Meta simply confirmed off all the newest in wearable know-how, digital actuality, augmented actuality, and extra at its annual Join keynote. Along with the long-awaited reveal of Meta’s up to date Ray-Ban good glasses, the corporate had another thrilling surprises to share, too.
Right here’s a roundup of all the brand new tech and software program updates introduced by Meta.
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Rumors have swirled for months about Meta launching a pair of good glasses with a show, and now they’re lastly right here. The glasses, dubbed the Meta Ray-Ban Show, function a full-color, high-res display screen in the best lens that you should use to view messages, take video calls, learn dwell captions, see strolling instructions, and preview the images you’re about to take with the built-in 12-megapixel digicam.
You management the show with a wristband, permitting you to scroll, click on, and, ultimately, write out messages, utilizing completely different gestures. The glasses supply as much as six hours of “mixed-use” battery life, or as much as 30 hours with the collapsible charging case.
The Meta Ray-Ban Show glasses begin at $799, with each the wristband and glasses coming in black or brown. The glasses can be obtainable within the US beginning September thirtieth at Finest Purchase, LensCrafters, and Ray-Ban shops.
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Meta is launching a brand new model of its in style Ray-Ban good glasses with an upgraded eight-hour battery life that almost doubles that of the unique mannequin. The second-gen good glasses nonetheless include a 12-megapixel ultra-wide digicam, however they now help 3K video seize and permit wearers to report movies as much as 60 frames per second.
Meta upgraded the charging case that comes included with the glasses, too, because it now gives an additional 48 hours of charging, up from 36 hours. There’s additionally a brand new “dialog focus” function coming to the Ray-Ban Meta and the Oakley Meta HSTN glasses that amplifies the sound of the individual talking to you in noisy areas.
The Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) glasses will begin at $379 and can be found now within the acquainted Wayfarer, Skyler, and Headliner types.
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Meta is partnering with Oakley to launch a brand new pair of good glasses designed for “high-intensity sports activities.” The Oakley Meta Vanguard function a wraparound design, an IP67 ranking for water and dirt resistance, together with integrations with health apps like Garmin and Strava, permitting you to ask Meta AI about your health knowledge and stats.
Moreover, the Vanguard glasses function a 12MP, 122-degree digicam on the nostril bridge, with the flexibility to report movies in as much as 3K decision, and so they help new seize modes, like slow-motion, time-lapse, and hyperlapse, that are coming to Meta’s different AI glasses as properly. Another standout options embody upgraded audio system and as much as 9 hours of battery life.
The Oakley Meta Vanguard glasses price $499 and can are available 4 body and lens shade mixtures after they launch on October twenty first. Preorders can be found now.
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Meta’s new Hyperscape function permits customers sporting a Quest 3 or Quest 3S headset to scan their environment and remodel them right into a digital house. The corporate first confirmed off a demo of the function at Meta Join final yr, however now customers can check out a beta utilizing the Hyperscape Seize app.
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Meta is placing a brand new Horizon TV leisure hub inside Quest headsets. There, you’ll discover the entire streaming apps obtainable on Quest headsets, together with Prime Video, Peacock, Twitch, and YouTube. Meta introduced immediately that Disney Plus, ESPN, and Hulu are additionally launching apps on the platform.
The Horizon TV hub helps Dolby Atmos encompass sound, and Meta plans on including Dolby Imaginative and prescient later this yr. Some motion pictures you watch by means of Horizon TV, like M3GAN and The Black Telephone, will even include “immersive particular results” which you can solely see inside Quest headsets.
Meta revealed that its Horizon Engine “powers higher graphics, quicker efficiency, and extra superior worlds.” The engine is able to powering Meta’s new Hyperscape function, in addition to permitting for bigger capacities in digital worlds. Meta additionally plans on upgrading its Horizon Studio with an agentic AI assistant that helps “sew” collectively its present AI instruments that assist folks make digital worlds.
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