They may not be fully functioning AR glasses, as such, but Facebook’s preparing to launch its first foray into wearables, with the initial iteration of its smart glasses set to be released, in partnership with Ray Ban, later this week.
This image was posted on the Ray Ban website this week, coinciding with some examples of the new smart glasses in action, shared by Facebook’s head of AR/VR Andrew Bosworth.
The functionality displayed looks very much like Snap’s Spectacles product, with the glasses able to capture your real world view, which you can then share, presumably to Facebook and Instagram direct.
Which is interesting, and it’ll be especially interesting to see how, exactly, Ray Ban integrates the camera elements into a cool, fashionable design. But then again, Snap’s Spectacles were released five years ago, so people have had the capacity to capture footage via sunglasses since 2016.
Why will people care about a Facebook-specific version of the same?
The longer-term plan, of course, is for Facebook’s smart glasses to become fully AR compatible, with a heads up display that will overlay digital elements on your world view.
That’s what Facebook previewed with its ‘Project Aria’ experiments in September last year, with this video outlining the potential of AR glasses in various contexts.
The announcement seemed to suggest that Facebook was close to that next stage - but then, in January this year, Bosworth sought to temper expectations by noting that the initial...
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