Meta Orion AR Glasses Dazzle Our Eyes, But Will They Obscure Our Minds?

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks about Meta's new Orion augmented reality glasses at Meta ...

[+] Connect, Meta's annual event on its latest software and hardware innovations, in Menlo Park, California, on September 25, 2024. The Meta AI artificial intelligence assistant can now make conversation with users, on apps (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) or connected glasses from the American group, which dreams of taking the lead in the AI companion race. (Photo by Julie JAMMOT / AFP) (Photo by JULIE JAMMOT/AFP via Getty Images) Meta’s prototype AR glasses, Orion , unveiled at last week ’s Meta Connect 2024 , promised to revolutionize how we work and play.

“This is going to be the next major computing platform,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Cleo Abram , proudly explaining why he’s creating these AR glasses that took his team 10 years . A group of tech luminaries and journalists tested the AR glasses . Nvidia’s Jensen Huang praised the device’s eye tracking , color contrast and field of view, all packed into a sleek 100-gram design.

Artist Refik Anadol , known for integrating AI and machine learning into his work, highlighted Orion's wireless functionality. The group collectively admired Orion's ability to multitask , track surrounding objects and utilize its built-in AI model to generate information on demand. But as AR glasses illuminate our eyes, a deeper question arises: will it obscure our minds? With normal-looking glasses, a neural wrist band and a wireless .