Imagine walking down the street and being able to use your glasses to surf the web, answer phone calls, do everything we are normally used to doing with ours smartphone. An ambitious project certainly for the creation of a new generation products destined to change our habits. What are we talking about? Of the "Smart glasses", of the augmented reality glasses the result of an understanding between two great American giants.
The smart glasses Mark Zuckerberg wanted
The idea of making augmented reality glasses was strongly desired by the founder of Faceobok. Indeed it seems that already some time ago Mark Zuckerberg had had contact with the leading Italian company in the sector Luxottica. Until the realization of this project, which took place a few days ago and which marks an avant-garde in new technologies. The smart glasses will then be with the “Ray ban” brand one of the most well-known international brands, recently acquired by Luxottica.
What are smart glasses and what will they be used for
These special glasses will be at the forefront of technology. Because? According to what is leaked, the first products will be put into circulation from next year. The experimentation would already be underway. These smartglass can be used to watch Instagram, Whatsapp, but also be informed and stay connected via Facebook. In short, everything that so far we are used to doing with smartphones we could do with glasses. It seems that they will then be equipped with useful tools to translate a text, make a video call and probably gps navigation in augmented reality.
A partnership between various companies
The glasses of the future will be based on the apps and technologies of Facebook, with Luxottica brands and cutting-edge technologies of Essilor lenses. So innovative technologies but also attention to style, because these smart glasses will have to push the potential consumer to buy and wear them.
A similar prototype with Google glasses and Intel's project
It is not the first time that you have started a project like this. One attempt had been i “Google Glass”, always with the involvement of Luxottica. It was also glasses a augmented reality, to view information like on smartphones without the use of hands. To operate simple voice commands. In 2016 also the Intel's attempt, which would have wanted to start a project with Oakley, to make sports glasses.
"We're always looking for devices that can offer people more effective ways to keep in touch with those they love - said Andrew Bosworth, Vice President of Facebook Reality Labs -. Wearable devices have the potential to do this. We have found in EssilorLuxottica an equally ambitious partner who will make available his experience and his portfolio of excellent brands to create the first truly fashionable smart glasses.". For Rocco Basilico, Luxottica's chief wearables officer, the collaboration with Facebook "projects an iconic brand like Ray-Ban into an increasingly digital and social future. Bringing together the eyewear desired and worn by millions of consumers around the world and the technology that has brought people closer together".
