Meta's AI-powered Ray-Bans have a discreet camera on the front, for taking photos not just when you ask them to, but also when their AI features trigger it with certain keywords such as "look." "We're not publicly discussing that,

With so much going on in AI, investors seem to be looking past its Metaverse segment. That may seem odd, as the company once known as Facebook changed its name to Meta in 2021. With the company's Reality Labs segment continuing to lose billions of dollars every quarter, investors may have written off the effort.

Augmented reality (AR) glasses are becoming more user-friendly, but gaining widespread consumer acceptance will be challenging, says this University of Queensland academic.

Perhaps the most interesting feature of the Orion glasses are the lenses, which are not made from glass or plastic. Instead, Meta is using a silicon carbide where tiny projections are beamed onto the lenses. This material is supposed to be more durable, lighter and features an ultrahigh index for refraction of the on-board projectors.

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg called Orion "the most advanced glasses the world has ever seen". He said they offer a "glimpse of the future" in which smart glasses will replace smartphones as the main mode of communication.

Meta has unveiled its first pair of augmented reality (AR) glasses, which use holograms to overlay digital content on to the real world a

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s personal fortune has climbed to $201 billion. As he envisions AR glasses Orion to be the future of computing, will they benefit the public?