A LinkedIn photo of Facebook executive Andrew “Boz” Bosworth.
Andrew “Boz” Bosworth of Facebook, who runs the company’s hardware business, said Friday that the ability to take photos will be a standard feature for glasses in a decade.
Bosworth’s comments on his podcast came a day after the release of Ray-Ban Stories, Facebook’s smart glasses collaboration with Luxottica. Ray-Ban smart glasses can take photos and videos with small cameras at the touch of a button or with a voice command.
“I think in ten years it will be like ‘Of course. Why don’t your glasses take pictures? It’s weird, “Bosworth said.” He really has this opportunity to turn the corner and move things forward. “
Bosworth spoke in conversation with Rocco Basilico, the main head of clothing at EssilorLuxottica.
Facebook Ray-Ban Stories glasses
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While they are still niche products, smart glasses have come a long way in the technology industry.
Google was the first of the big tech companies to introduce a product, introducing Google Glass in 2012. Google Glass did not look like normal glasses. The device had no lenses and instead used a small prism to reflect augmented reality images in front of the user’s eye. The glasses also included a camera that could take photos and videos.
Google Glass sparked a strong backlash from critics concerned about the invasion of privacy. The Facebook product already draws similar skepticism from people who care that the device doesn’t do enough to alert people when using the camera.
A Google Glass test assistant during the Google I / O Developer Conference in San Francisco.
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Snap entered the market in 2016 with Spectacles, a set of plastic glasses that featured two notable cameras on each corner of the frames and could take photos and videos.
Snap announced the fourth version of Shows in May. They have screens with the aim of the glasses that place the images of RA on the real world from the view of the user. So far, Snap has limited the distribution of the latest shows to a select group of social media content creators.
Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snap, announces new Spectacles AR glasses that allow you to superimpose digital objects in the real world.
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Facebook’s Ray-Ban stories don’t yet have RA features, but the company is working on that for future products.
So far, the company has included a camera, speakers and microphone within several Ray-Ban models. And instead of buying unfamiliar hardware, consumers can buy an existing product and pay an extra $ 100 to turn them into smart glasses.
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