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Meta and Ray-Ban partnered on new pairs of smart glasses with the promise of blending cutting-edge technology with elegant style. These smart glasses aren’t just the height of A.I. innovation, but they’re also a fashion statement to the world about your personal style.
With prices starting at $299, the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses come in a few styles for eyeglasses and sunglasses, including Wayfarer, Skylar and Headliner. Although the styles are different, each paired is powered with Meta A.I. for a wide range of useful features for your everyday life.
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Meta rolled out new live A.I. sessions for the Ray-Ban Smart Glasses that make it easier to interact with the physical world around you with the Meta A.I. assistant.
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Once your smart glasses of choice are setup and synced to your smartphone via Meta app, just say “Hey Meta! Start live A.I. session” to begin. And then simply ask it about the world around you.
For example: If you’re in a new city, you can ask questions, like “what’s a nice coffee shop nearby?” and the assistant will tell you about the closest coffee shop near you. This is thanks to the smart glasses’ built-in open ear speakers that feeds audio directly to your ears and custom microphone array system that captures your voice with clear and crisp audio. No need for wireless earbuds.
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Once at the coffee shop, you can ask more questions, like “what’s the difference between a latte and flat white?,” to help you decide on the best order for you. Afterwards, you can wander around the new city and ask questions about local businesses, parks, restaurants, and more, just by looking at a location and asking the Meta A.I. assistant. Afterwards, once you’re finished with the Meta A.I., just say, “Hey Meta! Stop live A.I. session” to end. It’s just that easy.
Along with live A.I. sessions, the Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses can take instant photos and capture live video for Instagram and Facebook, listen to music and podcasts with on-device navigation controls, real-time language translation (Spanish, Italian and French), answer phone calls and much more.
You can even change out the standard Meta A.I. voice for celebrity voices, including Judi Dench, Keegan-Michael Key, Awkwafina, John Cena and Kristen Bell.
Meta x Ray Ban A.I. Smart Glasses start at $299 for Wayfarer, Skylar and Headliner styles. They come in an assortment of frame colors and lens types from clear, transition and polarized.
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In the box, you’ll get the smart glasses themselves, a charging case that provides up to 32 hours of juice, cleaning cloths and a reference guide. Learn more about Meta and Meta Ray-Ban here.