7 Cutting-Edge Open-Source Computer Vision Models for Meta Glasses in 2025

Why This List Matters

In Australia, strict data privacy laws (Privacy Act 1988) and cybersecurity guidelines like the Essential Eight demand tight control over sensitive data. Open-source tools let you self-host on-premises or in an AU cloud, so your camera footage stays onshore and compliant—all while saving tens of thousands in proprietary software fees.

How to Get Started with Open-Source Computer Vision Tools

1. Watch the VSL—A quick video at the top of this page shows how to install and run one of these tools step-by-step. It walks through setting up a model (for example, Ultralytics YOLO) on a local machine, basic configuration, and running your first object detection demo.
2. Pick your first tool—Start with the tool that best matches an immediate need. If you want plug-and-play people or object detection, try YOLO. For hand gestures or face effects, Google’s MediaPipe may be the simplest starting point. Each tool on this list can deliver value out-of-the-box without extensive model training.
3. Choose where to host it—Decide whether to run the model on a local PC, an on-premises server, or an Australian-region cloud instance. Keeping the deployment in Australia (even on AWS/GCP’s Sydney region) helps maintain data residency and low latency for your smart glasses applications.
4. Follow the quick-start guide—Use the project’s README or docs (we’ve linked them below) for installation and a “hello world” example. Many of these models offer pip packages or Docker images. For instance, Ultralytics YOLO can be installed via a simple pip install ultralytics, and then a one-line command runs a real-time detection on your video feed.
5. Run a small pilot—Set up a real workflow or dashboard using the model in a controlled trial. For example, you might use a pair of Meta glasses plus an open-source model to alert staff when store shelves are empty, or to assist a technician by recognizing equipment parts. Keep the pilot small—perhaps one use-case and a few users—to gather feedback and refine before wider rollout.

Shared Wins Across Every Tool

• Zero licence fees & transparent code—There’s no per-seat or per-device cost. You can inspect and tweak every line of code for full transparency.
• Active community support & rapid evolution—Each tool is backed by a global community. Bugs get fixed and new features roll out fast, driven by researchers and developers worldwide.
• Flexible self-hosting for data sovereignty—Deploy on your own infrastructure or preferred cloud in Australia, ensuring sensitive video data never leaves your control.
• No vendor lock-in—Because you have the code, you’re free to modify, fork, or migrate anytime. You won’t be stuck if a vendor changes pricing or strategy.

Tools at a Glance

1. Ultralytics YOLO—State-of-the-art real-time object detection family (over 123k ⭐ on GitHub).
2. OpenCV—The world’s most popular computer vision library (2,500+ algorithms, Apache 2.0).
3. MediaPipe—Google’s cross-platform ML vision pipelines for face, hand, and pose tracking (on-device AI).
4. Segment Anything (SAM)—Meta AI’s general segmentation model that can outline any object in an image.
5. InsightFace—Open-source 2D & 3D face analysis suite (face detection, recognition, alignment).
6. OpenAI CLIP—Multi-modal model linking images and text (zero-shot image classification & search, 32k ⭐).
7. LLaVA—Large Language and Vision Assistant (an open GPT-4V alternative that lets you ask questions about what you see).

Quick Comparison

(All cost figures are for self-hosted deployments. Managed services or enterprise support for these open-source tools are available via third parties—typically on a custom pricing basis.)

Deep Dives

Ultralytics YOLO

Key Features

• Real-time Object Detection: Achieves high FPS even on modest hardware—e.g. Tiny YOLO models can hit 18+ FPS on smart glasses prototypes. Great for detecting people, vehicles, or products in the wearer’s view in real time.
• Easy Custom Training: Comes with pre-trained models (80 classes) but also allows one-click training on your own dataset. SMEs can train a YOLO model to recognize specific objects (like your company’s tools or logos) using a few hundred images.
• Lightweight Variants: Offers model sizes from nano to x—smaller ones run on mobile/AR glasses (with lower precision), while larger ones give higher accuracy on servers. You choose the speed/accuracy sweet spot.
• Multi-Task Capable: Beyond boxes—YOLOv8 can also do segmentation and classification in one framework, so one tool can power several vision tasks on the glasses simultaneously.

