- Meta Connect may include a new software platform for Meta’s AR -Glasses
- Meta Connect’s developer session plan also promises a new developer set
- … To hopefully allow the creation of AR/AI -APPS from third -party to work on Meta -Specifications
Meta Connect is fast approaching, and with that we expect to see some significant hardware improvements for the smart glasses the company does in collaboration with Ray-Ban and Oakley. But it also seems that the software is also getting a significant upgrade.
It is based on information shared in a report from Uploadvr that highlights a few interesting details from the Meta Connect chart and LinkedIn profiles for Metapers.
The schedule includes a handful of sessions on how to take advantage of a “new developer tool set” that will be announced at Connect. Looking at LinkedIn profiles for the three members of Meta’s team hosting these sessions, we can see that they are specialists in bringing apps to Meta’s glasses, helping develop Meta’s previous AR platform and have helped external partners create AR and AI content to Meta’s portable devices.
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Couple all this with a CNBC report that says Meta has worked with third-party developers to create experimental apps for its upcoming smart glasses with a display-AS ALSO COME PACKAGE WITH A BRORD CONTRURE AND IT SOES META GLOSA GLASS SOFTS SOFTWARE GET A SERIOUS GLOW.
One that supports proper apps for the first time.
More than one update to developers
Usually developer kit updates are not super -relevant for non -developers but here I would argue that we actually, we should Pay close attention to meta.
Meta’s existing glasses platform is basically an assistant with integrations with other apps such as getting Spotify to play the music you want – rather than the glasses running the app in a way you can interact correctly. The above details suggest that the new glasses instead run a kind of operating system to more natural to support apps in a way that can more like how your smartphone works.
Exactly how this will work is yet to be seen. I expect it to involve a combination of glass treatment, treatment on-smartphone and probably connected to an external server to the widest selection of tools. But whatever form it takes, this would be a serious improvement in the usability of Meta’s smart glasses.
And they are already super practical, so any upgrade will only help supercharge their efficiency.
I expect the apps to not yet have the form of full-on AR applications, you would expect from Orion or Snaps AR specifications, but if these new skin-equipped glasses feel like a fully merged platform rather than just a smart accessory, I can start to see why Meta seems to charge prices that start around $ 800 (about £ 600 / AU $ 1,200).
As with all leaks and speculation, we have to wait and see what Meta is actually announcing at Connect on September 17 to know its plans – but more and more this looks like an event you won’t miss.
