Meta announces Orion, its first fully functional AR glasses protype
At Meta Connect 2024 Mark Zuckerberg gave us our first look at Meta’s first fully functioning holographic AR glasses codenamed Orion. And they look pretty damn cool.
As a one more thing end to his section of the presentation which also introduced us to the Meta Quest 3S, new Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses features, and Meta AI updates including voice, Zuckerberg gave us a first look at his company’s AR glasses efforts. The culmination of what he says is a decade’s work.
Even at this prototype stage Orion looks pretty damn impressive. Acting just like you might expect these glasses can provide a virtual overlay to augment what you see in the real world; this includes highlighting certain objects, letting you video chat with another person’s life-like persona and browse the web.
And all of this comes in specs that look pretty normal and are lightweight coming in at under 100g, though Zuckerberg himself admitted the design isn’t yet finalized as they aren’t as fashionable as he wants them to be (and I’ll be the first to agree that fashion is vital for tech wearables).
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