A Snapdragon SoC powers Facebook’s Ray-Ban Stories.
Wearable computer glasses, often known as smart glasses or smart glasses, add information to what the wearer sees. It has the ability to command or retrieve data from other instruments or computers. It could support Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and GPS, among other wireless technologies.
On Thursday, Facebook Inc. announced the introduction of its first smart glasses, dubbed “Ray-Ban Stories,” in collaboration with Ray-Ban, in a step toward its goal of producing true augmented-reality spectacles.
The glasses, which were developed in collaboration with Ray-Ban maker Essilor Luxottica, allow users to listen to music, make phone calls, and take images and short videos, which they can then share across Facebook’s services via a companion app. These smart glasses compete with Snapchat’s Spectacles, which are now in their third generation, and come in classic Ray-Ban styles like Wayfarer, Meteor, and Round, as well as additional frame and glass colour choices.
Ray-ban stories : Specifications
Ray-Ban Stories has two embedded 5MP cameras that can be used to take images and short movies with the capture button or hands-free with Facebook Assistant voice commands. An undisclosed Snapdragon processor powers the smart eyewear.
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When you’re shooting a photo or video, a hard-wired capture LED illuminates to alert those close. Ray-Ban Stories’ three-microphone audio array provides richer speech and sound transmission for calls and videos, and streamlined, open-ear speakers are integrated.
With single-tap, double-tap, and triple-tap movements, Facebook and Ray-Ban have integrated touch-sensitive controls that can manage music playback, calls, and volume.
The shutter button on the right can be used to take pictures and record videos. Wi-Fi is dual-band on the smart glasses, including 2.4GHz and 5GHz channels. The smart glasses are charged through a unique port in the hinge, and the battery is charged with the provided case. The carrying case is charged using the included USB Type-C connection.
Clustering technology and a background noise suppression algorithm deliver a superior calling experience comparable to that of dedicated headphones.
Ray-Ban Stories is also compatible with the new Facebook View app. The Facebook View app for iOS and Android allows you to import, edit, and share content from your smart glasses to your phone’s apps, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, Twitter, TikTok, Snapchat, and more. Users can also store content to their phone’s camera roll, where they can modify and share it.
Last year, Facebook’s chief scientist predicted that the firm would take five to ten years to bring “genuine” AR glasses to market, which would superimpose virtual things onto the wearer’s perspective of the real world.
Amazon.com Inc, Alphabet Inc’s Google, Microsoft Corp, Apple Inc, and Snapchat have all raced to build various smart eyewear solutions, however early offers like Google Glass struggled to find a market due to high price points and design difficulties.
The Facebook x Ray-Ban smart glasses are available for purchase on the Ray-ban website and at select retail outlets in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The availability in India has not yet been declared.
Pricing and Availability
Ray-Ban Stories on Facebook cost $299 (approximately Rs. 22,000) to $379. (roughly Rs. 27,900). The frames come in four different colours: black, blue, brown, and green. Regular, polarised, and transition lenses are among the six lens options available. Clear with Blue Light Filter, Brown, Dark Grey, Green, Polarised Dark Blue, and Transitions Clear with Dark Green lenses are available.
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