It’s Meta Connect day, where Meta has provided a heap of updates on its latest technological advancements, including new Quest VR headsets, AR glasses, an updated Llama AI model, new gen AI options in its apps, and more. There’s a heap to get through, and a heap to consider. Here’s an overview of all the big announcements from Meta’s latest showcase.
Orion AR Glasses The star of the show was Meta’s first AR glasses , called “Orion”, which it’s been developing over the past five years. Meta says that this is t he “most advanced pair of AR glasses ever made ”, and the result of complex efforts to compress the required components into a small enough format that they can viably be worn as regular glasses. As you can see in the above image, the Orion glasses, as they currently stand, come with a wrist control, “for subtle, socially acceptable input”, as well as a wireless battery pack.
Meta says that Orion has “ the largest field of view in the smallest AR glasses form to date”, and will enable a range of immersive experiences, from “multitasking windows and big-screen entertainment to life-size holograms of people”. The glasses themselves are chunkier than regular sunglasses, and far more so than Meta’s own Ray Ban smart glasses. But again, Meta’s had to squeeze a lot of tech into a very small space.
So you sort of look like an eccentric fashion designer when wearing them. though you likely won’t be wearing these ones just yet. Meta’s not r.