Meta Introduces Their First AR Glasses Called Orion: Features, Price, and More
Meta took a huge stride in the world of AR technology by unveiling its first genuine AR glasses to be known as Orion. At first announced at Meta Connect 2024, such a futuristic glass has the potential to change interactions with the digital and physical worlds forever. Here’s everything you might want to know about features and how much they are going to cost.
Key Features of Orion AR Glasses
Super Augmented Reality Experience
Digitally overlay information onto your real world with Orion AR glasses. Users enjoy a wide field of view and advanced holographic displays, multitasking like they never could before–managing multiple windows, watching entertainment, or even interacting with life-size holograms. For this purpose, the glasses fit every kind of task: virtual meetings or hands-free social communications.
AI Integration and Hands-Free Functionality
Orion glasses are equipped with hand-tracking and eye-tracking. Combining Meta AI, the artificial assistant has a contextual understanding of the physical world and will assist in an intelligent manner. For instance, one can ask for recipes for what’s inside their refrigerator or even make video calls without taking out their mobile phone.
Neural Interface for Control.
Neural Interface for Control
It has a wrist-based neural interface that determines the information to be relayed by detecting the signals produced within the brain. This enables neural wristband technology to make seamless interaction with digital content possible for users, enhancing the whole AR experience.
Design and Comfort
Unlike most other AR or MR glasses, Orion Headsets are lightweight and resemble regular eyewear. Transparent lenses help ensure that the user can still see through them for the sake of seeing people’s eyes and facial expressions, making these suitable glasses for indoor as well as outdoor use.
Expected Price in India
Although Meta has not disclosed a specific price for Orion AR glasses, it can be said that these are designed for a high market segment. Among similar products, the closest one is the Meta Quest 3S MR headset, currently available for purchase in the base variant from around INR 25,000 to the higher variant at around INR 33,000. The technology and feature ideas of Orion are so modern and superior that its tag price is expected to be rather higher than those. It’s a high-value product expected to reach India with its launch.
Meta’s Orion AR glasses are the future of augmented reality. There will be an experience that combines digital and real-world visual cues all in one sleek, comfortable package. The large field of view has been a new beginning for how people interact with technology, at least as promised by Orion. Of course, the true cost of this exciting new product remains officially unannounced, and Meta promises to get it into the pockets of consumers by 2027.
You can read more about the glasses on their official website.
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