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Alongside the Quest 3S and AI updates, we got a glimpse of Meta's future at Meta Connect. After teasing the device several times in recent months, Meta finally gave the world a proper look at its "full holographic" augmented reality glasses, which were codenamed Orion. The company is packing a lot of tech into those chunky frames, which are still in prototype form. This story is developing; please refresh for updates... This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ar-vr/meta-reveals-its-orion-smart-glasses-175353381.html?src=rss
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Metas AI assistant has always been the most intriguing feature of its second-generation Ray-Ban smart glasses. While the generative AI assistant had fairly limited capabilities when the glasses launched last fall, the addition of real-time information and multimodal capabilities offered a range of new possibilities for the accessory. Now, Meta is significantly upgrading the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses AI powers. The company showed off a number of new abilities for the year-old frames onstage at its Connect event, including reminders and live translations. With reminders, youll be able to look at items in your surroundings and ask Meta to send a reminder about it. For example, hey Meta, remind me to buy that book next Monday. The glasses will also be able to scan QR codes and call a phone number written in front of you. In addition, Meta is adding video support to Meta AI so that the glasses will be better able to scan your surroundings and respond to queries about whats around you. There are other more subtle improvements. Previously, you had to start a command with Hey Meta, look and tell me in order to get the glasses to respond to a command based on what you were looking at. With the update though, Meta AI will be able to respond to queries about whats in front of you with more natural requests. In a demo with Meta, I was able to ask several questions and follow-ups with questions like hey Meta, what am I looking at or hey Meta, tell me about what Im looking at. When I tried out Meta AIs multimodal capabilities on the glasses last year, I found that Meta AI was able to translate some snippets of text but struggled with anything more than a few words. Now, Meta AI should be able to translate longer chunks of text. And later this year the company is adding live translation abilities for English, French, Italian and Spanish, which could make the glasses even more useful as a travel accessory. And while I still havent fully tested Meta AIs new capabilities on its smart glasses just yet, it already seems to have a better grasp of real-time information than what I found last year. During a demo with Meta, I asked Meta AI to tell me who is the Speaker of the House of Representatives a question it repeatedly got wrong last year and it answered correctly the first time.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/wearables/metas-ray-ban-branded-smart-glasses-are-getting-ai-powered-reminders-and-translation-features-173921120.html?src=rss
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Meta just revealed the budget-friendly Quest 3S VR headset at its annual Connect keynote event, but it also made a sad announcement about some of its previous headsets. The company will stop selling both the Quest 2 and the Quest Pro by the end of the year. With Quest 3S on the shelf, were officially winding down sales of Quest 2 and Pro. Well be selling our remaining headsets through the end of the year or until theyre gone, whichever comes first, the company wrote in a blog post that also announced the pending launch of the Quest 3S. The company will be selling Quest 2 and Pro accessories for a bit longer after the stock of headsets runs out. This includes the carrying case, the Touch Pro controllers and bundles like the Quest 2 Active Pack. Meta recently lowered the price of the Quest 2 to $200, and its still a decent headset for beginners. The Quest 3S is better in every way, but it starts at $300, while the standard Quest 3 costs $500. Its the end of an era for the Quest 2. This was a hugely successful headset, as it launched during the dog days of COVID-19. For many, it became a crucial item to survive endless isolation, along with stuff like Zoom and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Its the end of an error (see what I did there?) for the Quest Pro. This headset never caught on, likely because it was originally priced at $1,500 before being quickly lowered to $1,000. It still costs a grand from Meta, but can typically be found for around $900 via Amazon and other retailers. As they say, out with the old and in with the new. The Quest 3S is, essentially, the new Quest 2. It starts at $300, boasts the same CPU as the original Quest 3 and handles full-color passthrough. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ar-vr/meta-will-stop-selling-the-quest-2-and-quest-pro-by-the-end-of-the-year-173704500.html?src=rss
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