Meta’s AR glasses will only be available to developers in first release

Meta, formerly Facebook, has reportedly decided to not sell the first version of its full-fledged AR glasses, codenamed Orion, and will instead distribute them to developers.
A person familiar with the matter told The Verge that the tech giant has decided to distribute them to developers initially so they can build software experiences for the device and future versions.
The company is also shelving plans to release a smartwatch with a detachable display and two cameras in favor of a design better suited to control a later version of the glasses.
The first version of the AR glasses, which have been in development for three years, was always going to be geared toward developers and early adopters, but executives had not decided whether to sell them broadly until now, the person said.