Facebook’s first AR glasses will be Ray-Bans, coming next year
A prototype pair of AR glasses Facebook calls Project Aria. The company intends to continue researching AR using Aria in the real world before releasing a consumer device in 2021. | Image: Facebook Facebook says its first pair of consumer augmented reality glasses will be releasing next year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced during the opening keynote of its all-virtual Facebook Connect conference.
Facebook says the consumer device will be the culmination of work on an experimental research prototype it's calling Project Aria, which the company will start testing in the real world by Facebook employees and contractors this month.
Image: Facebook Image: FacebookThe company has talked for years about its plans to build an AR device that resembles a standard pair of glasses, and now the company says it's working with Ray-Ban maker Luxottica to design the frames, confirming rumors last fall...