According to reports, the second-generation Ray-Ban Stories glasses will be equipped with better cameras and support for first-person live broadcasts.
MetaLuxottica, the owner of Meta and Ray-Ban, officially announced last October that it was developing new smart glasses.
Journalist Janko Roettgers claims he has seen internal Meta documents detailing improvements and new features for the upcoming device.
The current Ray-Ban Stories is a camera glasses for taking hands-free first-person photos and videos. They also have speakers and microphones for music and phone calls, but don't have any displays. Since 2017, Snapchat has been selling a succession of similar products, Spectacles.
Roettgers reports that the second-generation Ray-Ban glasses won't have a display either, but will have higher-quality cameras, longer battery life, and an anti-tamper mechanism to disable capture when the front part is covered. image or video.
The glasses will also reportedly support live streaming via Instagram and Facebook, with built-in speakers that will read viewers' comments through the Assistant.
In March, The Verge reported that Meta's vice president of AR, Alex Himel, told employees the company plans to launch a third-generation pair of glasses in 2025, complete with a display and a neural input wristband.
The head-up display, called the "viewfinder," is said to be used to show notifications, scan QR codes, and translate real-world text in real time. To be clear, this isn't true augmented reality, but a small floating contextual display.
The NeuroBracelet is based on technology from CTRL-Labs, a startup Meta acquired in 2019, and Meta has publicly discussed its development. It reads nerve signals in the arm by using electromyography technology to read nerve signals from the brain to the fingers. The device can even sense tiny finger movements that are invisible to those around it. Himel reportedly said this would allow wearers to "control the glasses with gestures, such as swiping a finger on an imaginary cross-pad."
Earlier this month, though, The Wall Street Journal reported that fewer than 10% of the first-generation Ray-Ban Stories are currently "in active use."
According to reports, Meta doesn't appear to be giving up, and the company may be hoping to attract a wider audience and retain active users with new features and improvements.
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