Community & Roadmap

• Huge Community: YOLO is arguably the most widely used open vision model globally, with over 120k combined GitHub stars and many forks. You’ll find countless tutorials, forum Q&As, and Github issues documenting solutions.
• Active Development: Ultralytics (the maintainers) and the open-source community constantly improve YOLO. For example, 2023 saw YOLOv8’s release with major upgrades, and regular updates continue to refine accuracy and speed.
• AU Adoption: Australian researchers and makers have embraced YOLO for projects like wildlife monitoring and assistive technology. One recent study built AI glasses that use YOLOv5 on a Jetson Nano to guide first aid responders in real time—a powerful showcase of YOLO in mission-critical local applications.
• Future Outlook: The roadmap includes better edge device optimizations and integration with AR SDKs. As Meta and others improve glasses hardware, YOLO aims to fully exploit on-device NPUs (Neural Processing Units) for even faster vision AI on-the-go.

Security & Compliance

Pricing Snapshot

“We replaced a costly vision API with YOLO and cut our annual software spend by $20k. Now our smart glasses detect products in-store 100% offline—no customer images go to the cloud.” – A retail SME in Sydney (Cybergarden client)

OpenCV

Key Features

• Extensive Algorithms: OpenCV packs over 2,500 algorithms, from classic techniques (edge detection, QR/AR marker tracking) to modern deep learning modules. For Meta glasses, this means you can do things like marker-based AR (using ArUco tags), image enhancements, or basic object tracking without reinventing the wheel.
• Fast C++ Core: Written in C++ with optimizations for real-time performance, it’s capable of running on low-power devices. Paired with Meta’s glasses, OpenCV can handle tasks like perspective transformations or feature matching on-device, ensuring minimal latency for the wearer.
• Multi-Platform Support: OpenCV works on Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, and iOS. It has Python, Java, and C++ interfaces. You can integrate OpenCV into a mobile app that receives the glasses’ camera feed, or even run lightweight OpenCV modules on the glasses’ companion device.
• AI & DNN Modules: While known for traditional CV, OpenCV also includes a Deep Neural Network (DNN) module to run pre-trained models (like YOLO or face detectors). This unifies classic vision and AI—for example, capturing a frame with OpenCV, running a YOLO detection via OpenCV’s DNN, and then using OpenCV drawing functions to display AR overlays.

Community & Roadmap

• Mature and Trusted: With a 20+ year history (open-sourced in 2000), OpenCV is the world’s biggest CV library used by hundreds of thousands. It’s battle-tested in everything from NASA projects to hobbyist robotics. Australian universities often include OpenCV in computer vision courses, so local talent is likely already familiar with it.
• Continuous Improvements: OpenCV releases updates roughly twice a year. Recent versions have improved support for hardware acceleration (CUDA, OpenCL, Vulkan) which means better performance on GPUs and even neural accelerators that could be in future AR glasses.
• Growing AI Integration: The roadmap focuses on making OpenCV more AI-friendly (e.g. model zoo integration). Expect even easier deployment of popular models with OpenCV’s ease of use. This could simplify how Aussie SMEs deploy new vision models—via a single familiar library.
• Community Projects: The open-source community around OpenCV has produced many add-ons (like OpenCV-Contrib modules). There’s likely an existing module or sample for most vision problems you’ll encounter—from licence-plate recognition to hand gesture tracking—often documented on forums or GitHub.

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(In reality, OpenCV is typically self-supported. Companies like Cybergarden or the OpenCV team can provide paid training or support contracts if required.)

MediaPipe

Key Features

• Pre-Built Vision Solutions: MediaPipe provides ready-to-use pipelines for face detection, face mesh (468-point face landmarks), hand tracking (21-point model), body pose, hair segmentation, and more—all out-of-the-box. For an SME, this means you can get sophisticated AR effects (like overlaying info on someone’s face or recognizing hand gestures to trigger actions) without training any model.
• Cross-Platform, Real-Time: MediaPipe is designed for real-time performance on mobile and web. It can run at high FPS on a smartphone—critical since Meta’s glasses often pair with a phone for compute. It even supports WebAssembly, so you could run models in a browser app.
• Graph-Based Framework: It uses a modular graph architecture where each step (camera input → detection → rendering) is a component. This makes it easy to swap in/out modules or extend functionality. For example, you could take MediaPipe’s face detection and replace the next step with your own InsightFace recognition module in the pipeline.
• Google’s AI Models: Under the hood, MediaPipe leverages models developed by Google Research (like BlazeFace, BlazePose, etc.). These models are highly optimized for speed. You get the benefit of Google’s AI expertise without sending any data to Google’s servers—everything runs locally.

