Facebook plans Ray-Ban smart glasses as it eyes AR


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  • Thursday, 17 Sep 2020

The Ray-Ban branded eyewear, a move by Facebook into wearable tech, is an early step in a project to create futuristic eyewear that augments real-world views with data or graphics from the Internet, according to Zuckerberg. — Bloomberg

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Sept 16 announced it would launch its own smart glasses next year which connect to smartphones as part of an alliance with eyewear titan EssilorLuxottica.

The Ray-Ban branded eyewear, a move by Facebook into wearable tech, is an early step in a project to create futuristic eyewear that augments real-world views with data or graphics from the Internet, according to chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.

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