Glimmer

What it does

A design system built from scratch for transparent displays. It redefines UI physics and prioritizes glanceability, arm's-length focus, and ambient motion. Includes Jetpack Compose Glimmer and a Figma kit.

Behind-the-scenes of designing the next generation of interfaces for AI glasses with displays—including Jetpack Compose Glimmer, the newly launched design system for Android extended reality (XR) experiences.

David Allin Reese is a Senior Visual Designer working on the next generation of interfaces for display AI glasses — including Jetpack Compose Glimmer, the newly launched design system for Android extended reality (XR) experiences. Here, David Allin shares an inside look at the challenges and opportunities of designing for this transformative technology. Traditional design always starts with a container: a screen, a grid, a rectangle to fill. But designing for AI glasses? There’s no screen, no crisp blank page. Instead, you’re faced with the world itself, in all its vibrant, boundless, and wonderfully chaotic glory. How do you gracefully layer an interface onto that living, breathing…from design.google

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