Facebook Smart Glasses: Release Date, Design And More

Facebook is set to enter the smart glasses industry around half a decade from now. The company is reportedly working with a prominent eyewear company to make the device stylish as well as functional. The new smart glasses is aimed to directly contest the need of having smartphones with its features.

Social media giant Facebook is currently working on the project “Orion” smart glasses with Luxottica, the parent eyewear company of Ray-Ban. The glasses are made to replace smartphones in circulation as it could be used to call, take pictures, display pictures and other information, and even livestream with these glasses.

The smart glasses are expected to be released around 2023 up to 2025, according to a report from CNBC. CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly asked Facebook’s hardware chief, Andrew Bosworth, to prioritize the smart glasses over other projects. But even though the device is on top of the company's priority list, its release date isn’t getting closer anytime soon.

Aside from than smartphone features, Facebook is also planning to make its own virtual assistant app for the Orion similar to Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri. This assistant app would take orders from the user and relay it to the smart glasses.

Facebook is also working on the “Agios” which is a ring that would take commands depending on the motion done on it. Overall, Facebook is developing a new system of smart devices that could replace smartphones as a whole.

Currently, Facebook stands with other companies in pioneering this smart glasses technology which could be used as smartphone subtitutes. Apple is currently working with its own smart glasses which could be released next year. Meanwhile, Microsoft is making the HoloLens 2 headset and Snapchat’s makers is keeping up with its Spectacles smart glasses. Lastly, Magic Leap is also working on its Magic Leap One AR glasses.

The smart glasses industry has yet to have a product that takes the top spot. Facebook has yet to branch itself out with a physical device and mostly keeps itself to social media services. With this venture, we’ll see more of Facebook’s capacity as a technology firm.