Meta held a special event on Wednesday to announce updates for its platforms and also some new products. Among all the announcements, there was certainly one that caught all the attention: the Orion project . Orion is not a product coming soon to stores, but it’s a functional prototype of how Meta imagines AR glasses.
And they’re exactly what I want for the future of Apple Vision. Smart glasses vs. headsets I’m not here to discuss whether Meta is a good company when it comes to its business policies.
The focus here is entirely on the technology that Zuckerberg’s company showed the world today. AR glasses are not new – remember the Google Glass project from a decade ago? But a lot has changed since then, especially in the AR and VR segment. Meta acquired Oculus and now has its own mixed reality headsets, just as Apple last year announced Vision Pro with groundbreaking technologies.
Still, none of these products have become massively popular so far. At the same time, there’s a product category that’s winning over more people every day, and that’s smart glasses. I gave Ray-Ban Meta glasses a try and they have become one of my favorite accessories thanks to their discreet design, built-in camera and AI assistant.
Wearing smart glasses for me is like wearing the Apple Watch: a piece of technology that I don’t need to think about. It’s just there as a fashion accessory that I would wear anyway. Although mixed reality headsets like Vision Pro are much more advanc.