Key insights

• ⚡ Orion AR glasses offer web browsing, gaming, and video calling features, setting them apart from traditional devices.
• 🧠 The inclusion of a neural wristband and wireless compute Puck enhances functionality and control.
• 👁️🖐️🎤 Navigation via eye and hand tracking, voice, and wristband control provides a unique user experience.
• 💻 A new wearable technology, the wristband, interprets neural signals and recognizes gestures for enhanced control.
• 🔍🕶️ Orion AR glasses boast a 70° field of view, LED projectors, and sensors for anchoring virtual objects in space.
• 🥤🤖 The glasses use Meta AI to identify smoothie ingredients, interact with the editor-in-chief, and showcase generative AI potential.
• 📱 Inward facing cameras and avatar representation make Air glasses a potential smartphone replacement in Mark Zuckerberg's eyes.
• 🌐 Orion AR glasses represent Meta's metaverse efforts despite facing technical challenges and limited availability.

Q&A

• What are the current challenges and status of Meta's Orion AR glasses?

  The Orion AR glasses prototype faces technical challenges, limited availability, and is still not ready for prime time. However, it serves as a showcase for Meta's efforts in the metaverse, despite its unavailability to the public. Meta has shifted from selling Orion to internal prototyping and demos.

• What potential does Mark Zuckerberg see in the Air glasses?

  Mark Zuckerberg views the Air glasses, which come with inward facing cameras and avatar representation during calls, as a potential replacement for smartphones. The Orion AR glasses are the first pair of Air glasses that have impressed one of the speakers in the video.

• How does Meta's AI integrate with the Orion AR glasses?

  Meta's AI is demonstrated in the video as being used to identify smoothie ingredients and provide a recipe. The interaction also includes a chat with the editor-in-chief, showcasing the potential of generative AI intersecting with a device like the Orion AR glasses.

• What are the main technical specifications of the Orion AR glasses?

  The Orion AR glasses have a 70° field of view, which is wider than other AR glasses. They use LED projectors and wave guides to display graphics and sensors to anchor virtual objects in space. While the graphics quality may not be suitable for movies, it is feasible for reading text. The software is still in its early stages.

• How does the neural wristband work with the Orion AR glasses?

  The wristband uses electromyography to interpret neural signals and acts as a controller for the glasses by recognizing gestures such as pinching and swiping. It also provides haptic feedback for gesture recognition. Planned improvements for the wristband are in the pipeline for the future.

• What are the key features of Meta's Orion AR glasses?

  Meta's Orion AR glasses offer web browsing, gaming, and video calling. They come with a neural wristband and a wireless compute Puck for improved functionality. The glasses also allow navigation through eye and hand tracking, voice, and wristband control. The experience with these glasses differs from using a laptop or phone.

• 00:05 Meta's Orion AR glasses provide a glimpse of future hardware, with features like web browsing, gaming, and video calling. The glasses come with a neural wristband and a wireless compute Puck for improved functionality. The experience is different from using a laptop or phone.
• 01:29 A new wearable technology, wristband using electromyography to interpret neural signals, acts as a controller for glasses through recognizing gestures such as pinching and swiping, with planned improvements in the future.
• 02:39 A review of the Orion AR glasses by Meta, featuring a 70° field of view, LED projectors, wave guides, and sensors for anchoring virtual objects in space. The graphics quality is not suitable for movies but feasible for reading text. The software is still in its early stages.
• 03:53 The demo showcased using meta AI to identify smoothie ingredients and provide a recipe. The interaction also included a chat with the editor-in-chief. The video demonstrated the potential of generative AI intersecting with a device like this.
• 05:08 Two people discuss a new pair of Air glasses with inward facing cameras and avatar representation, which Mark Zuckerberg sees as a potential smartphone replacement.
• 06:19 Meta's AR glasses prototype, Orion, faces technical challenges, limited availability, and is still not ready for prime time, but serves as a showcase for the company's efforts in the metaverse.