Meta Join 2025 will happen on September 17 and 18.
Join is Meta’s annual XR convention, its main occasion for the reason that final F8 in 2021. Initially known as Oculus Join, from the primary in 2014 till the sixth in 2019, the occasion sees the corporate announce VR, AR, and sensible glasses {hardware}, software program, and new developer instruments, in addition to showcase a few of its analysis in the direction of the way forward for XR.
In 2023 and 2024, Meta additionally used Hook up with announce its newest AI fashions and experiences, together with its Llama giant language mannequin (LLM) household. This yr although, Meta is spinning that off into a brand new devoted AI occasion known as LlamaCon, which is able to happen on April 29.
Join 2025, then, will see Meta “share the newest and best in Meta Horizon updates, peel again the curtain on tomorrow’s tech, and provides XR devs the instruments they should assist construct for the following computing platform right now.”
Meta hasn’t revealed any particular particulars of what it can announce, and the corporate normally would not prematurely, bar a couple of teases from Mark Zuckerberg within the days earlier than.
However studies from dependable sources like Bloomberg and The Data do give us some indication of what is anticipated.
For starters, Meta is not anticipated to launch a brand new Quest headset this yr. The corporate solely simply launched Quest 3S eventually yr’s Join, solidifying its present technology lineup, and based on a Meta roadmap leaked to The Data final yr, Quest 4 and Quest 4S are slated for 2026.
What we’d see nonetheless, is the primary third-party headsets working Meta’s Horizon OS, the platform that Quest headsets run. A possible leak final month suggests Asus will likely be first with a gaming-focused ROG Horizon OS headset, and Lenovo confirmed it was nonetheless engaged on its Horizon OS headset (anticipated to concentrate on productiveness) again in October.
Potential Leak: Asus ROG Headset To Have Face & Eye Monitoring
VR fanatic Luna acquired a tip claiming the Asus ROG headset working Meta Horizon OS can have face & eye monitoring.
What we do count on Meta to launch is new sensible glasses; each in partnership with EssilorLuxottica and by itself.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported final month that Meta and EssilorLuxottica plan to launch Oakley Meta glasses to promote alongside the Ray-Ban Meta glasses. Whereas the Ray-Ban glasses have a digicam on one aspect and are aimed in the direction of all shoppers, the Oakley glasses would have the digicam within the heart and be marketed in the direction of “cyclists and different athletes”.
Oakley Meta Glasses Are Reportedly Coming This Yr Too
Oakley Meta glasses are coming later this yr, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman studies.
Individually, The Verge, The Data, and The Monetary Instances have all beforehand reported that Meta intends to launch sensible glasses with a heads-up show (HUD), codenamed Hypernova, later this yr.
Plainly Hypernova will not carry the Ray-Ban model, however what is understood is that it’ll embody a small waveguide show on one of many lenses to point out notifications, output textual content as an alternative of audio from the Meta AI assistant, and to assist body images earlier than taking them.
Gurman reported that Meta staff are telling him to count on Hypernova to price round $1000. Additional, he says Meta “has mentioned” together with the EMG wristband (demoed with the Orion prototype) within the field of Hypernova, with a backup plan of utilizing contact controls on the temple like its different sensible glasses.
Meta Plans To Launch “Half A Dozen Extra” Wearable Gadgets
In Meta’s CTO’s leaked memo, he referenced the corporate’s plan to launch “half a dozen extra AI powered wearables”.
To be clear although, Meta hasn’t confirmed any of this, and the corporate may have surprises in retailer or change its plans between now and September. UploadVR will deliver you full protection of Meta Join 2025, breaking down the largest bulletins and plotting Meta’s path into the second half of this decade because it competes with the opposite tech giants to personal the way forward for private computing.
