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Meta Orion hands-on: This is the future of AR glasses

Consumers won't get to buy Meta's AR glasses, which take the best perks of Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses and add Quest UI and wireless power.

Now, Meta is sharing Orion with "select external audiences" as they "build towards our consumer AR glasses product line, which we plan to begin shipping in the near future." Then stick a wallet-sized computing puck in your pocket to handle the processing and battery, with the same 6DoF tracking and operating system used by your Quest headset — including window-pane apps with spatial anchors that float in mixed reality and stay in one place instead of being locked in front of you. (Image credit: Meta)With it, Orion registers pinch gestures to select menu items, scrolling by making a fist and moving your thumb up or down, and other shortcuts.

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