The big news, however, centered on the prototype Orion, the companysfirst true pair of AR glasses.
Still, Meta promises youll still have all the same software capabilities as its older brother.
The Quest 3S starts at $300 for 128 GB, but a 256 GB version costs $400.
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Also, Meta isdropping the 512 GB Quest 3 price from $650 to $500.
Orion is Metas first real pair of AR glasses, though its still in prototype form.
Theyre thick-framed glasses with a single waveguide-jot down screen that shows a heads-up display.
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Its packing other AR capabilities, such as hand and eye tracking through seven sensors built into the frame.
Your mirrored Windows screen will appear in front of you within a movable window.
Youll be able to use your mouse and keyboard to interact with your laptop as normal.
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As much as we might want it right now, Meta didnt offer an expected release date.
During Connect, Meta said it plans to expand the mode to work on trains.
Meta said it will soon support video downloads for offline viewing to add to the travel capabilities.
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The company will also add official support for using the gadget when lying down.
Meta said it will sell both devices until the years end, or they run out.
The app recreates environments using 3D volume rendering.
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The social media giant previously upgraded the glasses withAI vision and speech recognitioncapabilities.
The company will upgrade the glasses with Morse assistant features, like setting reminders.
A few more features are coming later this year.
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Meta hinted its working on a few other AI vision capabilities.
This could work like other attempts at AI wearables like theHumane Pin.
Users should be able to ask questions about their environment and receive AI-generated answers.
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Whether theyll be accurate is another question entirely.
Those limited edition glasses cost $430, $100 more than typical Wayfarer glasses.
The app works to connect low-vision or blind people with volunteers through video to describe their environment.
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The first thing users will see when they attempt to search on their feeds is an AI voice feature.
This will allow the AI chatbots to talk back to users like the recentChatGPT voice assistant.
That feature will roll out to US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand users next month.
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Meta said its working on a system that will generate content based on what you were already looking at.
The company said this content will be based on your interests.
Other content will feature you based on what Facebook already knows about your interests.
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The social giant is planning even more features.
The main ones are automatic video dubbing and lip-syncing on Reels.
There are 11B- and 90B-parameter multimodal models capable of understanding images and text.
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Meta said these models should work with Qualcomm and MediaTek mobile chips.
All the Llama 3.2 models are available through thecompanys websiteandHugging Face.
News from the future, delivered to your present.
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Instead, say hello to the return of ‘glassholes.’
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