“The glasses have their iconic form factor, and they let you do some pretty neat things.
Yes, they’re smart glasses.
But no, they’re not AR glasses – not as far as Facebook has said so far.
Here’s what to expect.
When you’re overlaying digital artifacts onto the world, that’s really augmented reality.
These aren’t augmented reality glasses.
However, they do a lot of the concepts we think will eventually be critical for augmented reality glasses.
It’s all components that people have seen before, but never all in one place.
And also just be useful.”
But those Qualcomm glasses are AR, and use cables to transfer video data.
Don’t expect screens.
Instead, they’ll likely lean on audio
Facebook has said the glasseswon’t have their own displays.
Audio, then, would be what Facebook leans on.
Facebook recently created its ownlive audio rooms and spaces, matching similar efforts from Twitter and apps like Clubhouse.
Audio is also a more achievable step in the short term.
Facebook could experiment with assistant features and use the glasses to connect to audio spaces.
Will they have cameras?
Facebook is still working out its privacy policy on wearable cameras.
We don’t know yet.
There are alsoreported plans for a smartwatchnext year.
But also, these Ray-Ban glasses could simply be about Facebook diversifying its approach to wearable and ambient computing.
