The glasses' sensor technology opens up new possibilities for research and development in augmented reality applications. Get ready for some amazing tech that's about to change the way we see the world, literally. Meta has just unveiled its latest creation, the Aria Gen 2 augmented reality (AR) glasses. But don't rush out to get them just yet. Aria Gen 2 is currently in research mode but is designed to push the boundaries of what's possible with AR and AI.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg presented new augmented reality glasses at the company's annual developer conference on Wednesday, debuting a prototype of the next phase in its expansion into smart eyewear. Zuckerberg also announced that Meta AI will be able to talk in the voice of Dame Judi Dench. The glasses, named Orion, have the ability to project digital representations of media, people, games and communications onto the real world. Meta and Zuckerberg have framed the product as a step away from desktop computers and smartphone into eyewear that can perform similar tasks. "A lot of people have said this is the craziest technology they've ever seen," Zuckerberg boasted during his keynote speech, clad in a shirt that read "Aut Zuck aut nihil", Latin for "Either Zuck or nothing", substituting his own name into a motto coined by the Roman emperor Caesar.

In its relentless search for ways to weave digital products into people's lives, Big Tech has achieved some big wins. Apple Watch users talk to their wrists. Artificial intelligence-powered assistants are everywhere. But convincing people to wear computers on their faces has been a dud. Tech giants have been focused in the last decade on developing eye glasses that project digital screens in front of a user's eyes.

Snap's latest augmented reality glasses have a completely new -- but still very oversized -- design, larger field of view and all-new software that supports full hand tracking abilities. But the company is only making the fifth-generation Spectacles available to approved developers willing to commit to a year-long 99/month subscription to start. It's an unusual strategy, but Snap says it's taking that approach because developers are, for now, best positioned to understand the capabilities and limitations of augmented reality hardware. They are also the ones most willing to commit to a pricey 1,000 subscription to get their hands on the tech. Developers, explains Snap's director of AR platform Sophia Dominguez, are the biggest AR enthusiasts.

If you've ever watched a science-fiction film from the 80s, you know that predicting the future of technology is never an easy task. But at CES 2024, some amazing gadgets are providing a glimpse into your future life. And, from transparent TVs and flying cars to gym leggings that zap you fit, that future is looking more like a sci-fi than ever. With ChatGPT having exploded into our lives last year, it is no surprise that CES has seen more than its fair share of nifty AI devices. So, whether you're looking for a robot butler or AI personal trainer, there might be a gadget coming soon that has just what you need.

Additionally, AI is helping to improve healthcare efficiency by providing tips on how to save time and money when treating patients. Additionally, AI can help doctors find new ways of treating diseases so that they don't become common occurrences again in future generations. By using machine learning, AI can help doctors and nurses spot problems early on, giving patients the best chance of getting the treatment they need. For example, AI could help to create a better understanding of patient symptoms and diagnose potential problems early on, which would then allow for earlier treatment and better outcomes. For example, if you have diabetes, your doctor might prescribe a glucose monitor that uses AI to measure your blood sugar levels and then alerts you when they're too high or too low--or perhaps it even administers insulin automatically!

Controversial facial recognition company, Clearview AI, is reportedly developing surveillance cameras and augmented reality glasses despite mounting public scrutiny over the company's ethics. According to documents obtained by Buzzfeed News, Clearview AI is exploring the possibility of making surveillance cameras that use computer vision software to identify subjects by cross-referencing a database. Its database of photos has been the subject of controversy after it was found to be scraping pictures from Facebook and Instagram without people's consent. Those pictures were used to train its facial recognition algorithm. The company has also partnered with at least 600 law enforcement agencies across the US.

You take a picture of a person, upload it and get to see public photos of that person along with links to where those photos appeared. By Kashmir Hill Until recently, Hoan Ton-That's greatest hit was an app that let people put Donald Trump's distinctive yellow hair on their own photos. Then Ton-That did something momentous: He invented a tool that could end your ability to walk down the street anonymously and provided it to hundreds of law enforcement agencies. His tiny company, Clearview AI, devised a groundbreaking facial recognition app. You take a picture of a person, upload it and get to see public photos of that person along with links to where those photos appeared.

Facebook AI Research chief AI scientist Yann LeCun believes augmented reality glasses are an ideal challenge for machine learning (ML) practitioners -- a "killer app" -- because they involve a confluence of unsolved problems. Perfect AR glasses will require the combination of conversational AI, computer vision, and other complex systems capable of operating with a form factor as small as a pair of spectacles. Low-power AI will be necessary to ensure reasonable battery life so users can wear and use the glasses for long periods of time. Alongside companies like Apple, Niantic, and Qualcomm, Facebook this fall confirmed plans to make augmented reality glasses by 2025. "This is a huge challenge for hardware because you might have glasses with cameras that track your vision in real time at variable latency, so when you move … that requires quite a bit of computation. You want to be able to interact with an assistant through voice by talking to it so it listens to you all the time, and it will talk to you as well. You want to have gesture [recognition] so the assistant [can perform] real-time hand tracking," he said.

Augmented reality glasses could soon replace repair manuals. Fieldbit, a technology company based in Mountain View, has developed an AR application targeted at engineers and field repair specialists that will place instructions for how to operate machinery and repair malfunctioning industrial equipment directly into one's field of view. The technology allows an engineer to see a live feed from the glasses of a worker on the ground and place specific instructions into the environment to guide them through a maintenance or repair procedure. Fieldbit's AR software will give detailed instructions to field workers on site. For routine procedures, companies can record the instructions and spatial information into a database so future employees can access the information at any time.