Meta's Time Machine: AR Glasses or Just More Hype?
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a prototype of the company’s augmented-reality glasses, dubbed Orion, during the Meta Connect event, painting it as a futuristic tool for blending holograms with the real world.
Metaverse 2.0 - a hyper-realistic integration of the digital and the physical is coming, so be ready to ditch your smartphone and laptop before the end of this decade!
These glasses, made from magnesium alloy and controlled via hand-tracking and voice, promise a glimpse of tomorrow, but Meta won’t release a commercial version until 2027. Despite the impressive demo, the development costs are high, and previous attempts at AR, like Google Glass, flopped.
Alongside this, Meta showcased upgrades to its AI assistant, Meta AI, including celebrity voices and real-time language translation. Yet, despite pouring billions into its metaverse vision, Reality Labs—the division behind these projects—continues to lose billions.
Meta is taking a bold step into the an AI and AR-driven future. With AI evolving so fast, the challenge now is convincing users that this isn't just another overhyped tech dream.
Read the full article on Reuters.
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