Meta has unveiled significant upgrades to its Ray-Ban smart glasses, enhancing their multimodal AI capabilities for improved user interaction.
Key features include:
Memory Function: The glasses can 'remember' specific visual cues and numbers, allowing users to recall information later.
Real-time Translation: The glasses will support live translations in Spanish, French, and Italian, demonstrated with seamless conversation translation during the event.
AI Companion App: Users can sync translations with a companion app for broader usability beyond direct conversations.
Photographic Memory: Users can verbally prompt the glasses to remember locations, like parking spots, enhancing everyday usability.
Contextual Queries: The AI can respond to real-time questions without needing a wake phrase, analyzing visual and auditory inputs simultaneously.
Accessibility Features: Vision-impaired users can connect with volunteers to describe their surroundings via live video feed.
New Designs: The glasses will feature new transparent frames and transition lenses, available starting at $300.
These advancements position Meta's Ray-Bans as a leading choice in AI-powered wearable technology.