It could be years before you own this masterpiece.
Mark Zuckerberg is spending $10,000 to produce something, no longer wanting to depend on Apple and Google phones – Photo 1.
Here’s what you need to know about Orion, the glasses that Mark Zuckerberg is so passionate about.
According to reports, Meta costs $10,000 to produce each pair of glasses and is still taking time to bring the price down to a reasonable level, around $1,000. If all goes well, it could be years before you own this masterpiece.
Business Insider reporters tried them on and commented that they were great! If anyone complains that Silicon Valley hasn’t made anything cool except ‘soul-sucking’ social networks and money-making machines for years, give them Meta glasses.
Unlike other facial recognition technologies, such as Google Glass, Apple Vision Pro, this is technology that users will likely buy and use in real life. Everything will be integrated, like wearing a ‘computer’ on your eyes.
Orion is a line of augmented reality glasses – digital images are placed on the real world. This technology is the opposite of virtual reality – where you are completely surrounded by a digital landscape.
Orion tracks eye movements, which means you can select digital items just by looking at them. Everything you do when you turn on or off an app, reply to a text message, swipe through videos on Reels, etc. is recorded by a snug-fit bracelet and then transmitted to the glasses.
Orion is suitable for wearing outside, not as bulky as Apple Vision Pro. It connects wirelessly to a TV remote-sized electronic/computer device that you can put in your pocket and connect to the internet via WiFi or a cellular signal. Meta says the Orion’s battery will last for 2-3 hours of continuous use.
Meta is still in the process of adjusting the product’s price, so you may not be able to buy the Orion in the near future. Why is Meta showing off something that no one can buy?
Business Insider asked Meta employees about it.
They want people to see the work they’re doing, and that’s driving their push to get to market as soon as possible. The stock price will certainly do well.
At this point, people are starting to wonder why Meta, one of the world’s largest money printing machines, wants to make hardware?
The answer is that no matter how great that money printing machine is, it can’t function without phones made by Apple and Google — companies that force Meta to follow their own rules and restrictions. If the Orion, or any other Meta device, turns out to be the future of computing, Zuckerberg could run his own company in his own way.
The Meta boss has previously predicted that competition between himself and Apple will only intensify in the coming years. Cultural differences are one reason.
“In many ways, Meta is the opposite of Apple,” Mark said. “You have to admit that Apple’s products work well. They take an approach like, ‘You have to spend a lot of time researching, digging deep, making a great product, then releasing it.’ But that approach may only work with Apple’s culture and what it does.”
Meta, meanwhile, takes a different approach when it comes to product releases. “There’s a lot of internal discussion that makes you almost feel ashamed of what you’re putting out,” the Meta CEO said.
Meta’s capital spending forecast for 2024 has increased to $35 billion to $40 billion, up from $30 billion to $37 billion. Much of the impetus comes from its investment strategy in AI and technology products, and that number will continue to increase in 2025.
“We have the infrastructure to do this at scale, and the experience it creates is going to be incredible,” Mark Zuckerberg said.
Commenting on Meta’s vision, Stephen Lee, partner at Logan Capital Management, said: “One of the reasons we’re a long-term shareholder is that Meta is willing to invest in next-generation platforms before it’s clear. That technology can be used to generate revenue and profits. Meta is one of the companies that is well positioned.”
