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Meta Connect 2024 is a developer - centric effect sport a keynote from CEO Mark Zuckerberg . He showcased new hardware and software package to support two of Meta ’s big ambitions : AI and the metaverse . This included everything from new Quest headsets , updates to Meta ’s Llama AI model , and even a Modern fully AR glasses prototype .
Meta Connect 2024 sound off off live at 10 a.m. PTWednesday , September 25 . you could watch the archive viaMeta Connect ’s web site , onMeta ’s developer Facebook page , andyou can still dive into Horizon Worldsfrom your Meta Quest headset if you really want to experience the full submergence .
We ’ll be compiling all of the announcements and reveals out of Meta Connect 2024 below and will keep it updated throughout the effect and after as more reaction and psychoanalysis arrive .
Meta reveals Orion, “the most advanced glasses the world has ever seen”
In a surprisal announcement , Zuckerberg dramatically revealed Orion , which Meta says will finally become the company ’s “ first consumer full holographical AR glasses , ” though they wo n’t be arriving on any consumer ’ faces anytime soon . Touting Orion ’s light weight , compatibility for hand - trailing and eye - tracking , and most determinedly , a neuronic interface , Zuckerberg also touted some impressed , and illustrious , early examiner ( including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang ) . The Orion glassful were presented as the futurity of Meta ’s AR efforts , with our own ongoing coverage of Meta Connect ’s net big reveal here .
Meta’s Quest 3S headset launches for $299
Meta ’s reveal of the Quest 3Swas indicate by several pre - event leaks and confirmed during Connect 2024 . The Meta Quest 3S make out as a less expensive alternative to the Quest 3 , start at $ 299 for a 128 GB version and 256 GB for $ 399 . The alone wireless headset is compatible with the existing depository library of Quest apps and game , though Meta was particularly enthusiastic about its miscellaneous - reality features . With the reveal of the Quest 3S , the Quest 3 will drop from $ 649 to $ 499.Get our other impressions of the new Quest 3S hereahead of its October 15 ship appointment .
Meta announce the Meta Quest 3S at#MetaConnect2024.With a $ 300 starting price , the Meta Quest 3S is $ 200 less expensive than the Quest 3.pic.twitter.com/2FTizJvAj5
Quest 2, Quest Pro discontinued
“ With Quest 3S on the shelf , we ’re formally winding down sales of Quest 2 and Pro . We ’ll be selling our remaining headsets through the oddment of the year or until they ’re gone , whichever come first , ” Meta tell TechCrunch about thediscontinuation of two of their headsetsin the wake of the Quest 3S announcement .
Meta AI gets vocal
Meta AI is finding its voice . Users can involve a question or otherwise chat with Meta AI out aloud through Messenger , Facebook , WhatsApp , and Instagram and get imitate vocal responses in return . The digital spokesperson assistant will roll out with multiple voice option to choose from , includingthe AI voice of celebritieslike Dame Judi Dench , John Cena , Awkwafina , Kristen Bell , and Keegan - Michael Key .
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The reveal comes a day after OpenAI announced thelong - look rollout of its Advanced Voice Mode feature , with a new look and five raw voices . And speaking of outspoken announcements , Zuckerberg touted thatMeta AI now has 500 million users .
announce at#MetaConnect2024 , Meta AI ’s fresh celebrity voice allow you ask questions to AI versions of Dame Judi Dench , Awkwafina , Keegan - Michael Key , John Cenna , and Kristen Bell.pic.twitter.com/LtlCDeFc8c
Meta’s Llama 3.2 AI model released
Meta ’s multilingual Llama family of manikin has reached reading 3.2,signifying that several Llama role model are now multimodal . Llama 3.2 11B and 90B can translate chart and graphs , caption double , and pinpoint objects in photo give a simple description .
Llama 3.2 11B and 90B might be able to bet at a map of a commons and tell you how long a certain path is , or when the terrain could become steeper . Or , provided a graph showing a company ’s revenue over the course of a year , the models can speedily play up the best - perform months of the bunch .
Notably , Llama 3.2 11B and 90B ca n’t be get at in Europedue to the EU ’s Act restrictions . As a issue , several Meta AI feature usable elsewhere , like image analytic thinking , are handicapped for European users .
Ray-Ban’s Meta sunglasses get real-time AI video and reminders
Ray - Ban ’s Meta voguish looking glass are getting upgradesas the company continues to try and make the case that the smart glass can become the next bad consumer equipment . At the forefront of the pitch shot is the summation of real - clock time AI telecasting processing , which lets you to ask the Ray - Ban Meta glaze questions about what it can see in front of you .
The shades will also be getting a smartphone - same reminder feature;live language transformation between English and French , Italian , or Spanish ; and full integration with music streaming apps like Amazon Music , Audible , and iHeart Radio .
Ray - Ban ’s Meta overbold drinking glass will have real - time AI video processing , allowing you to ask questions about what the glasses can see.pic.twitter.com/KO0LlMvT3y
Yes, we know what Zuckerberg’s shirt says
Zuckerberg ’s phylogeny into a ego - made fashionista was on full display during Meta Connect , with a shirt that spelled out : “ Act Zuck aut nihil , ” which for those not well poetize in Latin , render to “ either Zuck or nothing . ” The phrase is originally tie in with Roman Emperor Julius Caesar , further cementing Zuckerberg as a Rome Guy .
Meta AI explores visual search
In a feature that will be familiar to anyone following OpenAI , Google , and Apple ’s software of picture - based searches , Meta showcased its AI ’s capacity to respond to prompt establish on images , as well as edit photos provide to the AI based on feedback given by the user . It can also portion out them to Instagram Stories .
More AI in your Facebook feeds
If you ’re on Facebook , you ’ve probably get a line a lot of AI lately , wittingly or unknowingly . There’san intact nascent diligence around using it to generate engagement bait . before this month , thelabel take note whether content has been edited using Meta ’s toolswas shrunk down . And now Facebookwill actually pitch you on AI content that it generates for youthat it thinks you ’ll desire to share or lease with .
Tests for translated, dubbed content from creators
run short a footstep beyond just translate captions , Meta announced a test that would use its AI translation cock to take creator subject , produce a translate dub , and synchronise the creator ’s rim consequently . So far , the experiment is limited to creator videos made in the U.S. and Latin America , with translations between English and Spanish .
Meta show a test of its AI translation tools for creator subject that dubs and sync the Lord ’s lips.pic.twitter.com/ziHyX1H65i
In what ended up being a surreal moment , Zuckerberg brought on Jehovah Don Allen Stevenson III for a conversation on the stage , which then turned into a demo during which Zuckerberg interviewed an AI version of Stevenson while the existent deal was right beside him .
Meta’s new VR pitch for mobile devs
Amid the big AI reveals and ironware and announcement , Meta did dive into the across-the-board purpose of Connect —  build ties with its community of developer . As it continues to pitch developers on helping build out the Quest app memory ’s offerings , Meta released newfangled supporting for Android apps on the Quest , along with support for three-D and spatial apps .
Batman, Wordle, and the rest of the games announcements
A number of unexampled experiences were revealed for the Quest ecosystem at Meta Connect 2024 , led by Batman : Arkham Shadow , which launch October 22 and will also be bundled with new Quest 3 and 3S purchases until April of next year . Beyond games with familiar construct like Alien : Rogue Incursion for Xenomorph - filled horror and a remake of the zombie spirit game Arizona Sunshine , Wordle of all thing was announce for the Quest . The VR version of the daily puzzle will be free to encounter without a New York Times subscription .
The future is here : you could play Wordle in VR.pic.twitter.com/ze1EdSP2H3