Community & Roadmap

• Backed by Google & Open Source: Originally from Google, MediaPipe is now an open-source project with over 33k stars and active contributions. It’s used in many mobile apps for AR effects. The Australian developer community (especially those building AR/VR apps and interactive marketing) often chooses MediaPipe for its reliability.
• Frequent Updates: MediaPipe Solutions (the high-level APIs) are relatively new and see frequent improvements. Expect even more tasks (Google recently added things like objectron for 3D object detection and background removal). The roadmap likely includes expanded web support and unified APIs to make building cross-platform AR experiences easier.
• Use in Australia: Given Australia’s booming creative tech and sports tech sectors, MediaPipe has found use in applications like virtual try-on (using face mesh for glasses fitting) and fitness coaching apps (using pose estimation to analyze exercises). The community shares use-cases on GitHub and StackOverflow, so you can often find answers or inspiration for your implementation.
• Integration with Glasses SDKs: While MediaPipe isn’t specific to Meta’s glasses, the trend is for AR SDKs (like Meta’s Wearables SDK or Unity’s AR Foundation) to work in tandem with MediaPipe models. In future, you might see more one-click integration where the glasses’ camera frames feed directly into MediaPipe pipelines for instant AI overlays.

Security & Compliance

Pricing Snapshot

(MediaPipe is free and open. If needed, companies like Cybergarden can provide custom integration support, but there’s no licence fee or cloud cost apart from your own infrastructure.)

Segment Anything (SAM)

Key Features

• Universal Segmentation: SAM can generate a mask for any object in an image given minimal input (a point, box, or text prompt). This is powerful for AR—for instance, a user could tap on an object in their Meta glasses view (on a companion app or HUD), and SAM will isolate it, allowing the AR system to highlight or replace that object in the display.
• High Quality Masks: It produces high-resolution, accurate object boundaries. For business, this means more precise AR annotations—e.g. perfectly covering a competitor’s logo in a scene, or flawlessly extracting a product image from its background in a warehouse scan.
• Zero Shot & Automatic Mode: SAM doesn’t need per-project training. Out-of-the-box, it has learned a “general notion” of objects. It can even generate masks for everything it sees in a frame (auto mode), which could be used to identify all objects around an employee wearing the glasses, even for classes it’s never seen specifically.
• Integration Friendly: SAM is often used alongside other models—e.g., use YOLO to detect rough boxes around objects and SAM to get precise outlines, or use SAM to create training data for other specialized models. Its modular nature means you can plug it into your vision pipeline wherever segmentation is needed.

Community & Roadmap

• Developed by Meta: Meta AI Research released SAM in 2023 and open-sourced it under Apache 2.0. Being a Meta project, it’s tuned to be a foundation model for vision. The community quickly adopted it for everything from medical image segmentation to game modding. In Australia, researchers in mining and agriculture are experimenting with SAM to identify elements in imagery (like segmenting machinery vs. ground).
• Model Sizes and Versions: Originally a heavy model (H-qVIT, requiring a GPU), SAM has inspired lighter versions and improvements (SAM2, SAM3 are in development, each getting leaner). We expect the open-source community to continue optimizing SAM for speed—possibly a real-time version that could run on AR glasses hardware by 2025’s end.
• Growing Ecosystem: Dozens of extensions and demos have sprung up—e.g., Grounded SAM that combines it with text prompts for label naming, and 3D SAM for segmenting objects in 3D scenes. As Meta pushes AR forward, SAM’s capabilities might be incorporated into future Meta glasses APIs (for instance, an on-device segmenter to assist the user in selecting objects with a glance).
• Support & Updates: As an open model, SAM relies on community forums (like the GitHub repo discussions) for support. Given its popularity, there’s already a wealth of how-tos and troubleshooting tips shared by early adopters. Meta has signaled a long-term commitment to “segment anything” research, so this tool is likely to continue improving in quality and efficiency.

Security & Compliance

Pricing Snapshot

(SAM is free to use. If you lack GPU infrastructure, the “cost” would be renting a GPU server—roughly A$1–2/hour on AWS for occasional use.)

