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DreamLayer is software for smart glasses that gives you a better memory and a sharper ear. You wear the glasses through your normal day, and it quietly pays attention on your behalf. When something matters — a promise you made, a name you were told, a claim that does not add up, a meeting you are about to be late for — a small card appears in the corner of your vision for a few seconds, then gets out of the way.
That is the whole idea. It is not a phone screen strapped to your face. Most of the time the display shows almost nothing at all.
What it actually does for you
- It remembers where you left things. Ask "where did I leave my keys?" and it tells you: kitchen table, 7:42 this morning.
- It remembers people for you. When you meet someone again, it can quietly remind you of their name, when you last spoke, and what you talked about. Only people who introduced themselves to you and whom you chose to save — it will never identify a stranger.
- It keeps your promises visible. Say "I'll send you the lease by Friday" out loud, and it tracks that. As Friday gets close, it reminds you before you drop it.
- It checks facts as people talk. If someone tells you the deal closed at three million and they said two million last week, a quiet card lets you know. This is the flagship feature, and it is deliberately cautious — more on that in The fact-checker.
- It hands you answers. When someone in the room asks "what was our Q3 number again?", the answer can appear on your glass before you speak — silently, so nothing interrupts the conversation.
- It reads what is in front of you. A form: every field spelled out. A question: answered. Dense small print: put in plain words. A shelf or a menu: the best pick, with reasons, and anything that breaks your dietary rules flagged.
- It briefs you in the morning. Put the glasses on and today is already there: what is coming, what you missed, what you owe.
- It is extendable. A community plugin store (dreamlayer.app/plugins) adds things like live currency conversion on price tags — each plugin showing exactly what it is allowed to do before you install it. And you can build your own lens without writing code: describe it in plain words at dreamlayer.app/lens-builder.html, watch it run, share it as a link or QR — it cannot break anything, and the glasses re-check that before running it.
- It shuts up when you want. One long press and the glasses go completely deaf and blind — nothing seen, heard, or kept — until you turn them back on. Privacy is a physical gesture, not a buried setting.
What you need
| Piece | What it is | Required? |
|---|---|---|
| The glasses | Brilliant Labs Halo smart glasses — the display and the senses | Yes |
| Your phone | The DreamLayer app — the brain and the remote control | Yes |
| A Mac | An optional always-on Mac (a Mac mini is ideal) that adds "ask about my files and email" powers | No — everything core works without it |
| The cloud | An optional switch for the rare, hard question nothing in your home can answer | No — and off means off |
Your phone is the brain by default. Everything about your life — your memories, your people, your promises — stays on hardware you own. The privacy chapter explains exactly what can and cannot leave.
Try it right now, in your browser
You do not need any hardware to feel what this is like: a full simulator of the glasses runs on the website at dreamlayer.app/simulator.html — type to Juno, play out scenes, watch the real cards appear on the glass. And the phone app's "Explore with sample data" fills every screen with labeled demo data. Both are covered in The Halo Simulators.
Where to go next
- Setting up — get everything paired in a few minutes.
- A day with DreamLayer — what it is actually like to wear it.
- What just appeared on my glasses? — the glance guide to every card.
A note on honesty: DreamLayer is pre-hardware today. All the software you will read about is built and working — every picture in this guide is produced by the real product — but shipping glasses are still ahead. Where something needs the physical hardware to finish the loop, this guide says so plainly.