"I don't know the exact details of every layer of that optical stack..." Explains every layer in detail and how the optics recombine in the final layer LOL
less* You have full situational awareness with glasses. A lot less with screens that constantly has you multitasking and looking down/away from what you’re doing.
@@Machiavelli2pc Most people have been so absorbed in thought that they weren't watching were they were going. I don't think you realize how limit our attention is.
You'll be too busy updating your millions of followers or posting your latest cooking tutorial, or working on your latest guitar solo, or catching up with gram gram, and doing all of this in person. So really, there's never reason to ever scroll again
Thanks Norm and the Tested team for producing this video. I believe the neural interface stuff is the most killer idea in this whole space, and in a long time. Would work on that.
This is the AR I've envisaged since childhood. From day one I wanted to invest in magic leap because I thought they'd be the ones to do it, (I never did)... but they sort of gave up. I hope Meta with all their money can pull though and make this a reality!
As someone who wears Bluetooth glasses with prescription lenses, I'm incredibly hype, the price tag might put it out of my range today, but time is on my side.
@MichaelSverdlin Soundcore Frames sound great, are small enough for people not to notice that they are smart glasses. You can use voice control as well to play, stop, skip track, etc. They are £70 on Amazon UK, which is an absolute steal.
I dont trust Apple nor FB/Meta (especially with the type of data this can collect) but where this develops enough and gets opensourced and so that would be awesome piece of tech :)
I want augmented reality fps games with my friends… where raising your hand as a pistol 👈🏻 emedetiately puts you in the game… overlays your in game weapon over your hand… it would be ‘the assasination’ game and can contain every person wearing the same device in your emediate surroundings (open game mode) or alternatively allows you to set up private games between your friends. You’ll have things like grenades, knives, pistols, explosives you can hide in rooms and use timers for or remote detonators… those can ofcourse be dismantled by skilled players that find them before they blow up… The ‘augmented’ sky is the limit! Make it happen Meta!
@@Thezuule1 it won't. Just like smartphones since the iphone x launched, the price will only go up and people will rationalize it. Before the iphone x , a 1000$ smartphone was still an INSANE idea. Now 1300$ is the standard, and foldeables are trying to raise that bar up to 2000$. This product will never be worth buying. Cool, but I got a phone. Until those glasses LOOK like normal glasses, there's no need for them. It's just a technological showcase. VR had it's time. And people got tired of it quickly. You can get a vr headset for 100$ used on facebook marketplace. Glasses or not, nothing's gonna make people interested in vr like we were 5 years ago.
If it's 10k to make, they really need to figure out reduction on that beforehand, because meta can't sell these at a loss of $8500-$9,000 just for consumers lol, that could end bad for them financially 😂
As amazing as these are, my first thought was unfortunately still from a point of mistrust: Imagine the profiling they can do on you based on what you're looking at!
They will have to address the privacy issue. Hopefully as they transition to AR/MR, they can switch to a product company, instead of 'your data is our product" company.
@@danilog590 "your data is our product" -company makes a wearable device capable of measuring exactly how long you look at which items/ads and can build a profile on you updated in real time. Surely one of the most greedy companies wouldn't capitalize on that right?
@@isaacholzwarth the aren't up for retail, we won't see these on the market for 5 years. In that time who knows what breakthroughs meta is going to figure out on reduction of cost.
This! XD But, to be fair, apple takes ideas and polishes them to perfection and a point, where they ARE able to claim it for themselves which is something I can respect
@@amadeoel3781 (x) to doubt, what you call poshing to perfection is mostly adding a shiny case to it and slapping a $1000 price tag on a $200 product and exploiting brand loyalty, and then tell you you're using it wrong when it doesn't work.
Research the Patents. Apple Already Owns The Core Technology for comparative AR Devices. The AVP is designed specifically to provide an emerging market for Platform Developers and Suppliers. Likewise this Orion is a prototype tho seemingly designed for Meta internal development. Sometimes I wish Apple could remember the 90’s and talk about concepts years before they would ship. (Knowledge Navigator. Newton Intelligence. Hot Sauce.)
Yeah right, like I would want to have an AI observe everything I do all day long. Maybe we won't have a choice at some point. But as long as I do, no way I would do that.
