Meta is enlisting A-list celebrities, Chris Pratt and Chris Hemsworth, to promote the Ray-Ban good glasses on the Tremendous Bowl.
The corporate says the 2 advert spots, one for every of the actors, have been directed by Matthew Vaughn, the director of the Kingsman franchise.
The final time Meta (then Fb) used A-list celeb promoting for a headset or glasses was for Oculus Return in 2018. Again then, it used Wiz Khalifa to point out streaming live shows in 360° video, Jonah Hill & Adam Levine to point out cowatching an NBA sport in 180° video, and Leslie Jones & Awkwafina to point out watching motion pictures on a large display.
The Ray-Ban Meta glasses have been a breakout success, with gross sales reportedly enormously exceeding Meta’s unique expectations.
Since launch, Meta has considerably expanded the aptitude of the gadget, including visible AI queries, net search, video calling, QR code and textual content scanning, timers, reminders, dwell translation, Spotify management, and extra. EssilorLuxottica has additionally steadily launched a brand new ‘Skyler’ model in addition to dozens of latest model variants. With all these enhancements, Meta might really feel that now could be the time to closely market the product to a wider viewers, past know-how fans, and enlisting A-list celebrities for the Tremendous Bowl looks like a protected guess to take action.
Later this 12 months, Meta and EssilorLuxottica reportedly plan to launch Oakley Meta glasses too, and Meta reportedly plans to introduce higher-end good glasses with a HUD too, although it is nonetheless unclear whether or not these will carry an EssilorLuxottica model like Ray-Ban.