Meta partners with Oakley on new AI-powered performance glasses
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Tech giant Meta on Friday announced it is partnering with Oakley to launch new performance glasses powered by artificial intelligence (AI).
Meta and Oakley are developing a new category of sports performance AI glasses called Oakley Meta glasses, which combines Oakley’s design with Meta’s technology to give people wearing the glasses more insight into their physical capabilities. The move follows their collaboration on the Ray-Ban Meta glasses, as Oakley and Ray-Ban are brands within EssilorLuxottica.
The two companies are launching the Oakley Meta HSTN glasses as the first product in the new category. The Oakley Meta glasses allow the wearer to capture video and images with a built-in camera and also have open-ear speakers integrated into the frame to allow the wearer to listen to content while they are engaging in their favorite activities.
Alex Himel, vice president of wearables at Meta, told FOX Business Network’s Madison Alworth in an interview that the new category of glasses will “address some of the asks that we’ve seen from the people who are using our Ray-Ban Meta glasses.”
Oakley and Meta unveiled the new Oakley Meta HSTN AI-powered glasses. (Courtesy of Meta)
“The image quality is higher, so we’re now offering 3K video, which we’re pretty excited about. The battery lasts longer – that’s one of our top complaints, no matter how long the battery lasts, people always want it to last longer and so we are delivering some pretty substantial improvements on that,” Himel explained. “And then we’ll continue to add more software functionality.”
Among the new features in the Oakley Meta glasses are longer battery life, which the company’s announcement said can last up to eight hours during typical use or 19 hours when on standby – a jump from about four hours of typical use with the Ray-Ban Meta glasses. They can also charge up to 40% in 20 minutes, while a charging case can also deliver up to 48 hours of charging.
The Oakley Meta HSTN glasses also have a higher resolution camera and an IPX4 water resistance rating. There will be five product options for the Oakley Meta HSTN glasses, two of which offer transition lenses.
The Oakley Meta HSTN glasses are designed for performance use cases. (Courtesy of Meta)
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Himel said that the experience of Ray-Ban Meta glasses has shown use cases for AI glasses on performance use cases, such as people on roller coasters when they do not want to hold something in their hands, as well as running and other situations when people want their hands free and head up.
“We’ve seen the performance use cases. A number of our more senior people at the company are also just very…
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