The future of computing will revolve around smart glasses and headsets powered by AI which will be able to help users with daily tasks, Meta executives have suggested.
Last year, Meta proposed a new pair of augmented reality smart glasses named Orion, which overlays digital icons and content on to a user’s field of vision – technology normally only found in larger mixed reality headsets.
Now Alex Himel, a vice president at the tech giant, said that artificial intelligence (AI) was becoming a key factor powering the future of what Orion and similar devices could do in years to come – including being able to take action on something simply by having the user look at it.
Mr Himel said relying on virtual versions of physical items such as televisions or picture frames could eventually become normal.
‘When we talk about augmented reality, we talk about looking at the physical world and seeing digital stuff on top of that, and we showed that it was possible, which is a major milestone,’ he added.
Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg pictured wearing a pair of Orion AR glasses last September
A visitor tries on a model of smart glasses at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on March 5
