It was back in September when Meta first unveiled an early prototype of its Orion AR glasses, and while they’re still a long way from being an actual product you can buy, the company still believes it can get there.
Indeed, Meta’s head of wearables believes Orion could eventually become the AirPods of augmented reality devices.
Meta claims that the prototype already “looks like regular glasses,” but experts are not in a hurry to agree with this opinion. “They may look like this to someone with poor eyesight, but to most people, it’s clearly an early version of the device,” notes Ben Lovejoy of 9to5Mac. Nevertheless, the development is impressive, as it is a significant step up from models from other companies, such as Xiaomi or Oppo. The price is also important, which currently stands at around $10,000, highlighting the long road to mass consumer adoption.
One of the potentially useful functions of augmented reality, according to the developers, could be the ability to recognize faces and display the names of interlocutors. Meta is already testing this function, paying special attention to privacy issues
