‘Meta wants to release glasses with control via wristband in 2025’

According to an internal presentation, Meta wants to release three AR glasses in the coming years. The first is a successor to an existing pair of glasses, the second adds a camera and control via a wristband, among other things. The third is “full” AR glasses.

The glasses for next fall are a successor to the Ray Ban Stories glasses from 2021, writes The Verge. It is unclear what new functions the glasses would have compared to the first version. The second glasses in 2025 will be able to scan QR codes and display real-time translations in something Meta calls the “viewfinder,” among other things. That indicates that the glasses have a camera.

For input, those glasses have a wristband that users can use to make finger and hand movements. The software translates it into gestures that can be used in the software. The intention is to use that wristband to eventually also enable a keyboard that makes typing possible at the speed that is also possible on telephones, according to the company. In addition to a basic wristband, there will be an optional version that can serve as a smartwatch.

The third glasses, according to the presentation, are full AR glasses that Meta has been working on for eight years as Orion. This should, among other things, enable the display of avatars in the real world. Meta would like to test it among employees from next year and it should be released in 2027. In the same presentation, Meta also talked about upcoming Quest headsets.

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