According to reports from The Information, Meta’s forthcoming glasses featuring a heads-up display (HUD) will deviate from the Ray-Ban brand and aesthetic, set to release next year.
With the innovative Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, experience hands-free freedom as you seamlessly capture first-person photos and videos, answer calls, stream music or podcasts, and broadcast your view to select social media platforms, including Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram. Within the US & Canada the opposite headline characteristic is Meta AI, a conversational assistant you possibly can speak to by saying “Hey Meta”. Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has publicly acknowledged the overwhelming demand for Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, with the company working at maximum capacity to meet this surge in interest.
While current glasses may fall short in terms of spectacle, Meta’s upcoming Hypernova model aims to bridge this gap. In February 2023, tech publication The Verge’s Alex Heath broke news about Hypernova, mistakenly linking it to an innovative update for Ray-Ban sunglasses. According to Heath’s report, Hypernova boasts an intuitive Heads-Up Display (HUD) that seamlessly integrates notification alerts, QR code scanning capabilities, and real-time text translation functionality. This mounted exhibit may potentially lack grandeur.
According to a recent report by Wayne Ma and Kalley Huang for The Info, Hypernova has abandoned its planned partnership with EssilorLuxottica, owner of the renowned eyewear brand Ray-Ban, due to the latter’s reluctance to compromise on design.
According to reports, challenging an image to enter one’s visual field and disengaging the Heads-Up Display (HUD) might be necessary. Notably, Hypernova allegedly boasts a “thick” body that present and former Meta employees claim is more likely to provoke negative reactions from customers; this characteristic reportedly deterred EssilorLuxottica from pursuing the opportunity further.
The report reveals that this projection system’s added weight is approximately 70 grams, a significant increase compared to the 50 grams of Ray-Ban Meta glasses and 30 grams of traditional eyewear?
According to separate reports by The Monetary Times and The Wall Street Journal, Meta is reportedly considering a multibillion-euro investment in EssilorLuxottica, potentially enabling it to exert influence over decision-making regarding the company’s future smart glass endeavors.
Neural Wristband?
The brand-new report fails to address whether Hypernova will still be paired with Meta’s long-developing neural wristband technology, which was hinted at in Alex Heath’s 2023 report suggesting its potential return.
Mark Zuckerberg was reportedly spotted demonstrating the neural wristband to Luxottica’s founder and chairman in 2022, implying a potential partnership between the companies for their joint venture, Hypernova, at an unspecified point in time preceding this event.
Following Facebook’s 2019 acquisition of New York-based startup CTRL Labs, Meta’s current CEO and co-founder continues to work on the project. The device effectively detects muscle activity in the wrist using electromyography (EMG), allowing it to track finger movement with precision. In theory, this technology could potentially boast zero latency, eliminating any destructive delays; its exceptional accuracy would be unaffected by environmental conditions, operating flawlessly regardless of lighting situations, and remain impervious to the challenges posed by occlusion.
Mark Zuckerberg: Neural Wristband to Hit Shelves in the Next Couple of Years
Mark Zuckerberg reveals that Meta’s neural wristband, designed to track finger movements for augmented reality and virtual reality experiences, is expected to hit the market “within the next few years”. Clarification right here:
In February, Mark Zuckerberg hinted on a chat that the wristband would be available as a standalone product within the next few years, implying that it might still be packaged with Hypernova as originally planned. Alternatively, Meta is likely leveraging the rapid progress in conversational AI to develop a more cost-effective approach, potentially shelving the neural wristband for future hardware developments.
