{"id":680,"date":"2023-02-16T14:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T14:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fde.cat\/index.php\/2023\/02\/16\/inside-metas-first-smart-glasses\/"},"modified":"2023-02-16T14:00:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T14:00:18","slug":"inside-metas-first-smart-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fde.cat\/index.php\/2023\/02\/16\/inside-metas-first-smart-glasses\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Meta\u2019s first smart glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What\u2019s new:<\/h2>\n<p>Meta is sharing the inside story of how it <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.facebook.com\/2023\/2\/the-making-of-ray-ban-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">developed the Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Why it matters:<\/h2>\n<p>Creating Ray-Ban Stories meant Meta\u2019s engineers had to take on new challenges to build smart glasses that married complex engineering dynamics. How do you make something that features cameras, microphones, audio, and touch controls, all while fitting into a form factor similar to a standard pair of Ray-Ban glasses?<\/p>\n<p>Meta\u2019s engineers knew the final smart glasses product had to be fashionable, comfortable, technologically advanced, lightweight, and have a long battery life. The end result, Ray-Ban Stories, are an important stepping stone on Meta\u2019s journey towards building <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.fb.com\/2023\/02\/13\/virtual-reality\/meta-ar-augmented-reality-cross-platform-runtime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">augmented reality (AR) glasses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Read more:<\/h2>\n<p>Read the full story on <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.facebook.com\/2023\/2\/the-making-of-ray-ban-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the making of Ray-Ban Stories<\/a> and how Meta tackled these challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.fb.com\/2023\/02\/16\/virtual-reality\/developing-meta-rayban-stories\/\">Inside Meta\u2019s first smart glasses<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.fb.com\/\">Engineering at Meta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Engineering at Meta<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s new: Meta is sharing the inside story of how it developed the Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses. Why it matters: Creating Ray-Ban Stories meant Meta\u2019s engineers had to take on new challenges to build smart glasses that married complex engineering dynamics. How do you make something that features cameras, microphones, audio, and touch controls, all&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fde.cat\/index.php\/2023\/02\/16\/inside-metas-first-smart-glasses\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Inside Meta\u2019s first smart glasses<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":684,"url":"https:\/\/fde.cat\/index.php\/2023\/02\/24\/metas-head-of-ar-glasses-on-the-future-of-ar-hardware\/","url_meta":{"origin":680,"position":0},"title":"Meta\u2019s head of AR glasses on the future of AR hardware","date":"February 24, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"While VR headsets have been with us for at least a decade, AR hardware barely exists today; indeed, the very components that will comprise the hardware scarcely exist, making it a truly zero-to-one innovation challenge. 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