Memory support, reimagined
A wearable AI companion that helps people living with dementia stay oriented in everyday life, gently, hands-free, while giving the families who care for them calm, informed support.
What it is
OurLife offers gentle, in-the-moment support that helps people living with dementia stay oriented, while giving the families who care for them a sense of calm. We are not here to treat or cure. We are here to help people feel like themselves, a little longer.
How it works
Worn like ordinary glasses, OurLife offers gentle, hands-free cues in the moment they're needed.
Because the glasses respond to what is actually happening around the person, help arrives without anyone having to remember to ask for it. A familiar face can surface a name and relationship. Approaching the door can prompt a quiet key-check. Nearing a caregiver-set boundary can offer a gentle redirect. For those in earlier stages, optional voice questions are there too.
Environment-triggered, not user-initiated, because remembering to ask for help is the very thing dementia erodes.
A secure portal that turns anxious, reactive check-ins into quiet, continuous reassurance.
Especially for families caring from a distance, the dashboard offers gentle visibility into daily patterns, whether routines are being followed, whether safety cues came up, whether the day felt active and engaged. Caregivers stay configured in control: cue frequency, safety zones, notification thresholds, and how long anything is kept.
Support and reassurance, configured with consent, never a way to watch over someone.
Why it matters
Most tools ask the person to remember to use them, the very thing that becomes hard. Support should arrive on its own.
Dignity comes first. Help that stays quietly in the background, and never asks for more than it gives.
Families carry so much. A little calm and reassurance can lighten the whole day.
Responsible design
OurLife is assistive technology, never a medical device, and monitoring is consented caregiver support, never surveillance. Here's how we earn that trust.
No continuous recording. Captures are event-triggered, raw data is processed and discarded, and generally only derived results are kept.
Encrypted in transit and at rest, with role-based access and short-by-default retention, and a path toward on-device processing.
Established protocols for cognitive impairment: consent from the individual and their representative, ongoing assent, and the right to withdraw.
Your loved one's privacy and dignity are the whole point, nothing is finalized without input from the people we serve.
A cross-university student team
Engineers and designers, with clinical and domain advisors keeping us honest and careful.
Best Use of Meta Wearables SDK
Reality Hack at MIT 2026, where OurLife was born.
Our story
Our founder grew up watching his great-grandmother move through Alzheimer's disease. She wished to stay in her own home, independent, as long as she could, so his family checked on her every day, making sure she was safe and well.
Others on the team carry similar memories. We're building OurLife to help families like ours: gentle guidance so someone can navigate their day with more confidence, and the people who love them worry a little less.
What's ahead
Where we are
A student team formalizing our organization, with a working prototype and a careful plan. We are not a finished product, and we don't pretend to be.
What's next
We begin with individuals in mild cognitive impairment or early-stage dementia and their caregivers, with close attention to protocol, participant safeguards, and ethical oversight.
What we measure
Do people wear the glasses and engage with cues? Are incidents like lockouts or wandering reduced? Does remote awareness ease caregiver anxiety and burden?
If the evidence is there
Findings guide whether and how we scale, toward care facilities and family homes, always following evidence rather than racing ahead of it.
We won't scale until real-world validation shows clear value, and meets rigorous standards for safety, privacy, and ethics.
Contact
Curious whether OurLife could help someone you love? Reach out, and we'll keep you gently informed as we begin.
If you work in dementia care, neuropsychology, or assistive technology, we'd value your perspective on our approach.
Care facilities, foundations, and funders who want to support careful, dignified innovation, let's talk.
For the human story and our work, reach us through the form and we'll respond promptly.
Questions, partnership, or press: leave a note and we'll be in touch. Or email us directly at victor36@stanford.edu.