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Meta has unveiled a prototype of its AR glasses, Orion. Zuckerberg unveiled Orion during his keynote speech at Meta Connect. Zuckerberg, who always wears the same clothes, was wearing a black short-sleeved shirt with decorations, which was a minor topic of conversation.
It has the familiar horn-rimmed glasses shape. Unlike VR headsets such as MetaQuest or Apple's Vision Pro, it looks much smaller and lighter. It aims to be a smart device that handles digital information superimposed on the real world with AR and interacts with AI. Zuckerberg said that he expected it to start with holograms and then AI, but he was surprised that the order was reversed.
Orion consists of a pair of glasses, a neural wristband, and a wireless compute puck, which is like a battery pack. It can only be used at close range with the puck. It is made of magnesium instead of aluminum, and the lenses are made of a material called silicon carbide instead of traditional glass or plastic. The field of view is 70 degrees, which is wider than existing AR/VR.
It uses electromyography (EMG) technology to control the UI with hand gestures. When interacting with others online, your face is not visible, but in the future, it is said that it will develop an avatar that tracks the wearer's facial movements.
The release was also delayed due to the global economic downturn. Meta originally predicted that the model that would become the second-generation Orion would be the first consumer version and would be priced similarly to a mobile phone or laptop.
Meta's will to move away from the smartphone-based mobile platform is evident. Meta, which has recently been hit hard by Apple's advertising policy, will want to move away quickly. When will it expand from the small, square screen to the three-dimensional space?
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