InsightFace

Key Features

• Face Recognition & Verification: InsightFace offers state-of-the-art face recognition models (ArcFace and others) that can recognize or verify identities with very high accuracy. An SME could deploy this for employee-only access areas using glasses—e.g. the glasses camera identifies a person and confirms if they’re staff, without needing any badge.
• Face Detection & Alignment: It includes ultra-fast face detectors (like RetinaFace) and 3D alignment tools. This means you can detect faces in the glasses’ view and get precise landmarks (eyes, nose position) in real time, which is useful for things like anonymizing faces (blurring) or applying AR filters anchored correctly on a face.
• Anti-Spoofing & Analysis: The toolbox contains models for liveness detection (to prevent showing a photo to the glasses to fool the system) and age/gender emotion analysis. For retail or customer service applications, glasses could gauge a customer’s sentiment or age range (with consent) to tailor interactions, all offline.
• Optimized for Deployment: InsightFace has models optimized for mobile and edge (e.g., a variant of ArcFace that’s only 0.5 MB for IoT use). It also supports multiple frameworks (PyTorch, MXNet, OnnxRuntime). You can run it on everything from a powerful server to a Snapdragon chipset. This flexibility makes it easier to integrate into the Meta glasses ecosystem, possibly running on the paired phone or a nearby edge device.

Community & Roadmap

• Active Open-Source Project: Maintained by DeepInsight, InsightFace is open-source under MIT licence and has a dedicated following of developers in face AI. It’s regarded as a go-to for face tasks, with continuous updates (recently adding live face swapping and improved 3D face reconstruction as of 2025). Australian tech companies, especially in security and events, have used InsightFace to build face-recognition systems customized for local needs (with compliance to privacy guidelines like needing user consent).
• Regular Challenge Winners: The project’s models rank at the top of many academic competitions (e.g., NIST face recognition benchmarks). This means you’re tapping into algorithms that are proven against the best in the world. The roadmap likely involves keeping up with new state-of-the-art models; when a breakthrough in face AI happens, it often gets integrated into InsightFace.
• Community Support: There’s an active GitHub forum and even an InsightFace Slack channel for developers. Since face recognition can be sensitive, the community discusses best practices for ethical use. In Australia, where the Privacy Act treats biometric data carefully, community-shared approaches (like on-device processing and data minimization) help businesses implement InsightFace in a compliant way.
• Future in AR Glasses: We anticipate more integration of face analysis in AR—perhaps Meta’s next-gen glasses could have an API for recognized faces (with opt-in). If so, open-source like InsightFace can be the backend engine. Even if Meta’s own platform doesn’t provide it (due to privacy concerns, they might avoid first-party face ID), an enterprise can still choose to use InsightFace internally with user permission, to, say, help a staff member remember VIP clients (the glasses could whisper the client’s name and preferences, all computed locally).

Security & Compliance

Pricing Snapshot

(InsightFace is free. The project provides an “InspireFace” SDK for enterprise with pro support—pricing on contact. Most SMEs deploy the open models on their own infrastructure at no cost beyond hardware.)

OpenAI CLIP

Key Features

• Image-Text Embeddings: CLIP is a model that encodes images and text into a shared vector space. Practically, this lets you do zero-shot image classification—you can ask CLIP “which of these text labels is this image most likely to be?” without any additional training. For Meta glasses, imagine looking at an unfamiliar machine and the glasses can label it on the fly from a list of known machinery, even if it was never explicitly trained on that exact model.
• Visual Search: You can use CLIP to find similar images. For instance, an employee could take a snapshot with the glasses and use CLIP to search your company’s knowledge base for that item (e.g. find maintenance manuals by matching the image of a device to stored images).
• Generative Aid: Coupled with generation models, CLIP can score results. While CLIP itself isn’t generative, it’s been used to guide image generation (like evaluating how well an output matches a prompt). In an AR context, CLIP could help a glasses AI assistant “understand” the scene before deciding an action or an answer (much like how a human would glance around to get context).
• Lightweight and Flexible: The smallest CLIP model (ViT-B/32) can run on CPU in a few seconds per image. It’s also available in many frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX) and via libraries like Hugging Face Transformers. You can choose from various sizes (bigger models like ViT-L/14 are more accurate but need GPU). This means you have options to deploy CLIP on-device for simple tasks or on a server for more accuracy.

