Facebook’s Smart Glasses Will Be Made By Ray-Ban

Back in 2019, it was rumored that Facebook was trying to develop its personal pair of good glasses and that they could be working with Ray-Ban on them. It seems that the rumors have been proper as a result of during Facebook’s earnings call held this week, the corporate’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed as a lot.

According to Zuckerberg’s assertion in the course of the earnings name, he was quoted as saying, “Looking ahead here, the next product release will be the launch of our first smart glasses from Ray-Ban in partnership with EssilorLuxottica. The glasses have their iconic form factor, and they let you do some pretty neat things.”

At this time limit, there’s nonetheless little to nothing identified about Facebook’s good glasses. Zuckerberg’s statements are much more imprecise, though as The Verge notes, Facebook had beforehand acknowledged that the glasses won’t have an built-in show so possibly we will rule out augmented actuality, though we’re undecided what the attraction can be then.

In latest years we’ve seen some corporations try to fill the void that Google left after they discontinued Google Glass. Snap launched its Spectacles and just lately, Amazon has additionally tried their hand with the Echo Frames. Even Apple is rumored to be engaged on their very own pair of good glasses that might debut within the subsequent few years.

Filed in Gadgets. Read extra about Facebook and Wearable Tech. Source: theverge