Meta is reportedly eyeing a 2024 release for its first AR glasses that will pack high-end innards and focus on holographic interactions in the metaverse.
Meta’s first fully AR-ready smart glasses might arrive in 2024, opening the hardware floodgates for users to engage with CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s lofty metaverse experiences. According to a report from tech publication The Verge, Meta’s high-end AR smart glasses code-named Project Nazare will make their debut in the next couple of years. And it appears that the company is leaving no stones unturned as it attempts to deliver the best experience possible. The AR glasses are said to look fairly normal, with black frames, and will sport a camera as well, a callback to the Project Aria AR glasses concept that Facebook announced in 2020. They would offer some impressive tech such as high-end waveguides, a stereo audio system built into the frame, microLED projectors for higher visual fidelity, and eye-tracking facility as well. The company is even working with semiconductor partners in China to develop custom chips. However, Project Nazare won’t be a stand-alone pair of AR glasses. They will reportedly pair wirelessly with a smartphone-sized compute unit. Tipping the scales at roughly 100 grams, Meta’s AR glasses are touted to let users see and interact with a holographic view of other people.