Community & Roadmap

• OpenAI Release, Open-Source Reproductions: OpenAI released CLIP in early 2021, and since then the open community (especially LAION/OpenCLIP) has created improved versions and multilingual CLIPs. Many developers in Australia’s tech scene have used CLIP for tagging image datasets or building recommendation systems (e.g., an Aussie e-commerce site might use CLIP to auto-tag product photos).
• Integration into Tools: CLIP is often integrated into larger systems: e.g., robotics vision (to help robots understand scenes) or content moderation (flagging images by content). As Meta’s AR platform grows, a CLIP-like capability is incredibly useful for general image understanding. We anticipate newer models (like OpenAI’s CLIP successor or open models like ALIGN or Basic) to continue improving accuracy. The good news: the community tends to implement these and release open versions quickly.
• Active Development: OpenCLIP (by LAION) is an active project pushing the limits of CLIP—training on billions of image-text pairs, including some work done on multi-lingual Australian datasets to ensure it understands local context (like recognizing a “ute” or specific road signs). If your use-case requires fine-tuning (say, teaching CLIP about very domain-specific imagery), there are community guides for that as well.
• Support: Being an open model, support is community-driven. However, since CLIP is quite famous, there are abundant resources—from OpenAI’s documentation to blogs and GitHub repositories explaining how to apply CLIP. Many issues have been discussed on forums (for example, handling bias in CLIP’s outputs or improving its robustness). For an SME, implementing CLIP might be as straightforward as using a pip package, and any questions can likely be answered via a quick search or by asking in developer communities.

Security & Compliance

Pricing Snapshot

(CLIP’s code and models are free. Costs would mainly come from computing power if you process large volumes of images. Many SMEs run CLIP on a standard PC or modest cloud instance economically.)

LLaVA (Large Language and Vision Assistant)

Key Features

• Multimodal Chat: LLaVA combines a vision transformer (like CLIP’s image encoder) with a language model (Vicuna/LLaMA) to enable GPT-4 Vision-like capabilities. In practice, you can show it an image (or live camera feed from glasses) and ask questions or have a conversation about the visual content. For example, an employee wearing Meta glasses could glance at a wiring panel and ask, “Which switch is the generator bypass?”—LLaVA could analyze the view and respond with the answer, all in natural language.
• Instruction-Following: It’s been instruction-tuned on many image-question pairs, which means it’s adept at following user prompts about images. Whether you ask for a summary of a scene, the difference between two objects you’re looking at, or for some recommendation based on what it sees, LLaVA attempts to comply in a helpful way (within the limits of its training).
• Custom Skills: Unlike closed systems, you can further train or fine-tune LLaVA on your domain images and Q&A. An Australian construction firm, for instance, could fine-tune LLaVA on images of their equipment and tool manuals, enabling workers to query the glasses about machinery (“What does this warning light mean?”) and get an instant answer drawn from internal documents.
• Privacy-Preserving: By running LLaVA on-premises, the image data and the Q&A stay internal. This is a big plus compared to using a cloud service like OpenAI’s Vision API, where you’d have to send images to an external server. With LLaVA, an organization can get similar capabilities with full data control.

Community & Roadmap

• Research Origins: LLaVA is a research project (2023 NeurIPS) that was open-sourced and has since gained ~24k stars on GitHub, reflecting strong interest. It’s not a product but many enthusiasts and researchers are contributing improvements (e.g., making it faster, or extending it to video). The community has already produced variants like LLaVA-1.5 that are stronger and more efficient than the original.
• Open Foundation Models: It builds on open foundation models (like LLaMA2 or Vicuna for language and CLIP for vision). This means as those foundation models improve (and they are—LLaMA 3 or new open image encoders on the horizon), LLaVA will benefit. The roadmap likely involves integrating new LLMs to make the assistant smarter and more accurate in reasoning about images.
• Use Cases Emerging: Globally and in Australia, early adopters are testing LLaVA for things like accessibility (helping visually impaired users understand their surroundings, similar to Be My Eyes app but self-hosted), and remote support (a technician can wear glasses and an expert system answers their questions about what they see). These case studies will drive further development and confidence in such tools.
• Challenges & Support: Being cutting-edge, LLaVA can be resource-intensive (needs a GPU with a lot of VRAM to run smoothly, typically). The community provides some support on GitHub, but SMEs may need a skilled ML engineer to set it up initially. That said, efforts like model quantization and optimization are rapidly bringing down the hardware requirements. It wouldn’t be surprising if by late 2025, there are commercially packaged versions of LLaVA (or similar multimodal assistants) easier to deploy—and of course, open-source ones will follow suit.

