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.

Meta initially gave the Orion prototype only a 10% chance of success, so it has exceeded expectations. But will it exceed consumer expectations?

Meta Connect 2024 was this week, showcasing new hardware and software to support two of the company's big ambitions: AI and the metaverse. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced new Quest headsets, updates to Meta’s Llama AI model,

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

There's a long way to go until Meta Orion is in our hands, but there are plenty of AR glasses to keep us occupied in the meantime.

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 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?