By Joanna Hsiao, Winnie Lin, Rita Hsieh, Betty Shen
Meta has collaborated with the glasses company Essilor Luxottica to launch the first generation of smart glasses, Ray-Ban Stories, on 9th September, featuring the hands-free camera and music listening.
Can you imagine one day you can take a picture of what you see with your glasses? Meta surprised the public again after Facebook renamed itself Meta. The Ray-Ban Stories look like simple glasses, but it is equipped with two pinhole cameras and speakers to record videos, take photos, and listen to music. Also, you can answer phone calls with Ray-Ban Stories without pulling out your phone, which appears to be an attractive function for many users. The Ray-Ban Stories charged $299 USD and started to sell on Meta’s official website.
Design and Functionality
Ray-Ban Stories capture the world when you see it. There are two 5 megapixel cameras in front of the glasses. With a single touch on the side of the frame, you can start recording videos, or you can tab and hold it to take a photo. If you want to completely enjoy the hands-free experience, you can also activate the camera simply by saying “hey Facebook, take a video.”
You can take photos and videos just right at the time you are immersed in and no longer have to worry about missing any moments that you want to save into your phone or share with your friends because of the time you take out the phone and open the camera.
Discreet open-ear speakers are built in Ray-Ban Stories to bring a new way of listening. 3 built-in microphones capture sounds in all directions so that you can take calls, listen to music or podcasts when you are moving throughout the day
The LED light on the front of the glasses is designed to let people around you know when you are taking photos or videos. If the light is on, people know the camera is opened. Also, a power switch on the side allows you to turn off the glasses whenever you want.
For the Ray-Ban Stories collection, 20 styles variations are available. “[C]lassic Ray-Ban styles — Wayfarer, Wayfarer Large, Round and Meteor — and five colors with a range of lenses including clear, sun, transition and prescription,” so you can mix and match your own Ray-Ban Stories.
Pairing with the Facebook View App
One interesting feature of Ray-Ban Stories is that it can be paired up with the new Facebook View app, and both iOS and Android to support this feature. Mark Zuckerberg said in the introduction video of Ray-Ban Stories that “you can save up to about 30 videos or 500 photos, and they’re kept encrypted on your glasses until you are ready to download them to the Facebook View companion app.” Also, after saving the content you would like to save, you can edit and share them on your social media platform. “You can edit the ones you like and then you can share them to Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, or you can just save them on your phone’s camera roll,” said Mark Zuckerberg. With that being said, the Facebook View companion app allows users to easily import, edit, and share their content which is created on Ray-Ban Stories to the social media platforms.
The partnership of Ray-Ban’s fashionable design and Meta’s technology attracts people’s attention. Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses have 20 style combinations with frames and lenses in different colors. With various functions of the smart glasses, users are able to take pictures, listen to music, answer phone call, and pair with Facebook View app. Meta aims at “creating AR glasses that blend the digital and physical worlds” and “delivering innovative technology and fashion-forward style — while helping people better connect with friends and family.” So far, the development of Ray-Ban Stories has brought Meta closer and closer to its targets, and it also gradually expands the wearable device market for the company.
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