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Meta's Smart Glasses Gain Live AI and Live Translation

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Meta today added new features to its Ray-Ban smart glasses, including live translation and live AI. With live AI, the Meta smart glasses are able to see whatever the wearer sees thanks to the built-in camera, and can hold real-time conversations.

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According to Meta, the glasses are able to provide hands-free help with meal prep, gardening, exploring a new neighborhood, and more. Questions can be asked without the need to say the "Hey Meta" wake word, and the AI can understand context between requests for referencing prior queries. Meta says that eventually, the AI will be able to "give useful suggestions before you even ask."

Along with live AI, there's now a new live translation feature that can translate in real-time between English and either Spanish, French, or Italian. When someone is speaking in one of those three languages, the glasses will translate what they say into English through the speakers or on a connected smart phone, and vice versa.

The Meta glasses are now able to use Shazam to identify songs, so if you ask "Hey Meta, what is this song?" Shazam can provide the song title. Shazam is an Apple-owned company now, and is heavily integrated into iOS.

All of these features are part of the Early Access Program open to any Meta glasses wearer. Sign-ups are available on Meta's website, though there are a limited number of slots for customers in the United States and Canada.

Meta's smart glasses have seen a good amount of consumer interest, and rumors suggest that Apple might be getting into the smart glasses market with a similar device. Back in October, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said that Apple is considering a pair of smart glasses that are comparable to the Meta Ray-Bans, offering Siri support, integrated cameras, and more.

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The Meta glasses are now able to use Shazam to identify songs, so if you ask "Hey Meta, what is this song?" Shazam can provide the song title. Shazam is an Apple-owned company now, and is heavily integrated into iOS.
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Soon identifying people ? and if you don't wish to be identified you need a FB account to opt-out?! This will be the most privacy invasive piece of tech ever built. This story reminds me of Pokemon Go app https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2024/11/23/niantic-pokemon-go-data-ai-map/76488340007/
 
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Rookbird¥ said:
I said it before and I’ll say it again. This is what Apple should have developed instead of the virtual reality glasses. This is the future.
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Not really. Eventually AVP like devices become head phones of screens with spatial computing. I would love to take larger screens when I travel instead of those ugly foldables. Imagine tethering a phone or iPad or MBP to beautiful screens when travelling. This device by meta doesn’t really solve any problem other than being creepy spy recording everything.
 
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tbayrgs said:
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Yup because this just screams Cooool. 🙄

A pair of the Meta Ray-Bans with tinted lenses look just like traditional Ray-Ban Wayfarers.
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Your point is? First off, the device comparison is apples to oranges. Second, I never mentioned AVP nor did I say they were "cool". Third, Ray-Ban Wayfarers are ugly AF too.

Red emoji response edit: Damn! I didn't realize these ugly AF sunglasses were so popular.
 
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Rookbird¥ said:
I said it before and I’ll say it again. This is what Apple should have developed instead of the virtual reality glasses. This is the future.
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I'd say that is what Apple has proven they can't develop. Waiting for Apple "Intelligence" to change this, but Siri as a primary interface is pretty bad. I appreciate Apple's approach to user privacy, and I wish the likes of Meta were required to respect it, but at some point you actually have to make a better product.
 
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Aside from the apparent intense contention here, this is sort of what I wanted all along, and what I (thought) Apple was going to come up with. It's the only thing that makes sense for a mass market device imo, and will most likely be refined over the years. They are doing a good job. Kudos.
 
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TechnoMonk said:
Eventually AVP like devices become head phones of screens with spatial computing.
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Are you describing hardware that's more evenly distributed around and maybe on top of the head as well, with only the screens, lenses, and a light barrier hanging in front of our eyes, attached to a frame piece running above our eyebrows, instead of the current approach with the AVP, Quest, and some other headsets, where most of the hardware and thus its weight is resting on our noses and is pressed uncomfortably against our faces using straps to prevent the device from sliding down our noses?

Sounds like that's worth looking into.
 
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johnsawyercjs said:
Are you describing hardware that's more evenly distributed around and maybe on top of the head as well, with only the screens and a light barrier hanging in front of our eyes, instead of the current approach with the AVP, Quest, and some other headsets, where most of the hardware and thus its weight is resting on our noses and is pressed uncomfortably against our faces using straps to prevent the device from sliding down our noses?

Sounds like that's worth looking into.
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Hardware will catchup, those headphones in the early days were hideous, heavy and not very comfortable. Now it has evolved to ear buds. As heavy AVP may seem, I can’t take my 4 K screens when I travel. If Apple can provide wide screen 70 inch screen, I would love it. It needs to get little cheaper for me to bite the bullet.
 
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paradox00 said:
I'd say that is what Apple has proven they can't develop.
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Macalway said:
Aside from the apparent intense contention here, this is sort of what I wanted all along, and what I (thought) Apple was going to come up with.
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I wouldn’t think this needs to be said, but Apple has never publicly attempted such a device, but may have something in house that’s better and releasing soon(tm).
Until that happens, we can’t really say Apple can’t develop it or that they haven’t come up with it.

Bonus reminder: Apple is almost *always* “late” to a market and people say they are behind. Then they launch something better, and consequently it has more mass market appeal. Until these glasses from meta have wide spread adoption AND Apple hasn’t release a product, you won’t catch me claiming Apple missed the boat.
 
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Rookbird¥ said:
I said it before and I’ll say it again. This is what Apple should have developed instead of the virtual reality glasses. This is the future.
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Been saying this since I bought an Oculus in 2018 - while cool, it wasn’t what I envisioned. You and I think alike. You should be concerned.
 
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jz0309 said:
All the while recording everything you “see” and say …
No Thank You!
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Do you have evidence it is uploading all that to meta? At least it has better features than the vision pro. And costs less too. All you have with the vision pro are floating windows.
 
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Do you have evidence it is uploading all that to meta? At least it has better features than the vision pro. And costs less too. All you have with the vision pro are floating windows.
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Have you ever looked at Metas apps on the AppStore? The “data collected” section or whatever it’s called? If that isn’t enough evidence…
Edit: look at FB “app privacy”
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