AI Companion
A holographic AI companion running on a Looking Glass display powered by Jetson AGX Orin — embedded AI, computer vision, and holographic display hardware in one interactive system.
Overview
Building an AI companion that lives on a Looking Glass holographic display powered by a Jetson AGX Orin 64GB. The system combines real-time computer vision, voice interaction, and 3D holographic rendering. When the Arducam IMX708 camera had zero driver support for JetPack 6.2, I built a custom kernel driver from scratch using Claude as a pair programmer — navigating device tree overlays, kernel module compilation, and v4l2 subsystem integration despite having no prior C or kernel development experience. I open-sourced the complete driver toolkit to save others the pain.
The Problem
The Jetson ecosystem has fragmented camera driver support. The IMX708 sensor had no JetPack 6.2 compatibility, blocking anyone trying to use this popular camera module for embedded AI applications on the latest NVIDIA platform.
The Solution
Built a complete kernel driver from source: device tree overlays, kernel module, v4l2 integration, and installation scripts. Validated through iterative test loops with AI-assisted debugging of build errors and hardware register issues. Open-sourced the entire toolkit with documentation so others can get the IMX708 running on JetPack 6.2 in minutes instead of days.
Key Results
Open-source camera driver
JetPack 6.2 compatible
Jetson AGX Orin 64GB
Looking Glass holographic display