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Facebook Smart Glasses Coming ‘Sooner Than Later’ Without AR

Facebook’s smart glasses will let users record the world around them, and take pictures.




The company has talked for years about its plans to build AR devices that resemble a standard pair of glasses, and the company is now working with Ray-Ban maker Essilor Luxottica to design the frames of its first consumer smart glasses, confirming rumours last fall that the company had partnered with the Italian eyewear brand.

 

 


What are Facebook Ray-Ban Stories? What exactly do these do?

Facebook’s first ‘smart’ glasses capitalise on the iconic Wayfarer design that has been associated with the iconic eyewear brand. They also comes in two other designs: round and meteor. At first glance, these might seem like ordinary sunglasses, except that they come equipped with two 5MP cameras at the corners with an LED light near them. The white LED light turns on to let others know you are recording them.



Features

 

· The glasses have two front-facing cameras, each at 5 megapixels. Users can take a photo either with a touch gesture or with a "Hey Facebook" voice command. For people in the room to be able to tell that pictures or video are being taken, a white LED on the front of the frames will light up.

· Videos can be as long as 30 seconds.

· Photos and videos taken with the glasses are sent to a new smartphone app called Facebook View, which offers essential editing and sharing capabilities.

· In addition to photo and video capture, the glasses allow you to take calls or listen to music and podcasts with built-in speakers and microphones.

· The Ray-Ban Stories is equipped with a Snapdragon processor, but they don't have displays in the lenses, so these are by no means augmented reality (AR) glasses.

· The glasses, which Facebook says weigh about five grams more than other typical Ray-Ban glasses, come in five colours and three different frame styles, and there are multiple lens options, including prescription, clear, transition, polarized, and sun.

· Facebook and Ray-Ban say the glasses will get about one day of battery life when it comes to just walking around and taking pictures, but listening to streaming audio will drop that down to just three hours.

·  The glasses come with an Airpods -style charging case that allows you to stretch that out to as many as three days without a power outlet.

 

So how do Ray-Ban Glasses work?

Users have to pair these smart glasses with the Facebook View app. These will also support the Facebook Assistant so users can give commands like ‘Hey, Facebook record a video’ and carry out the task.

The glasses can pair with both iOS and Android devices. The assistant is currently available for English only.

The Facebook View app will let users import, edit, and share photos or videos captured on these smart glasses. Users will have the option of posting the content to Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and even rival platforms such as Twitter, TikTok, and Snapchat.

Users will also have the option of saving the recording content to their phone’s camera roll and then editing there.

The smart glasses also come with a button to turn them off. They have a dedicated charging case and can be charged using a USB cable.

According to Facebook, these glasses can capture and sync up to 50 videos or up to 200 photos per full charge. Fully charged glasses will last up to 6 hours for moderate usage and up to 3 hours with continuous audio streaming and Facebook Assistant turned on.

 

 

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