Lares is a proof of concept for a new kind of operating system for physical space. The name comes from the Roman household gods — the lares were the unseen presences that kept a home running. The project asks: what if your home had a model of itself?
The simulation models the rooms, devices, and occupancy patterns of a house and gives a generative AI assistant access to that model. The assistant reasons about the state of the home, not only about the command it was given. It suggests and explains in plain language.
Built in under 48 hours. Two of five hackathon prizes awarded: Google DeepMind and Amazon AWS.
Matt Webb's writeup of the project ↗
