Meta has unveiled its first augmented reality glasses, Orion, during Meta Connect 2024. Although it is currently a prototype, previously known as Project Nazare, this advancement offers a glimpse into how Meta plans to transform the way we interact with reality and digital content in the future.
Although they won’t be available on the market for now, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, has highlighted that Orion is the most advanced augmented reality glasses prototype to date. In the future, these glasses could replace devices like smartphones and other internet-connected equipment, offering a completely innovative experience of immersion and communication.
Features of the Orion Glasses
The Orion glasses have a considerably large design, mainly due to the components and battery that power their technology. Despite this, Meta is already working to optimize their size and reduce production costs in future versions.
What makes Orion unique is its ability to project 2D and 3D applications and content over the real world, both indoors and outdoors, thanks to its Micro LED projectors. Users can interact with the glasses using eye movement, voice, or a haptic feedback wristband that allows actions to be controlled just with their fingers, thus improving navigation fluidity.
Extensive Capabilities and Future Vision
Orion offers a field of view of up to 70 degrees, surpassing many current augmented reality devices. With integrated Meta AI, these glasses promise to be a personal assistant that facilitates everything from multitasking with floating windows to interacting with holograms of people.
Although it will still be some time before Orion is commercially available, Meta continues to focus on improving its features and reducing production costs. Everything points to this being a revolutionary product that will change the way we interact with technology.
Meta continues to show its commitment to innovation, and although Orion is not yet ready for the market, it is clear that augmented reality glasses will play an important role in connectivity and interaction in the future.
