The video discusses Meta's vision for combining AI glasses and VR to create a metaverse with personal super intelligence and realistic holograms.
Ray-Ban Meta Glasses (Next Generation) #
- Design & Battery Life: Maintains original iconic design with double the battery life.
- Video Recording: Features 3K video recording, doubling previous resolution for sharper, smoother, and more vivid videos.
- Meta AI & Conversation Focus:
- Last year's live translation demo on stage.
- New "conversation focus" feature amplifies friends' voices in noisy environments.
- Available on new and existing Ray-Ban Metas via software update.
- Colorways & Limited Editions:
- More colorways available to match style.
- New limited edition transparent matte frames in two colors (expected to sell out quickly).
- Price & Availability: Starts at $379; available now.
Oakley Meta Vanguard #
- Design & Performance: Iconic Oakley aesthetic, designed for performance.
- Battery Life: Extended battery life, capable of multiple marathons on a single charge.
- Camera: Centered camera for perfect alignment; wider 122-degree field of view for 3K capture; video stabilization.
- Audio: Most powerful open-ear speakers yet (6 dB louder than Oakley Meta); advanced wind noise reduction for clear calls.
- Capture Modes: Slow motion and hyperlapse capture modes; available on all new glasses.
- Partnerships:
- Garmin: Auto-capture video based on speed or distance intervals with Garmin devices; stitches videos and overlays stats; LED in peripheral vision to display pace/heart rate targets.
- Strava: Overlay Strava stats and share content with the Strava community.
- Price & Availability: $499; pre-orders start now, shipping October 21st.
Meta Ray-Ban Display (Celeste/Hypernova) #
- Description: First AI glasses with a high-resolution display and a new interaction method: the Meta neural band.
- Availability: Not a prototype, ready in a couple of weeks.
- Key Innovations: Display and neural interface.
- Display Features:
- Large enough for videos/messages, appears in one eye, slightly off-center not to block view.
- Disappears when not in use.
- High resolution (42 pixels per degree, sharper than major headsets) and very bright (up to 5,000 nits).
- Uses custom light engine and wave guide.
- Neural Interface (Meta Neural Band):
- Replaces traditional input methods (keyboard, mouse, touchscreen, buttons) with brain signals via small muscle movements.
- Silently controls glasses with barely perceptible movements.
- Huge scientific breakthrough built into a durable, lightweight, comfortable wristband.
- 18 hours of battery life, water-resistant.
- Colors & Lenses: Two colors (black and sand); transition lenses included for indoor/outdoor use.
- Price & Availability: Set for $799; available in stores with demos on September 30th.
AI and Virtual Reality Integration #
- Meta Horizon Studio:
- Released AI tools for generating meshes, textures, TypeScript, audio, skyboxes to accelerate world creation.
- Soon to include an "Aentic AI assistant" to stitch tools and speed up creation with text prompts.
- Meta Horizon Engine:
- New engine optimized for metaverse: faster performance, better graphics, easier creation.
- Enables creation of infinite connected spaces with realistic physics and interaction.
Quest VR Content & Entertainment #
- VR Games:
- Continued strong lineup of VR games: Marvel's Deadpool VR, ILM Star Wars Beyond Victory, Dungeons and Dragons Battlemarked.
- All launching this fall.
- Video Content & Horizon TV:
- Quest users increasingly watch video content due to immersion.
- New entertainment hub called "Horizon TV" for movies, TV, live sports, music.
- Partnerships:
- Disney Plus (Hulu, ESPN) coming to Horizon TV.
- Universal Studios and Blumhouse for horror movies with 3D special effects that take over the space.
- Audio/Video Quality: Supports Dolby Atmos, soon Dolby Vision, for rich colors, crisp details, and spatial sound.
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