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Facebook wants your virtual interactions to be more like personal experiences.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company is developing smart augmented reality glasses because no current technology can replicate “the Holy Grail of social experiences” that it is feeling present with someone else, in an episode of The Information podcast 411 this week.
“You have a technology that allows for communication and that can, with different fidelity, help you see what’s going on with the other person,” said Zuckerberg on the podcast. “But there is something that is really magical about the sense of presence and the feeling that you are there with someone else and everything that happens psychologically.”
Facebook wants its virtual interactions to be more like personal experiences, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. (AP Photo / Mark Lennihan)
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The company shared more details about the futuristic product development in a blog post, saying that “a light and stylish pair of glasses can replace your need for a computer or smartphone”.
Zuckerberg told The Information that it could make it look like people around the world are in the same room.
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“Instead of calling someone or having a video chat, you kind of snap your fingers and teleport, and you’re sitting there and they’re on the couch and it looks like they’re together,” he said on the podcast.
The project is being developed by Facebook Reality Labs, a subsidiary of the company formerly known as Oculus Research. Facebook acquired Oculus as part of its $ 2.3 billion deal to buy the virtual reality technology company in 2014.
While Oculus’ sales of headphones and VR content increased, the research unit produced mixed results. In 2018, Facebook cut off a virtual assistant from its Messenger app and Facebook Reality Labs’ efforts to compete with Google Assistant or Apple’s Siri proved unsuccessful.
Facebook is developing augmented reality glasses. (The Facebook)
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Still, Facebook shared some great ideas for smart glasses. He compared the potential of the future device to the changes in computer use made by the invention of the mouse.
The blog post detailed the potential features of the glasses in development, such as allowing the user to put on special gloves to type on a virtual keyboard, silencing the background noise in a busy cafe, or automatically sending a call to voicemail while the user a conversation in person is busy.
“You would have the ability to feel physically present with friends and family – no matter where in the world they are – and contextually aware AI to help you navigate the world around you, as well as rich 3D virtual information within reach. reach out, ”wrote the company on a blog. “Best of all, they allow you to look up and be present in the world around you, instead of diverting your attention to the periphery in the palm of your hand. This is a device that would not force you to choose between the real world and the digital world. “
Facebook announced for the first time that it was researching the wearable technology of the future at “Project Aria” last September. (The Facebook)
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Facebook announced for the first time that it was researching a future wearable technology on “Project Aria” last September. The company did not say how far the development of the glasses has progressed, but it highlighted some of the obstacles that its engineers face.
Smart glasses will need to do what the user wants perfectly and provide all the information they want, according to the blog post. But they also need to be “safe, private, discreet, easy to learn, easy to use, comfortable / usable all day, effortless and reliable”.