It’s reported that Meta might be equipped with a small display in smart glasses to be released next yr. The evaluation is that that is in response to Google and Samsung Electronics’ plans to release headsets and smart glasses based on Android XR.
The Financial Times reported on the twenty third (local time) that Meta will release Ray-Ban smart glasses with an integrated display within the second half of next yr.
Meta unveiled ‘Orion’, next-generation prolonged reality (XR) glasses equipped with a small display contained in the glasses, through the ‘Connect’ event last September. Nonetheless, it is understood that this product might want to undergo additional development over the subsequent two years as a result of problems with the availability of silicon carbide utilized in spectacle lenses.
Due to this fact, with a view to reply to Samsung’s headset and Google’s smart glasses that might be released within the second half of next yr, the plan is to put in a small display on one side of the glasses that may display notifications or text messages from a man-made intelligence (AI) assistant.
The smart glasses prototype that Google unveiled when it announced ‘Gemini 2.0’ was also known to be in the same form.
Nine to Five uploaded a related video, saying that that they had personally tested this product. On this, an AI assistant understands the video and provides directions, translates signs, and shows the best way to use the product while viewing the external screen. In other words, the ‘Passthrough’ function, which displays a message while taking a look at the external screen, has been applied. Nonetheless, Google reportedly doesn’t allow smart glasses to take photos or videos.
Meta also took motion after this information was reported. Specifically, on the sixteenth, right after Google’s announcement, they announced that they’d update Ray-Ban smart glasses with various functions reminiscent of AI video evaluation and real-time translation. It is a feature that was announced last September, however the update was delayed for 3 months.
In this fashion, smart glasses have emerged as a field that predicts fierce competition next yr. On the fifth, Bloomberg also reported that Apple had launched a sensible glasses project codenamed ‘Atlas’.
Last week, Google also reportedly hired 100 employees from Magic Leap, an augmented reality (AR) glasses startup, as contract employees to develop a sensible glasses prototype.
Due to this fact, it is probably going that the main smart glasses to be introduced next yr will evolve right into a form that displays messages, maps, and knowledge through a small internal display in addition to ‘hands-free’ through voice conversation with an AI assistant.
Reporter Lim Da-jun ydj@aitimes.com
