New AI translation Ray-Bans by Meta

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has unveiled a £299 pair of sunglasses with an inbuilt artificial intelligence assistant that can answer questions and translate foreign languages on the go.

The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses connect to Meta AI, the company’s rival to the ChatGPT chatbot, and respond to voice commands to look up facts or settle disputes.

Mr Zuckerberg said the device would help turn high-tech glasses into a mainstream product.

The glasses, which go on sale next month, mark an attempt by Meta to maintain interest in the “metaverse” and catch up to technology such as ChatGPT in AI.

The glasses feature cameras that can recognise images in the world around them, for example to identify landmark buildings, or translate food menus written in foreign languages.

Meta launched a pair of sunglasses two years ago that could take photos and make phone calls, but has reportedly only sold around 300,000 pairs with just one in 10 still using the frames.

However, Mr Zuckerberg has long seen smart glasses that can project holograms into the real world as the next major device in computing, potentially replacing smartphones as people’s most-used gadget.

He said glasses were the “ideal form factor” for interacting with AI, rather than chatting to a chatbot on a screen.

“Smart glasses are gonna be an important platform for the future, not only because they’re the natural way to put holograms in the world… but also, because if you think about it, the smart glasses are the ideal form factor for you to let an AI assistant see what you’re seeing and hear what you’re hearing,” he said.

The AI features will only launch in the US at first.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has unveiled a £299 pair of sunglasses with an inbuilt artificial intelligence assistant that can answer questions and translate foreign languages on the go.

The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses connect to Meta AI, the company’s rival to the ChatGPT chatbot, and respond to voice commands to look up facts or settle disputes.

Mr Zuckerberg said the device would help turn high-tech glasses into a mainstream product.

The glasses, which go on sale next month, mark an attempt by Meta to maintain interest in the “metaverse” and catch up to technology such as ChatGPT in AI.

The glasses feature cameras that can recognise images in the world around them, for example to identify landmark buildings, or translate food menus written in foreign languages.

Meta launched a pair of sunglasses two years ago that could take photos and make phone calls, but has reportedly only sold around 300,000 pairs with just one in 10 still using the frames.

However, Mr Zuckerberg has long seen smart glasses that can project holograms into the real world as the next major device in computing, potentially replacing smartphones as people’s most-used gadget.

He said glasses were the “ideal form factor” for interacting with AI, rather than chatting to a chatbot on a screen.

“Smart glasses are gonna be an important platform for the future, not only because they’re the natural way to put holograms in the world… but also, because if you think about it, the smart glasses are the ideal form factor for you to let an AI assistant see what you’re seeing and hear what you’re hearing,” he said.

The AI features will only launch in the US at first.

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