Arrr Matey! Meta's Ray-Ban spectacles be turnin' into AI-powered swashbucklin' tour guides fer yer landlubber adventures! Arrr!
2024-03-12
Arr matey! The Ray-Ban Meta smart spyglasses be gettin' a fantastical upgrade, allowin' them to spy out famous landmarks with the help of some fancy AI magic. Ye'll be lookin' as swashbucklin' as ever while navigatin' the seven seas with these newfangled contraptions!
Arr, me hearties! Meta be known fer its Quest VR headsets, but its smart glasses made with Ray-Ban be gaining popularity fer their sleek design and unique AI tools. These tools be gettin' an upgrade to turn them into a wearable tourist guide, ye see.In a post on Threads – Meta’s spinoff of Instagram – Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth showcased a new Look and Ask feature that can recognize landmarks and share facts about them. Using examples from San Francisco like the Golden Gate Bridge and the Painted Ladies, Bosworth demonstrated the feature's capabilities.Ye can give a command like “Look and tell me a cool fact about this bridge,” and the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses will use their camera to scan the scene and provide ye with the requested information. Bosworth also mentioned upcoming improvements such as new voice commands for sharing interactions on WhatsApp and Messenger.However, these features be still in beta, so they might not always be accurate. Meta has opened a waitlist for beta access, but it be limited to US-based users for now. The team be workin' to make these impressive AI features available to more people in the future, but a precise timeline has yet to be announced.