While Meta might be playing fast and loose describing its Orion smart glasses as having the look and feel of a regular pair of glasses, it is a clear look at the future possibilities of Apple Vision.
While Meta might be playing fast and loose describing its Orion smart glasses as having the look and feel of a regular pair of glasses, it is a clear look at the future possibilities of Apple Vision.
Words used to mean something, like « Artificial Intelligence », « hologram », and « regular pair of glasses », but we’re throwing out all pretense in light of Meta’s latest announcement. These definitely « regular » looking spectacles promise to bring augmented reality computing to your face — well, not your face exactly.
Orion isn’t a public product. It is being revealed to show that Meta has made progress in the last five years towards, well, something.
No one is going to argue that these aren’t likely the most advanced AR glasses revealed to date. Other products in the category struggle with interactions, require external computers, or are simple screens showing content from a different computer.
In its current state, Orion requires these, according to Meta, « lightweight, stylish glasses », with « holographic displays » to provide compelling AR experiences. The miniaturization and execution are no doubt impressive, but we could do with a little more honest language from Meta marketing.
In any case, Meta claims Orion has the largest field of view in the smallest AR glasses form factor to date. They accomplished this by relying on external sensors and computing.
