Meta Will Soon Launch Smart Glasses, Integrated with AI
Second generation Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses/Net
In a bid to dominate Artificial Intelligence (AI), social media giant Meta will soon launch smart glasses that will be integrated with AI technology.
As published in Japan Today, Friday (29/9), this was announced by the Head of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, at the Connect event, an annual developer conference held at Meta's headquarters in Silicon Valley.
“Advances in AI allow us to create different (apps) and personas that help us achieve different things. "And smart glasses will ultimately allow us to combine all of this into a stylish form factor that we can wear," Zuckerberg said at the start of the meeting on Wednesday (27/9). At the event, Zuckerberg introduced the second generation of Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses. , developed with EssilorLuxottica. These smart glasses will be available at prices starting from $299 (Rp. 4.6 million), and are scheduled to be launched on October 17. Apart from being a stylish accessory, these glasses are said to increase the user's ability to stream content online. real-time, by opening the door for AI assistants to observe and listen to what the user is looking at in their environment. “Smart glasses are the ideal form factor for you to enable AI assistants to see what you see and hear what you hear," Zuckerberg explained. This event was the first in-person edition of Connect since 2019, before the pandemic, with announcements regarding generative AI having been long awaited. Meta itself has taken a much more cautious approach than rivals Microsoft, OpenAI, and Google in launching AI products, as the company prioritizes small steps, and makes its internal models available to developers and researchers.
“Advances in AI allow us to create different (apps) and personas that help us achieve different things. "And smart glasses will ultimately allow us to combine all of this into a stylish form factor that we can wear," Zuckerberg said at the start of the meeting on Wednesday (27/9). At the event, Zuckerberg introduced the second generation of Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses. , developed with EssilorLuxottica. These smart glasses will be available at prices starting from $299 (Rp. 4.6 million), and are scheduled to be launched on October 17. Apart from being a stylish accessory, these glasses are said to increase the user's ability to stream content online. real-time, by opening the door for AI assistants to observe and listen to what the user is looking at in their environment. “Smart glasses are the ideal form factor for you to enable AI assistants to see what you see and hear what you hear," Zuckerberg explained. This event was the first in-person edition of Connect since 2019, before the pandemic, with announcements regarding generative AI having been long awaited. Meta itself has taken a much more cautious approach than rivals Microsoft, OpenAI, and Google in launching AI products, as the company prioritizes small steps, and makes its internal models available to developers and researchers.
In addition to the glasses, at the conference Meta also introduced the latest version of its Quest virtual reality headset, with significant improvements in graphics and audio.
The launched Quest 3 headset will be priced starting at $499 (Rp. 7.7 million), which is more affordable compared to competitors such as Apple's Vision Pro which is priced higher.
The launched Quest 3 headset will be priced starting at $499 (Rp. 7.7 million), which is more affordable compared to competitors such as Apple's Vision Pro which is priced higher.
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