Facebook introduces Smart Glasses with Ray-Ban

 

A collaboration between Ray-Ban and Facebook has seen the introduction of the latter’s own smart glasses. While this might seem to be exciting news, users have mixed reactions about it.

The tech is called ‘Ray-Ban Stories’. It gives those wearing it the opportunity to experience a new way to capture photos and videos and to share adventures, listen to music and even make phone calls. In simple terms, it is a wearable device that will allow you to remain connected to your social life.

It should be noted that the technology that both firms have used to build the smart glasses are not entirely new. In fact, they have been around for approximate a decade and they do not have the same capacities as augmented reality glasses that are used in some sectors. However, the social media giant is working on the latter as well.

This is proven by project Aria, which is a new research project that will help Facebook Reality Labs build the first generation of wearable augmented reality devices. It was reported that the firm plans to collect the data needed to develop the hardware and software by having its employees use them. In August last year, the social media company advanced that it is going to focus more on augmented reality applications.

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Facebook and Ray-Ban launched smart glasses


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