Revolution in Sight: Meta’s Groundbreaking Orion AR Glasses – The Most Powerful Device on Earth
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, released its first augmented reality (AR) smart glasses prototype “Orion” on the 25th. It focuses on “liberating your hands” and can carry out many commands by speaking and sensing. It can be called “the surface of the earth”. The most powerful AR device”. After personally experiencing “Orion”, Huida CEO Huang Renxun gave it a thumbs up.
Even though the cost of “Orion” is as high as US$10,000 (more than NT$320,000), there are only 1,000 pairs in the world. It is currently used internally by Meta as an in-depth product for development and is not sold to the outside world. It is estimated that it will not be released until 2027 at the earliest. But the super cool features and Huang Renxun’s endorsement ignited the topic. Legal persons are optimistic that “Orion” will set off a new wave of AR craze, assisting AR-related concept stocks such as Yujingguang (3406), Huaxun, Winbond, and HTC.
Meta held the Connect 2024 annual developer conference in California, USA on the 25th, announcing the entry-level affordable mixed reality (MR) headset Quest 3S, Meta AI dialogue assistant, visual model Llama 3.2, and a new generation of Ray- that can remember information. Ban Meta smart glasses. What the market is most concerned about is the first exposure of Meta, its first AR glasses “Orion” that uses holographic imaging technology and is targeted at the consumer market.
Jen-Hsun Huang also appeared in the video to experience “Orion” personally and praised the technical advantages. It weighs less than 100 grams and is very powerful. It has good tracking capabilities, brightness, color contrast, and excellent field of view.
“Orion” provides a holographic display, equipped with voice control, eye tracking, gesture detection and wristband interactive devices. Users can easily browse and operate the interface and see the reproduction of the physical world through penetration mode. Compared with smartphones, “Orion” “Orion” frees up both hands. Users can use one-handed swiping, fingertip clicking and other operating functions. The arms can be relaxed and operated without raising them.
According to foreign media analysis, “Orion” is a key step for Facebook to replace smartphones and free hands. Although “Orion” is still a prototype, costing as much as US$10,000, and only 1,000 units are produced worldwide, it is not for sale to the public for the time being. It will only be provided to developers first, and it is expected to be developed into a consumer product, which is expected to become a reality within ten years.
Meta CEO Zuckerberg pointed out that “Orion” is “the most advanced glasses the world has ever seen.” In addition to being a multi-purpose computer product, users can play games and use multiple windows to perform multiple tasks through “Orion”. tasks and video conferencing with people around the world through immersive avatars.
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