Meta: First AR Glasses Prototype Demonstrated in 2024 is the Most Advanced Consumer Electronics Ever Developed by Humanity

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(XR Navigation Network December 23, 2023）根据The Verge和The Information早前的报道，Meta2024 showcases the company's first true AR glasses prototype, the Orion Orion. Of course, the said device is not for sale to the public and will only serve as a demo. Then by 2027, the company will launch Artemis Artemis, the first AR glasses sold to the public.

A few days ago, he acceptedThe VergeIn an exclusive interview, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth confirmed that Meta will begin testing the Orion Orion in 2024 and said, "I think there's a good chance that people will have a chance to try it in 2024." Not only that, the executive claimed that it's the most advanced consumer electronics product ever created by mankind. He said, "In consumer electronics, it's probably the most advanced product we've ever created as humans."

Meta研发AR眼镜已经至少8年时间，并为这个项目投入了数百亿美元，目标是为马克·扎克伯格带来一个“iphoneThe Moment." According to media reports, the company is expected to debut the first true AR glasses prototype in 2024 and make it available to the masses in 2027marketSelling the first AR glasses.

undergoingThe VergeIn an exclusive interview, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth talks about the evolution of AI and what it can do for AR.

In fact, Bosworth has discussed the combination of AI+XR several times recently, including the FAIR 10th anniversary blog post and the"Living in the Future"This blog post. Among other things, AI and the metaverse are both two of Meta's long-term bets on the future of technology, and both of them are making significant progress in 2023. But most importantly, the two have begun to intersect.

Returning to The Verge for an exclusive interview, Bosworth went on to discuss the combination and future of AI and AR. Not only just that, he confirmed this session's past media reports about Orion Orion and the roadmap for AR glasses. The Meta CTO said that a small group of employees will start testing the glasses internally in 2024 and further added, "I think there's a good chance that people will have a chance to try it out in 2024."

Not only that, but he claims the glasses are the most advanced consumer electronic device ever created by mankind: the

Of course, state-of-the-art technology means a lot of money. He made it clear that it was a "prohibitively expensive" device that could not be mass-produced in the short term.

This confirms a report from The Information. The outlet earlier noted that Meta plans to show off its first AR glasses, called Orion, in 2024, with a tentative production run of 1,000 units and "military-grade" materials. Specifically, the Orion Orion's lenses are made of a special silicon carbide that's very expensive to produce, and use cases include space telescopes, as well as radar and sensors for the U.S. military.

Bosworth explains, "This eyewear takes an expensive technology path. For us, realizing this capability at the price point and form factor parameters of consumer electronics is the real work in front of us. It's exciting to have a device with amazing capabilities, but it's not on the technological path that we need to pursue that would allow the general public to use it."

However, while 2024 won't be achievable, we may be able to see the device go on sale in 2027 if everything develops well and travels according to the roadmap.