You're missing the point entirely. This is a device that can summon at full size TV and intuitive games or Apps at will. This is the next "initial iPhone reveal" level device. A system that will eventually kill smartphones in probably 15 years.
The technical side of this is really cool but I can't see this being something people actually buy until we solve the problem of having always-on cameras pointing at everyone around you without their consent
Well go cry to the other tech companies that all laughed at Facebook, while Facebook was hard at work building kickass VR and AR systems after changing their company name.
@@elchapo2586Not to mention they are on "RU-vid" with a Google "Account" in the Comments talking about "privacy " it's almost too good to be true lol 🤣
@@kirby21-xz4rx I think the leap from "we know you watched these videos and maybe even what mood they put you in" to "I know all your friends, where you keep your valuables and exactly where you are in your house at all times" is a pretty big one.
Well you got those who hate technology because they don't understand it, and those who think it's too far out of reach and it just makes them angry. The people who are excited about this tech are the same people who were excited when USB was announced. We're older, we've been working with tech for decades, and we know just how hard this problem is.
I’m actually most excited about this project from Meta. I absolutely love their VR stuff and they’ve proved themselves with that, but VR/AR can be so much more than gaming. And I’m here for that
I haven't touched these, but I have been paying close attention to AR development for a long long time. This is the first product I've seen that gives me hope that AR will actually be available and mainstream within my lifetime. Quite amazing. Hats off to Meta.
If there were an external battery, that could not only increase the usage time, but free up space in the glasses. There are numerous ways they could pull that off.
These are so cool with so many innovative ideas and features, that it's disappointing to hear they want to essentially market it as being a surveillance device that collects data about your day. I thought they wouldn't think that would be a good idea after what happened with Microsoft.
Well, after all their privacy issues came to light I'd be surprised if anyone would buy an internet connected camera from facebook, let alone one they claim will have an AI that remembers everything you've done during the day. But hey, I hope some people with no sense of integrity do buy them so the tech gets developed.
@@98Zai It sucks because if they marketed it as an alternative for a phone, it would be really cool. Even if the first version isn't a total replacement. Instead it's a shill for AI and big brother.
.. And pull up any and all public info. If you have access to Facebook data, you have their personal data, friends and recorded location history etc. This is scary in the wrong hands
there is no way it looks as good as they are making it out to be, but it's still interesting. though the problem is not the hardware, it's the software. they want to make something that people will use instead of phones, and if it doesn't do more than phones and is not more practical to use, there will be no point. how good the software is will be what will decide how far it will go.
@@Thezuule1 even just building off of HorizonOS would probabaly work pretty well. I've sideloaded android apps on my Quest 3 and they feel exactly the same as the phone apps, except they are resizable, can be placed anywhere, and your finger doesn't stop at the screen.
10:15 I don't think anybody wants that! Why would they think I want an AI to know where my keys are!??!?!??!?!?!??!?!?!??!?!?!??!?!?!??!?!?!? An AI would query my own past? This is just some excuse to completely log people's lives.
I don’t get it, if you’re gonna wear something stupid on your face, might as well just wear a regular VR headset that does way more stuff and has way more battery life
Just last week I was showing off the Rayban Metas to a couple friends and all the most common sentiment was “I wish they had a display”. I told them “I’m sure it’ll happen sooner than we think”. And here it is! Can’t wait for the consumer model 😍
AI is almost to the point where it can generate a dynamic UI for devices like this. So there won't be a need for reprogramming an entire UI stack to keep products updated. It would be able to generate an interface that worked best for you. I feel like it's a step towards "Ready Player One."
They've made the Orion prototype, and it's awesome. Now, they just need to see what they can scale back on the prototype while maintaining a decent quality experience. Or We just wait until sometime in the early 2030s for the price to come down and the further refinement occurs! I'll be first in line for this either way! I saw these Glasses coming the first time i put on my Oculus rift S, but i wasnt expecting them so soon!
I want these to exist and be good. I don’t want them tied to the Meta/Facebook/Instagram mess. Therefore I won’t buy them. But thanks for the review, it’s interesting for sure.
