Preview
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About
Play a real game of chess against a friend, glasses to glasses, at your own pace. You both enter the same game code — first in is White, second is Black — and take turns: D-pad moves a cursor, Enter picks your piece (legal destinations light up), Enter again places it. The full rules run on-device — legal moves only, check, checkmate and stalemate detection, auto-queen promotion — and your move syncs to your opponent within a few seconds. It’s asynchronous: glance, move, come back later. No accounts, no login; the server only relays the board (60-min idle TTL). On the see-through display “black” pieces glow coral and “white” glow bright so both sides read clearly.
Features
- Real chess vs a friend over a shared code
- Full legality on-device: check, mate, stalemate, auto-queen
- D-pad cursor · Enter pick/place · legal targets highlighted
- Async — moves sync in a few seconds, play whenever
- No accounts/login; board-only relay, 60-min TTL
Good to know
- Castling & en-passant not in v1 (legal otherwise)
- Needs a network connection (not offline)
- Light-trust relay — casual play, not anti-cheat rated
Data safety
No third-party sharing. Herald doesn't sell or share your data, and there are no ads or trackers.
Minimal collection. Only what a linked service needs — provider tokens are encrypted on Herald's server and never stored on the glasses.
Encrypted in transit. All traffic is HTTPS.
You're in control. Disconnect any linked service at any time from the companion.
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