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posted by martyb on Wednesday September 18 2019, @01:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the can-you-hear^W-see-me-know? dept.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/17/facebook-enlists-ray-ban-maker-luxottica-to-make-orion-ar-glasses.html

Facebook has been working to develop augmented reality glasses out of its Facebook Reality Labs in Redmond, Washington, for the past couple of years, but struggles with the development of the project have led the company to seek help. Now, Facebook is hoping a partnership with Ray-Ban parent company Luxottica will get them completed and ready for consumers between 2023 and 2025, according to people familiar.

The glasses are internally codenamed Orion, and they are designed to replace smartphones, the people said. The glasses would allow users to take calls, show information to users in a small display and live-stream their vantage point to their social media friends and followers.

Facebook is also developing an artificial intelligence voice assistant that would serve as a user input for the glasses, CNBC previously reported. In addition, the company has experimented with a ring device that would allow users to input information via motion sensor. That device is code-named Agios.


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  • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Wednesday September 18 2019, @03:58PM

    by JNCF (4317) on Wednesday September 18 2019, @03:58PM (#895699) Journal

    I feel like social media is the most obvious use of AR outside of videogames and maybe remote control of robots for work, as in surgery. Facebook can give people way better oxytocin hits if they actually get to see and speak with their friends, video chat isn't as immersive as AR will eventually become. Not that they won't monetize the hell out of it, but if they don't embrace it they'll be outcompeted by somebody who does, so they kinda have to regardless of those plans.

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