Meta has introduced a brand new technology of its Ray-Ban sensible glasses, that includes considerably improved battery life and the power to file 3K video, which brings them as much as par with the Oakley HSTN sensible glasses. The brand new glasses, technically referred to as the Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2, can be found to order as we speak and begin at $379.
Let’s dig in on battery, which is best on a couple of fronts. You should use the brand new Ray-Bans for as much as eight hours on a single cost, which is twice the four-hour battery lifetime of the earlier technology. The charging case can cost the glasses to 50 p.c in 20 minutes — a slight enchancment over the 22 minutes to 50 p.c for the primary technology. The case for the Gen 2 glasses provides an extra 48 hours of battery life, up from 32 hours.
As for the digicam, you’ll have the ability to file 3K at 30fps, 1440p at 30fps, and 1200p at 60fps, all for as much as three minutes. Later this fall, Meta may even add the power to seize hyperlapse and slow-motion movies — a function coming to all of its AI glasses.
Meta is including a cool audio-focused function referred to as “dialog focus” down the road, too, which is able to use the audio system on the glasses to spice up the voice of an individual you’re speaking with. The corporate is enhancing dwell translation by increasing it to help German and Portuguese.
I attempted the Gen 2 glasses at Meta’s Join occasion, and there’s not a lot to say about them at first blush — they’re a strong improve on paper, however they’re finally nonetheless Meta Ray-Ban glasses, so when you’ve used the primary technology earlier than, you just about get the concept. You’ll have the ability to purchase them in Wayfarer, Skyler, and Headliner kinds. The primary-generation glasses will nonetheless be obtainable, too, beginning at $299.
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