- Meta Connect could include a new software platform for AR Meta glasses
- Meta Connect’s developer session calendar also promises a new developer kit
- … To hope, allow the creation of AR / AI applications by third parties, to work on meta specifications
Meta Connect is fast approaching, and with it, we expect to see important material improvements to the smart glasses that the company makes in collaboration with Ray-Ban and Oakley. But it now seems that the software will also obtain a significant upgrade.
This is based on shared information in a uploadvr report which highlights some interesting details of the Meta Connect calendar and Linkedin profiles for Meta staff.
The calendar includes a handful of sessions on how to enjoy a “new developer toolbox” which will be announced in Connect. Looking at the LinkedIn profiles for the three members of the Meta team, organizing these sessions, we can see that they are specialists in creating applications in Meta glasses, helped develop the previous AR platform of Meta and helped external partners to create portable AR and AI contentable devices for Meta.
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Combine all this with a CNBC report which says that Meta has worked with third -party developers to create experimental applications for its next smart glasses with a display – which will also be excited with a bracelet controller – and it certainly seems that the software of Meta glasses gets a serious shine.
Whoever supports the appropriate applications for the first time.
More than an update for developers
Usually, developer kit updates are not super relevant for non-development, but here I would say that in fact, we should Pay a lot of attention to Meta.
Meta’s existing glasses platform is essentially an assistant with integrations with other applications such as obtaining Spotify to play the music you want – rather than the glasses performing the application in a way with which you can interact properly. The above details suggest that the new glasses will rather perform a kind of operating system to more natively support applications in a way that might more resemble the operation of your smartphone.
Exactly how it will still work to see. I expect this to involve a combination of treatment on glasses, treatment on the smartphone and probably to connect to an external server for the widest range of tools. But whatever form it takes, it would be a serious improvement in the usefulness of Meta’s smart glasses.
And they are already super practical, so any upgrade will only question their effectiveness.
I expect the applications not yet to take the form of complete AR applications that you expect from AR Orion or Snap specifications, but if these new HUD equipped glasses look like a fully flesée platform rather than a simple intelligent accessory, I can start to see why Meta is trying to charge prices from around $ 800 (around £ 600 / $ 1 200).
As with all leaks and speculation, we will have to wait and see what Meta really announces to Connect on September 17 to know her plans – but more and more, it looks like an event that you will not want to miss.