Man thats SO much work. They had to make a custom protocol so they could just send data in batches so the radio wouldn't fry the glasses? Seriously impressive. Im sure the team is thrilled to see their baby out in the world.🎉
bc they look like eyeglasses, which have become a fashion item over the last 50 years, expanding far beyond the original functional aspect of eyesight correction. How many nerds have you even come across that corner you at a party to expound upon materials science's advancements in increasing refractive index, and how much that could change the world? And how many judgemental folks at those same parties that judge eyeglass frames for their fashionableness?
Because they look ridiculous. Any time someone jumbo sizes an object we are used to seeing it looks stupid. They would have been better designing something unique rather than a fat pair of reading glasses.
It's a prototype lol, it's made to be functional and to provide a base to improve off of. The first consumer versions will be much thinner, and eventually, no matter how ugly they are, they will become culturally acceptable and even fashionable. Just like Apple's ugly-ass airpods.
All I can think of is futurama with the eye phone. 😂 not to mention the moment someone goes into the bathroom with them. Just saying I don't want the zuck to know that lol
My biggest question with all of the wearable AR devices is just. Who needs this and why? Why would i put my device in my field of view all day? More screen space to be advertised to? More in my face applications? even higher average screen time? No thank you. Connectivity? Just because you can see through it doesnt mean youre not still putting a layer of digital separation between yourself and other people. For work and productivity reasons? Get a PC with a keyboard and a second monitor. This is the same company that tried to pitch VR as a productivity device, and as someone who adores the technology generally, meta is going to tank the industry when it finally loses too much money to be sustained. Because they are losing money. I just hope the VR space is able to weather their inevitable collapse. As for constantly recording and monitoring your life for "memory and 'AI' assistance"? These devices are going to be banned in industry spaces immediately. No one wants to be filmed constantly as its one of the few modicums of personal privacy we retain in this day and age, and theres no conceivable reason to be camera-ed and mic-ed up around sensitive data in industry spaces. As for the 'AI', I cannot conceive of a worse way to pitch this device. Every company is scrambling right now to integrate chat bots into every possible piece of software but unless something fundamentally changes in the way the technology operates, it is going to be dead in the water like every other 'AI' assistant device scam. It wont matter how "cool" and "magical" the interface feels when the assistant tells you how to brew botulinum toxin to feed your family without telling you that's what you're making. Because the technology doesnt *understand* anything. Thats not how it works, because its not actually *intelligence*. And until we can get to that point, any company that is pushing for 'AI' in their hardware and software should be written off like the hype monkeys they are. Remember the Metaverse hype? The NFT hype? Whered they go? Nowhere. 'AI' hype is much the same thing. Next year or so its going to be something else. And it will be just as much of a nothing burger for the general consumer when its gone.
The hardware is very impressive. All the software use cases suggested seem underwhelming and gimmicky. What I would love such a product to be able to do, is to run a navigation app and project the path so it would appear to highlight the road itself. So you can know where you need to go when driving (or walking, or cycling), while keeping your eyes on the road, without having to glance at your phone and try to guess how the in-app instructions translates to actual movement in the real world. Give me that, and I'll happily pay that $2,000.
Damn. I like em. I'd wear them. Especially if they provided me with what im envisioning. Which is the kicker. If they can provide an amazing experience and or benefit that you can't get elsewhere, users will gladly accept the inconvenience of somewhat still bulky frames and lenses. These are close enough that it's just a short matter of time before ar/mr sweeps the world. I want to have a tool that when I look at a car engine, give the input to change the headgasket, and ai visually and audibly walks me through every step of the process down to the smallest detail. That capability would just flip everything upside down.
I believe AR has a brighter future than VR. The big issue with VR is that it 'disconnects' you from the real world and I find that pretty scary. Even with pass through I don't like the idea of someone being able to sneak up on me. Besides that AR can be worn on the go and add value to your surrounding. Navigation, translation, interaction. All potentially seamless and without interfering with your surrounding. This isn't quite there yet, but it is very promising!
They went too small which boosted the price. Why not start with a comfortable helmet/hat with visor option. Bigger but sleeker and cooler than these blocky $10k nerd glasses.
Sure it is a bit chonky right now. But imagine in 10 to 15 years. It will be much more slimmer, smaller yet more energy dense batteries. Even better screen, glasses and sensors. Better processing power and chipsets.
