You can't buy Meta's most impressive new product, the smart glasses codenamed Orion. You might be able to buy something similar in a few years, but most of us will never get to use them. However, that doesn't necessarily make them any less impressive or less important. Orion is a statement of purpose from Meta: that AR glasses really are the future and that we will eventually get there.
The reason for all this news was Meta Connect, so we also went over all the other Connect announcements. There are new smart glasses, new virtual reality headsets, new celebrity ai to replace the old celebrity ai, voice modes, and more. But let's be honest: we're mainly talking about Orion. It's vaporware, a science project, a prototype, the unquestionable future, or somewhere in the center of the Venn diagram of all those things. And the fact that they exist says a lot about where we are in the evolution of technology.
If you want to know more about everything we discuss in this episode, here are some links to get you started, starting with other new devices from Orion and Meta:
And in other news from Meta Connect:
And in the lightning round:
