Facebook smart glasses coming ‘sooner than later’ without AR

Facebook is the latest technology company to try to create a pair of smart glasses. Alphabet Inc’s Google was early to the category with Google Glass, which never caught on as a consumer device but has found a home as a worker aid in warehouse and industrial settings. — AFP

Facebook Inc’s planned smart glasses will arrive “sooner than later” in 2021, but won’t feature the kind of digital overlay technology that is associated with augmented reality, according to hardware chief Andrew Bosworth.

The glasses, which are being built in partnership with Ray-Ban and parent Luxottica Group SpA, will connect to a device – though users won’t be able to overlay digital objects onto their real-world view, a foundational element of AR.