Is a new generation of AR connected glasses on the horizon? - The Star Online

Meta has announced the acquisition of Dutch startup Luxexcel, which specializes successful 3D printing of glasses. With this technology, the American elephantine hopes to make caller glasses integrating galore components, starting with a mini-screen susceptible of projecting images and accusation successful augmented reality.

For respective years, Luxexcel has been utilizing 3D printing to manufacture corrective lenses for glasses. More recently, the institution has taken a crook further towards the satellite of high-tech by moving connected the integration of chips and screens wrong the lenses. Meta's acquisition of this institution should assistance the societal elephantine advancement with 1 of its astir ambitious projects, which concerns the improvement of augmented world glasses, codification sanction Aria.

Even though its virtual and augmented world portion mislaid much than US$9bil (RM39.5bil) successful 2022, the metaverse remains astatine the bosom of Mark Zuckerberg and Meta's strategy. Through genuine connected eyeglasses with integrated screens, the American institution could yet diagnostic a merchandise that offers a genuinely unsocial augmented world experience.

For the moment, Meta's productions successful presumption of glasses haven't truly taken off. In 2021, successful collaboration with the celebrated glasses manufacturer, Meta launched Ray-Ban Stories, susceptible of taking photos and videos, but besides of making calls and sending messages. In short, not bringing overmuch much successful presumption of functionalities than Snap's Spectacles.

Don't hide that Meta (at the clip inactive nether the sanction of Facebook) became a superior subordinate successful the satellite of virtual world by offering a catalog of dedicated high-performance headsets aft acquiring Oculus and each its dedicated exertion successful 2014.

At a clip erstwhile the metaverse figures successful tech companies' strategical plans, adjacent Google is moving connected caller connected glasses, much than 10 years aft the nonaccomplishment of Glass. – AFP Relaxnews