Facebook plans Ray-Ban smart glasses as it eyes AR
San Francisco: Facebook on Wednesday announced it would launch its own smart glasses next year which connect to smartphones as part of an alliance with eyewear titan EssilorLuxottica.
The Ray-Ban branded eyewear, a move by Facebook into wearable tech, is an early step in a project to create futuristic eyewear that augments real-world views with data or graphics from the internet, according to chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.
“They are going to be the next step on the road to augmented reality glasses, and they look pretty good too,” Zuckerberg said in a streamed presentation opening a developers conference devoted to its virtual reality platform Oculus.