Facebook working on smart glasses with Ray-Ban, code-named ‘Orion’

mood · Sep 17, 2019

Facebook enlists Ray-Ban to help develop ‘Orion’ smart glasses, a secret project underway for years
September 17, 2019
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/17/fac...maker-luxottica-to-make-orion-ar-glasses.html

Facebook has been working to develop augmented reality glasses out of its Facebook Reality Labs in Redmond, Washington, for the past couple of years, but struggles with the development of the project have led the company to seek help.
Now, Facebook is hoping a partnership with Ray-Ban parent company Luxottica will get them completed and ready for consumers between 2023 and 2025, according to people familiar.

The glasses are internally codenamed Orion, and they are designed to replace smartphones, the people said. The glasses would allow users to take calls, show information to users in a small display and live-stream their vantage point to their social media friends and followers.
Given the long lead time, there’s no guarantee that the glasses will be completed on time or ever ship.
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The Verge: Facebook is reportedly teaming up with Ray-Ban on its smart AR glasses

CNBC stated that Facebook partnered with popular eyewear brand Luxottica, makers of Ray-Ban glasses, to bring them to market in the next few years, possibly between 2023 and 2025. A recent post by The Information claims that Ray-Ban will be directly involved, but the fruits of its collaboration with Facebook won’t be seen on “Orion,” but on a completely different set of smart glasses, codenamed “Stella.”
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mood · Mar 30, 2020

Facebook and Plessey pair on consumer AR glasses with microLED screens
March 30, 2020
https://venturebeat.com/2020/03/30/...on-consumer-ar-glasses-with-microled-screens/

[...] U.K.-based display maker Plessey announced today that it’s working with Facebook to create “new technologies for potential use in the AR/VR space,” notably including consumer AR displays.
The deal between Plessey and Facebook isn’t an acquisition, but rather a dedication of Plessey’s LED manufacturing operations to Facebook’s use.

Early AR displays have struggled to produce eye-filling, bright, and colorful visuals, instead “augmenting” only a postage stamp-like box within the user’s field of view, but Plessey says its CMOS-based RGB displays combine high pixel density and very high brightness, delivering low power consumption despite high frame rates.
According to earlier reports, Facebook is working on both an all-day AR wearable as its long-term vision — potentially for release between 2023 and 2025 — and an interim alternative that will fill the gap until the complete solution is ready for release.
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The company is said to be working with glasses maker Luxottica on fashionable frames, and its top researchers expect AR technology to become one of the key transformational technologies of the next 50 years.
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Plessey: microLED display developer to work with Facebook

United Kingdom: Monday 30th March 2020: Plessey, an embedded technologies developer at the forefront of microLED technology for augmented and mixed reality (AR/MR) display applications, is today sharing news of an exciting new venture.
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Facebook working on smart glasses with Ray-Ban, code-named ‘Orion’

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