Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Meta, a pair of smart glasses that translate languages while on the move. He also revealed an artificial intelligence assistant with a voice that sounds like Dame Judi. The Silicon Valley billionaire presented the technology at Meta Connect’s annual conference in Menlo Park at the company headquarters. The Ray-Ban Meta smart sunglasses, which integrate Meta AI, an alternative to ChatGPT can listen to someone speaking in French, Italian, or Spanish, and translate the words into English. The existing glasses are only able to translate written text.
The AI Glasses can capture in real-time what the user is looking at and provide advice, such as where to go for a meal in a particular city. Meta AI can be asked to remind the wearer of something or help them remember what they saw. The glasses can be used to scan QR codes and phone numbers. Zuckerberg hopes the glasses will become mainstream, similar to Apple’s AirPods. The glasses start at $299 and already have music playing and photo-taking capabilities.
He said in a podcast earlier this month: “You’d like to have glasses that can see what your eyes see, hear what your ears hear and be able to act as a kind of AI assistant because they know what you are doing.” AI will be initially available in the United States of America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Zuckerberg claimed previously that Meta AI was “on track” to become the most used AI assistant in the entire world by the year’s end. The UK is currently not able to access it. The technology was introduced on Wednesday with a new audio feature that allows users to ask Meta AI questions, and then hear the response rather than type in the text. The assistant is available on Meta’s applications, such as WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook.
Users can choose celebrity voices to answer questions about information or advice. Dench is not the only voice option. Other options include John Cena the actor and WWE wrestler, Kristen Bell the actress who has appeared in American television series Gossip girl and Veronica Mars, Awkwafina the comedian and rapper, and Keegan Michael Key the actor.
Meta AI in the US will be able “see” by looking at photos that are shared on a chat. It can give users information about the photos or even edit them. Meta has also unveiled a version of its virtual-reality headset that is significantly cheaper. It can be used for video games, virtual concerts or managing multiple virtual screens. Meta Quest 3S is priced at $299.99, or £289.99 for the UK. It’s designed to bring in more families to technology. The current model costs $499.
Meta hopes to attract shoppers for Christmas, with pre-orders available and the product hitting shelves on October 15th. On Wednesday, about 1,200 engineers and developers gathered in order to hear Zuckerberg announce the new product updates.
Meta announced earlier this month that it will begin to use data from the public posts of UK users for training its AI models. This week, hundreds of thousands of people shared a fake image that claimed to deny Meta’s right to use its data to train AI models.
The fake image, entitled “Goodbye Meta AI”, has been shared by Ashley Tisdale and Julianne Moore, along with England cricketer Jonny Bairstow, on Instagram stories. Sharing the image on Instagram stories does not constitute a valid objection to Meta’s data policies. Users can opt-out of AI training by changing their account settings.
Orion is the prototype for full holographic advanced reality glasses. The glasses will let users project monitors, cinema screens and even holographic pictures of distant people. Holograms will allow users to see text in their side vision.
Zuckerberg called the glasses “the most technologically advanced in the entire world”. He didn’t say when the glasses would be released — Meta is working on making them more affordable and stylish with partners.
The Ray-Ban Meta smart sunglasses impressed me as a skeptic of wearable technologies.
The glasses are both a camera and an audio device.
The glasses will respond to the wearer’s request. Wearers of these glasses will no longer be able to take selfies or record videos with their arms. You can also press the small button located above the Ray-Ban Logo if you do not want to be heard talking to your digital Assistant.
The glasses will also play music via Spotify when instructed, but you risk annoying those in your immediate vicinity because they can hear it.
They can translate languages on the move. I focused on a sign written in Spanish and said “Hey Meta translate this into English”; the translation was audible in my ear.
The digital assistant updated can describe what you’re looking at. I can’t think of a more useful tool.
Meta glasses can now be asked to scan QR codes or set a five-minute timer. It is a product that will help you integrate AI into your everyday life. They don’t look AI glasses so, unlike Google glasses, you won’t be mistaken for a techy.
The glasses that I tried did have a blue-lighting effect. I felt like I was staring at a screen. Meta, however, offers transition lenses that remove this effect. Battery life is about four hours depending on the intensity of your AI usage. The Ray-Ban cases are used to charge the glasses.
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