Meta CTO and head of Actuality Labs Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth says the corporate is at the moment engaged on a “glasses form-factor” combined actuality headset.
In an Instagram Q&A, Bosworth confirmed the corporate is engaged on the system, though didn’t present any concrete timelines:
“I don’t suppose a combined actuality headset, even in a glasses kind issue—which we’re engaged on—goes to disrupt the smartphone. However I do suppose augmented actuality goes to in some unspecified time in the future, and we’re additionally engaged on that—however I can’t inform you the timelines.”
Two weeks in the past, a report from The Info citing two Meta workers alleged the corporate is now contemplating a combined actuality system resembling “a cumbersome pair of glasses,” codenamed ‘Puffin’, which might launch as early as 2027.
Puffin allegedly incorporates pancake lenses and consists of an “Exterior Processing Puck and Battery,” which might ostensibly offload weight from the consumer’s head.
In his Q&A, Bosworth additionally highlighted {that a} “floor breaking” AR announcement is ready to come back throughout Join 2024, which is due o kick off September twenty fifth.
“I feel the AR announcement shall be very floor breaking. We’ve already type of teased it, however I feel when individuals begin to have the ability to expertise it, I feel that it’s actually going to show some heads,” Bosworth stated.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed in an interview with YouTuber Kane ‘Kallaway’ Sutter again in July the corporate was exhibiting off a pair of prototype AR glasses quickly, which now seems to level to a Join reveal.
“The glasses are, I feel, going to be a giant deal,” Zuckerberg stated. “We’re nearly prepared to start out exhibiting the prototype model of the complete holographic glasses. We’re not going to be promoting it broadly; we’re targeted on constructing the complete shopper model slightly than promoting the prototype.”
We’ll even be trying ahead to studying extra in regards to the all-but-confirmed Quest 3S, which is probably going set to be the corporate’s subsequent inexpensive headset. There’s additionally a fleet of third-party Quest-like headsets operating HorizonOS nonetheless sitting within the wings, which is able to arrive from companions ASUS, Lenovo, and Xbox.