Security & Compliance

Pricing Snapshot

(LLaVA is free to use. Main costs involve hardware—e.g., a one-time investment in a suitable GPU server. Compared to a subscription to a closed AI API, this can pay off quickly if you use it heavily.)

How to Choose the Right Computer Vision Tool

Every business is different. Here’s a quick guide to picking tools from this list based on your company’s profile:

Need a hand integrating these tools into a cohesive solution? Cybergarden offers consulting to help Australian businesses mix and match open-source into their workflows—from concept to deployment, ensuring you meet all local compliance along the way.

Key Takeaways

• Open-source vision models eliminate licence costs while delivering cutting-edge performance on tasks from object detection to image captioning. This empowers even small Aussie businesses to leverage AI glasses tech without breaking the bank.
• Data stays under your control. By self-hosting these tools, you ensure that sensitive visual data (warehouse contents, client faces, etc.) isn’t streaming to third parties—a big win for privacy and compliance (and peace of mind).
• Flexibility and future-proofing. With open code, you can customize models for your unique needs, integrate them however you like, and aren’t locked into one vendor’s ecosystem. As your business grows or regulations change, you can adapt your vision stack freely.

Ready to own your stack without licence fees? Book a free strategy chat with Cybergarden—we’ll help you harness open-source to build the perfect vision solution for your Meta smart glasses deployment.

FAQs

Can these open-source models run directly on Meta’s glasses hardware?

Current Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses (and the new Meta Oakley models) are still mostly reliant on a companion device or cloud for heavy AI tasks. The glasses themselves have cameras and microphones, but limited on-board AI processing. The good news: you can use Meta’s Wearables SDK to stream the camera feed to a nearby device (like your phone or an edge server) where an open-source model from this list processes it. For example, you’d write a mobile app that grabs frames from the glasses and runs YOLO or CLIP on them, then sends results (like “object detected: spilled liquid”) back to the user via audio or a visual cue. This way you’re still getting real-time assistance through the glasses. As AR glasses tech evolves (Meta’s roadmap hints at more on-device AI), we anticipate more of these models will be able to run natively. In fact, some ultra-efficient models (TinyYOLO variants, MobileNet, etc.) could potentially run on the glasses’ processor today, but with limited scope. Generally, plan for a paired-device deployment for now—it’s the approach Meta expects and designs for.

How hard is it to modify these models for our specific needs?

It’s easier than you might think. One advantage of open-source is the plethora of community tools built around them. Need to train YOLO on new objects? There are free labeling tools and one-command training scripts. Want SAM to segment only a certain type of object? You can fine-tune it on your images (there are guides from the research community). For CLIP and LLaVA, you can even train them with your company’s data (images and text) so that the AI understands your niche jargon or sees the world with context specific to your operations. Most of the heavy lifting (the model’s general visual intelligence) is done – you are just customizing the last mile. And because of permissive licences, you’re allowed to do this and even fork the code. Of course, it does require some ML expertise to get the best results. If you don’t have that in-house, you can tap into local talent or firms like Cybergarden to assist. The key point: you’re never stuck waiting on a vendor for a feature—with open models you have the freedom to adapt them on your timeline.

Are open-source vision tools secure and enterprise-ready?

Absolutely, when implemented with best practices. “Open-source” does not mean insecure—in fact, having code open to scrutiny often leads to faster identification of bugs or vulnerabilities (many eyes on the code). Take OpenCV, for instance: it’s used by big companies and even the government; it undergoes rigorous community testing. The main responsibility is on your team to keep the tools updated (just like you would apply patches to proprietary software). Enterprise-ready also means considering scalability and support. These tools can scale—you can deploy YOLO on multiple servers or containerize MediaPipe for microservices, etc. As for support, you won’t have a traditional vendor, but you have active communities and a wealth of knowledge online. And for mission-critical deployments, you can purchase support contracts from third parties. In short, open-source vision models are as ready for enterprise as you make them—many organisations globally (and here in Australia) already rely on them in production. With proper governance (version control, testing, security audits), they can be a robust part of your IT strategy.

• 2026-01-17: Initial version – Verified using latest open-source CV toolkits for Meta Glasses.