Signal & Frame_

Bench notes on wearable hardware, taken apart and put back together with opinions.

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07 2025.11.12 :: Field Log :: SUPPORTED Even Realities G0: A Bench Log of a Glass That Does Almost Nothing Supported by Even Realities. They sent a unit; the opinions and the loupe are mine. 06 2025.06.18 :: Field Log Why the Bose Ultra Open Earbuds Sound Wrong in the Best Way Open-ear audio is a physics compromise. Bose made the compromise on purpose, and it works. 05 2025.03.04 :: Teardowns Two Smart Rings, One Caliper, a Lot of Squinting Oura Gen3 versus the Galaxy Ring, judged by what is actually crammed inside the band. 04 2024.11.12 :: Teardowns The Humane AI Pin: A Post-Mortem I Did Not Want to Write It ran hot, it leaned on the palm, and it asked for $24 a month to keep doing it. 03 2024.07.16 :: Field Log Poking at Quest 3 Passthrough Until It Flinched Colour passthrough is the real headline. I spent a weekend trying to fool it. 02 2024.04.30 :: Field Log Living Off the XREAL Air 2 Pro on a Train Three weeks using AR glasses as my only second screen. Verdict: genuinely useful, mildly ridiculous. 01 2024.01.22 :: Teardowns Rabbit r1: Bright Orange, Mostly Empty I wanted to like the little box. The little box did not make it easy.