Meta Debuts Orion AR Glasses as Eventual Smartphone Rival
- Orion glasses only a prototype, not available for sale
- New glasses unveiled at Meta’s annual Connect conference
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Meta Platforms Inc. debuted its first pair of augmented reality glasses — devices that show a combined view of the digital and physical worlds, a key step in Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of one day offering a hands-free alternative to the smartphone.
The new glasses, introduced Wednesday and called Orion, look like thick, black reading glasses, but have lenses that can display text messages, video calls, and even YouTube videos onto the user’s field of vision. They are prototypes that aren’t for sale, but will be used internally at Meta for testing and improving the product.