"Even before CES 2026 officially kicks off, one of ZDNET's predictions for the biggest trends is already taking off: AI wearables. Memories.ai unveiled Project LUCI (Long Understanding Contextual Intelligence), a research prototype designed to lay the foundation for AI wearables that people actually want to use and wear. Developers can utilize the device to create their own AI wearables, ready to deliver value to customers. If the name sounds familiar, it is because, prior to Project LUCI, the company exhibited the LUCI Pin at last year's CES. However, at the time, it was a concept demo geared toward consumers, which has now pivoted into developer-focused hardware."
""After seeing several high-profile AI wearables fail, we realized that the space still needed a lot of maturing, so we pivoted LUCI from a consumer device to a system-level reference design for other smart wearable companies to test, build, and experiment on top of our large visual memory model (LVMM), a platform that gives AI the ability to remember like humans,""
"At the heart of what makes the reference platform stand apart from its competitors is its durable memory layer, powered by Memories.ai's Large Visual Memory Model (LVMM). According to Memories.ai, competitors that have developed AI wearables, including AI pins, pendants, and glasses, have failed in the past due to their inability to deliver on memory, resulting in responses that aren't truly catered to or helpful to the user."
Memories.ai launched Project LUCI (Long Understanding Contextual Intelligence) as a research prototype and system-level reference design for AI wearables. The platform shifts LUCI from a consumer concept to developer-focused hardware intended for partners to build and experiment on. The design centers on a durable memory layer powered by a Large Visual Memory Model (LVMM) to enable AI to remember context like humans. The company positions LVMM as the differentiator versus past failed wearables that lacked meaningful memory, producing generic or unhelpful responses. Project LUCI is available as a developer preview with full availability expected later in 2026.
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