Meta continues to refine its newest “multimodal” components inside its Ray Ban Tales glasses, with an expanded test of data on standard landmarks now accessible to these within the preliminary check pool for the brand new performance.
As you’ll be able to see in these examples, shared by Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth, now, Ray Ban Tales customers who’ve signed up for the beta program can ask the gadget to offer data on what they’re seeing for varied standard sights.
Which may very well be a helpful complement for the gadget, and will spark extra curiosity and use case choices, like for tourism suppliers and journey firms.
And that’s not all. As per Bosworth:
“Beyond the improvements we’re making on multimodal AI, we’re also regularly updating the overall hands-free experience, like adding voice commands to share your latest Meta AI interaction on WhatsApp, Messenger, and text, as well as sharing the last photo you took with a contact. And if you’re a podcast listener at 1.5x or greater speed, you’ll soon be able to configure Meta AI readouts to be slower or faster under voice settings.”
Meta additionally started testing an integrated AI chatbot within the device again in December, which allows the wearer to ask questions primarily based on what the gadget cameras can “see”, and get generative AI responses, there after which.
It’s attention-grabbing to see the increasing use case for the gadget, which isn’t AR-enabled as but, however is the precursor to Meta’s coming AR glasses.
Which we might get to see at some stage this yr, with Meta lately claiming to have a working model for its AR glasses. It’s too costly as but for a full business launch, however Meta’s reportedly planning to showcase its AR glasses later within the yr, with a business launch deliberate for 2027.
Full AR glasses have lengthy felt like a pipedream, whereas the precise performance, and worth, has been questioned. However the arrival of the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional has modified perceptions across the potential on this entrance, with Meta now seeking to latch onto that hype, and stake its declare because the chief within the AR race.
And will probably be attention-grabbing to see what Meta has on this entrance. The present Ray Ban Tales are fashionable and non-intrusive, not like the huge Imaginative and prescient Professional headset, and if Meta can produce a equally viable AR unit, that may very well be an enormous step into the following stage of digital connection.
We’re not there but, however its Ray Ban Tales are an attention-grabbing precursor, which will get extra attention-grabbing with each replace.
