Meta’s augmented reality glasses will come out in 2027
Meta has internally shared a development blueprint with its employees, including plans for future virtual reality and augmented reality eyewear devices. The first mature augmented reality glasses created by Meta are expected to be released in 2027, but the overall cost will not be low.
Like Apple, Meta’s first augmented reality eyewear device will also meet commercial demand and may not be a product for the general consumer market. Meta employees expect to be able to test this device by 2024 at the earliest, but it won’t be available until 2027.
Mark Zuckerberg fences with a hologram during his metaversion vision presentation last October. Image: Meta
The release schedule for 2027 may be to make the device more mature and also to observe the possibility of actual market applications.
As for the expected Quest 3, it is expected to be much thinner and lighter than the current Quest 2, and its computing power will also be doubled, with a planned release in the second half of this year. Meta also plans to launch another virtual reality head-mounted device called “Ventura” for the consumer market in 2024, with a more attractive price point.
In addition, Meta will launch a successor to the Ray-Ban Stories device created in collaboration with Luxottica this fall and plans to release a third generation of the smart glasses in 2025, which will include SMS display and QR code scanning and reading functions, as well as real-time language translation and gesture operation of the glasses, and virtual keyboard input. Meta also plans to create a smartwatch that can be linked to eyewear.
In addition to Meta’s plans to continue to release multiple virtual visual head-mounted devices, Apple is also preparing to announce its virtual reality head-mounted device at this year’s WWDC 2023. Other companies, including Google, also plan to launch new virtual visual head-mounted devices, including augmented reality, virtual reality, and various extended reality technology applications.
Via: theverge
