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Meta's Head Of AR Glasses Hardware Claims They're As Mindblowing As The Original Oculus Rift

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What's also unclear is whether Kalinowski is referring to the AR glasses demonstrator hardware Meta may be planning to demo at Connect later this year, or the downgraded product it reportedly plans to bring to market in 2027. Ma reported that the goal is to ship this AR glasses product around 2027.

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Meta Hints It Might Demo A 'Prohibitively Expensive' AR Glasses Prototype In 2024

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LCoS isn't a new technology, it has been used in movie projectors since the 90s as well as in AR products like HoloLens 1 and Magic Leap 2. Ma reported that the goal is to ship this AR glasses product around 2027. LCoS displays are essentially LCD microdisplays, though using reflection instead of transmission to form an image.

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Meta Reportedly Downgrading Key Specs Of Its In-Development AR Glasses

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But Ma also makes specific claims about how the first AR glasses Meta plans to sell to the public from 2027 will actually have downgraded specs and features compared to Orion. LCoS microdisplays were used in HoloLens 1 and are used today in Magic Leap 2.

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A Complete Guide to AR Smart Glass Solutions in 2023

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These have appeared across Google’s ARCore, Niantic’s Lightship AR developer kit (ARDK), Snap Lens, Meta’s Reality system, and Apple’s ARKit platforms, namely for smartphones. billion by 2027. Additional firms such as IKEA and Walmart have also explored how to use AR for shopping experiences.

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The New 3D Apple Arriving at WWDC

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Amazon, Tesla, Google, Facebook, and others, including most autonomous vehicle companies, are building the same for various purposes. ” He said “I learned Google is learning faster than we are.” ” “We instrumented Google and discovered that its AI systems are learning faster than ours are.”

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