Meta has announced a new line of AI smart glasses designed in-house, marking a significant push into the wearable technology market. The new Meta Glasses will start at $299, making them more affordable than the latest Ray-Ban models, which begin at $379.
Key Features and Pricing
The Meta-designed glasses come in three styles: Adventurer, Fury, and Meta Glasses by Kylie, designed by Kylie Jenner. They can play music, translate languages, and answer questions about a person’s surroundings by capturing images with the glasses’ cameras.
Meta’s new Muse Spark AI model improves how the glasses can extract details from photos and remember personal preferences. The glasses will launch with Muse Spark, while the company’s previous glasses will receive the new model through a software update.
Market Competition and Privacy Concerns
Meta faces competition from Google and Samsung, which are collaborating on a new pair of AI glasses launching later this year with similar functionality. OpenAI is also developing a hardware product. Additionally, Meta has grappled with ongoing privacy concerns, including incidents where individuals have used smart glasses to film videos of others without their consent.
Meta’s chief technology officer, Andrew Bosworth, emphasized the importance of addressing these concerns, stating that the company is committed to improving its technology to prevent such incidents.
Original reporting: KRDO (Colorado Springs metro) — read the source article.
