Meta Chief Product Officer Chris Cox said Thursday that smart glasses are the future of computing devices.
“We talk to them, we watch with them, we use gestures the same way we interact with computers,” Cox told CNBC’s Julia Boursten. “I certainly believe that the next extremely important wearable technology will be glasses, as interfaces will become more natural.”
The $799 Metaray-Ban display glasses revealed Wednesday have a small in-lens display that is controlled by hand movement using neural wristbands.
Users can record videos, send audio messages, and physically send messages using handwritten jestures on the knee, Cox said.
“We started with just the basics, which is just the message, and we know that this is something people want to do in a more fluid way,” Cox said.
Unlike Meta’s previous audio-only Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, the display allows you to display messages and watch videos.
During the demonstration, CEO Mark Zuckerberg failed to answer a video call from Metatech Chief Andrew Bosworth.
Meta saw promising results in the 2023 collaboration with Essilorluxottica with the second generation Metaray-Ban glasses.
In its second quarter revenue report, Essilorluxottica revealed that revenue from Ray-Ban Meta Glasses had tripled in the first half compared to the previous year.
The company said the success of smart glasses and Oakley Metaperformance AI glasses launched in June increased total sales of 7.2 billion euros or $8.5 billion in the second quarter.
It is still unknown whether Meta’s bets on smart glasses will pay off, but the company faces growing competition.
Google In May, they announced a $150 million partnership with Warby Parker to develop AI glasses. snap The plan revealed in June is set to release sixth generation augmented reality glasses in 2026. Apple also reportedly is about to release its own smart glasses by the end of next year.
