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Meta Orion glasses give us a glimpse of the future of AR that no one can buy

Orion delivers self-contained, fully wireless holographic AR glasses with AI

A total of seven cameras are mounted in the frames and the temples for eye and hand-tracking, as well as microphones and speakers for making video calls (even though callers can’t see you when wearing the glasses). Navigating the software on the glasses is done with eye and finger movement, very similar to how Apple’s Vision Pro operates, except in addition to the camera, Orion reads electrical impulses from your wrist via an electromyography (EMG) wristband. Meta very clearly labeled this a prototype device and talked a lot about how much work is left to do – including bringing the cost down – so “the next version” will be ready for consumers.

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