Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Launch: Smart Eyewear Gets a Display Upgrade
As it increases its wager that smart glasses will become a necessary accessory for consumers worldwide, Meta has revealed a new line of smart glasses driven by its artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of the social media behemoth, unveiled a number of gadgets at its yearly developers conference, “Meta Connect,” in collaboration with Oakley and Ray-Ban spectacles. Additionally, the company unveiled a neural wristband, which works in tandem with their Meta Ray-Ban Display spectacles to enable users to do activities like sending messages using tiny hand movements.
The incident occurs while the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp is under constant criticism for the effects of its products, especially on kids. He described the technique as a “huge scientific breakthrough” in front of hundreds of people at the company’s campus in Silicon Valley. With the Meta Ray-Ban Display, users may make video calls and see messages on a full-color, high-resolution screen in one lens. It has a 12-megapixel camera as well.
In order to incorporate its artificial intelligence tool, Meta AI, into people’s life, Mr. Zuckerberg expects that Meta’s range of smart accessories will serve as a crucial platform. According to analysts, the company’s multibillion-dollar Metaverse project—virtual worlds that connect people across digital environments—is unlikely to succeed as well as smart glasses.
“Unlike VR headsets, glasses are an everyday, non-cumbersome form factor,” Mike Proulx, VP and Research Director at Forrester, stated.
However, he stated, “the onus is on Meta to convince the vast majority of people who don’t own AI glasses that the benefits outweigh the cost.”Although the firm stated that it does not provide sales data, it is believed that since its launch in 2023, it has sold about two million pairs of smart glasses.
The Display, which will retail for $799 (£586) this month, is hundreds of dollars more expensive than Meta’s existing smart glasses.CCS Insight’s Leo Gebbie expressed doubt that it will become as popular as Meta’s other smart glass products.
“The Ray-Bans have done well because they’re easy to use, inconspicuous and relatively affordable,” said Gebbie. Mr. Zuckerberg also presented the second generation of Ray-Ban Meta spectacles, which cost $379, and the $499 Oakley Meta Vanguard glasses, which are targeted at sports fans.
As it strengthens its AI activities, Meta is now on a huge spending binge. In July, Mr. Zuckerberg said that the business will invest hundreds of billions of dollars to construct expansive AI data centers in the United States. An area almost the size of Manhattan is anticipated to be covered by one of the locations.Alongside that investment in AI infrastructure, a significant amount of money is spent on luring top people away from competitors. According to Meta, it will create “superintelligence,” or artificial intelligence technology that is capable of thinking more intelligently than humans.
Parents object.
Activists and relatives of suicide victims demonstrated at Meta’s New York offices earlier Wednesday, calling for additional protections for kids on social networking sites, including those run by the firm. Two former Meta safety researchers told the US Senate last week that the company concealed possible risks to minors from its virtual reality devices. According to Jason Sattizahn and Cayce Savage, the corporation instructed internal researchers to steer clear of any studies that would show that its virtual reality products are harmful to youngsters. Meta has refuted the accusations, referring to them as “nonsense.”
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