2023-09-27 23:57:10
The Facebook group Meta has long been strong in glasses for viewing virtual reality. Now founder and boss Mark Zuckerberg wants to bring more digital objects into the real world.
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The Facebook group Meta wants to link the real environment and digital content more closely with new special glasses. Founder and boss Mark Zuckerberg presented the new Quest 3 headset.
It uses cameras to record the room and displays it in three dimensions. Digital objects can then be embedded in the real environment for users. This could be, for example, virtual photos on the wall – or a portal through which you can slip into another virtual world.
Zuckerberg said he assumes that over time you will interact in a room with as many digital objects as real ones. During consultations in companies, for example, there are increasingly people, digital avatars of absent employees and various chatbots sitting at the same table. Everyday life increasingly consists of a combination of physical and digital experiences and a central question is how to bring them together.
The Quest 3 brings the VR pioneer Meta into direct competition with Apple, which also wants to merge real and artificial worlds with its upcoming Vision Pro glasses. However, Meta emphasizes that they want to make the technology more affordable: Quest 3 costs $499 in the USA, while the Apple glasses will come onto the market next year for $3,500.
Artificial intelligence in focus
The second focus of the announcements at Meta’s Connect developer conference is artificial intelligence. On the one hand, Zuckerberg presented software that can quickly generate images from text specifications, which can then later be used in posts on online networks, for example. On the other hand, Meta wants to let users interact with AI bots that specialize in different topics and areas of knowledge. Celebrities lend their faces – such as football star Tom Brady for a bot on sports topics. In the “AI Studio” you should also be able to develop your own artificial intelligence.
Zuckerberg has been relying on virtual worlds for a long time. He had the Facebook group renamed Meta to emphasize the focus on the virtual environment, the “Metaverse”. At the same time, the development is consuming billions of dollars quarter after quarter – while it is still unclear whether the technology will conquer a mass market.
Artificial intelligence will change how people use most of Meta’s products, emphasized Zuckerberg. The group also includes Instagram and the chat services WhatsApp and Messenger. Since AI software can sometimes produce unexpected and problematic content, Meta will take more time than usual to introduce such features. They want to act responsibly.
Meta also presented a new version of the smart glasses developed together with the eyewear specialist Ray-Ban. It can take pictures and videos – and Meta’s AI chatbot can answer users’ questions via tiny speakers. For example, you can ask the glasses what kind of building you are looking at. If you ask the glasses to send a photo to a friend, they will take a picture and send it via your usual messaging app. If desired, the software can also automatically write text to the Instagram video you have just recorded. (dpa)
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