a terminal and install the official Even package globally: npm install -g @evenrealities/even-terminal.

• Launch a session: launch your AI programming agent on your computer, then run the even-terminal command. The pairing QR code will be displayed directly in the terminal window.

• Put on your glasses: Open the Even Realities app on your phone, go to Settings > Kiosk Mode , and scan the QR code on your computer screen to link the session.

• Monitor the process on the fly: now your computer’s terminal logs will be streamed directly to your display in real time. Whenever your AI agent reaches a checkpoint or requests permission to run a script, a prompt appears in your field of view—you can confirm the action with voice commands or goggles to keep the development process moving forward.

Learn how to bow properly with Coach Ojigi.

If you’re panicking because you’re invited to a traditional chakai tea ceremony in Kanazawa tomorrow and you know nothing about Japanese etiquette, try Ojigi Coach. This app from Even Hub offers in-depth training and practice of ojigi, the Japanese bow. You’ll learn the correct angle for each of the three basic bow types, how long to keep your head down, and in what situations to use esaku , keirei , or saikeirei .

That would be enough, but the app also lets you test your bowing skills by offering real-life bowing scenarios, such as “greeting your boss in the morning” or “meeting a former teacher after a long break.” You bow, then the accelerometer and inertial measurement unit in your glasses track the angle and duration of your bow and provide you with cues. Not only is it a fascinating glimpse into a small aspect of another culture, but it’s also fun: trying to bow correctly is a lot of fun. Ojigi Coach is typical of the many interesting apps on Even Hub: perhaps not obviously useful for many, but essential for some.

Create instant subtitles for TV shows and movies and hear dialogue in a noisy room.

The default G2 Translate app is geared toward bilingual communication, but there’s a simple way to turn it into a personal subtitling tool for foreign movies, anime, and TV shows: open the Translate app, select a language, and start watching a Korean soap opera. But you can make it even better.

• Switch the microphone source : By default, the glasses use the built-in microphones to record your voice. Open the “Translate” feature in the Even app and look in the upper right corner. Tap the microphone icon to switch the audio source from the Even G2 to your phone’s microphone.

• Position your phone : Place your phone close to your TV soundbar or laptop speakers so it can record the clearest sound.

• Helpful tip : If you want to learn the language of the movie you’re watching, tap the glasses’ touchpad once. This will switch the display from “half screen” (translation only) to “full screen” (which displays both the original foreign text and your translated text).

Not only will this allow you to understand a foreign language, but using the same microphone trick, you can “hear” the TV in a noisy environment. Set the translation function to “English to English” (or use the “Talk” function), then place your phone near the TV’s remote speaker, and you’ll be able to “hear” the TV from anywhere nearby.

Control your computer with your voice.

Remember how Spock communicated with the ship’s computer in Star Trek ? It’s finally a reality. Even the Hub OcuClaw app is a native OpenClaw client built for the G2. By installing one Claw on your glasses and another on your PC or Mac, you can empower your G2’s AI to interact directly with your computer’s operating system. Once set up, you can use the G2’s built-in microphone to issue complex commands, like “Computer, open my latest downloaded PDF and email it to Sarah” or “Play my lo-fi playlist on Spotify.” The agent on your computer executes the clicks and keystrokes, and you receive real-time status updates on your monitor. It’s a hands-free remote control for your desktop, powered by AI, and the possibilities are endless. Just be aware that installing any AI agent program on your computer makes you vulnerable to a hint injection attack . Only try this if you understand the risks.

Turn your morning walk into a bird watching experience with Birdie.

You don’t have to be a birdwatcher to want to know what’s making that noise in the tree above you. Birdie, a lightweight Even Hub app from a solo developer, listens for bird calls through your G2’s microphone and identifies bird species using BirdNET—the same open-source bird call recognition model used in “serious” birdwatching tools. Start listening, wait a few seconds, and when a confident match is found, the species’ common name, scientific name, and field guide photo appear on your screen. It doesn’t do anything a bird-identifying app like Merlin can’t do, but it does it better. Because it listens in the background, you don’t have to whip out your phone and point it at a branch when you spot a grackle; instead, you simply get bird information right in your eyes.

Never forget people again with the What’s Their Face app.

Many are outraged by the addition of facial recognition software to Meta glasses , but what about voice recognition? The What’s Their Face app on Even Hub uses voice recognition as a digital file cabinet for your acquaintances, aiming to solve the age-old “party problem”: “What’s their name ?”

It works like this: you record a five-second snippet of someone’s speech and attach it to a card with their name and information, which could include their job title, email address, or anything else you choose. A few days later, when you meet that person and have forgotten their name, your glasses will display the most similar voiceprints, allowing you to pretend you knew them all along. If you’re concerned about privacy, this is a memory aid, not an invasion of privacy. All calculations are performed on the device itself, and no information is retrieved from online sources or linked to the person you meet—you can only enter what you know about the person. No information is shared anywhere, so the device can’t create a universal database of names that would allow you to “recognize” people you’ve never met.

Convince people that you are the smartest person in the world.

When I first got my G1 Even Reality glasses, I immediately used them to trick a bartender into giving me a drink by offering to answer any trivia question, then correctly naming the next F.W. Murnau film after 1927’s “Sunrise.” (My glasses say it’s “4 Diables,” released in 1928.) Easy tricks like these have become even easier with the second generation, thanks to Conversate—the G2’s always-listening mode that discreetly transcribes conversations and displays context in real time. It’s easy to convince people you’re a math genius, or that you know the day of the week they were born based on their birthday, or that you’ve memorized the name, number, and position of everyone who has ever played for the Cleveland Browns.

As with most magic tricks, the mechanics are simple: turn on Conversate and let it listen to a question, after which it will give you an answer that only you can see. You may have to repeat the question if Conversate’s AI doesn’t “get” it the first time. The trick here is execution: being able to repeat the question so it sounds natural, reading the text on the screen without appearing to be reading, dealing with any pauses in the AI’s performance by realistically feigning thought, and then waiting a bit so the answer sounds natural. If you’ve decided you enjoy fooling people and want to make it your profession, consider Sybil Sight , a “mentalism operating system” for Even Realities G2 glasses. It’s not cheap, and you won’t be told exactly how it works, because a magician’s secrets are only revealed for money, but I imagine a much more sophisticated version of the tricks described above.

Sync your bracelet with G2 glasses.

The main advantage of the G2 glasses is that they solve a variety of very specific problems, such as helping your band know exactly what chord to play at any given moment. Here’s how you’ll never have to say, “Okay, the next chord is E minor,” again, so you can just let loose:

• Buy everyone in the group a pair of G2 glasses. (Yes, this is not an easy task.)

• Let everyone download QMe Prompter and install it on their phones.

• Ask everyone to set up the app to stream content directly to the G2 glasses.

• Use the app’s “Group Jam” feature to connect all participants via Wi-Fi. When the leader opens a chord chart, the lyrics and chords are instantly downloaded to all participants’ phones, who then stream them to their glasses.

• The app features a hands-free scrolling feature that can be adjusted by tempo (BPM), a foot pedal, or you can use the voice-following feature, which listens to the vocalist and scrolls the lyrics to the beat to keep everyone on track.

• Helpful Hint : Your group will probably also need the Even Hub’s Tuner app.

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