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Meta ’s Ray - Ban Meta smart glass are gettingseveral newfangled AI - powered rising slope , including the power to have an ongoing conversation with Meta ’s AI and translate between languages .
Ray - Ban Meta owners in Meta ’s early accession program for the U.S. and Canada can now download microcode v11 , which add up “ live AI . ” First bring out this fall , live AI lease wearer ceaselessly converse with Meta ’s AI assistant , Meta AI , to cite thing they discussed sooner in the conversation . Without having to say the “ Hey , Meta ” wakeword , wearers can cut off Meta AI to ask follow - up interrogation or change the topic .
Live AI also work with real - time video . Wearers can ask doubt about what they ’re seeing in existent clock time — for example , what ’s around their neighborhood .
Real - time AI video for Ray - Ban Meta was a significant focus of Meta ’s Connect dev conference early this fall . Positioned as an answer to OpenAI’sAdvanced Voice Mode with Visionand Google’sProject Astra , the tech allows Meta ’s AI to answer questions about what ’s in vista of the glasses ’ front - facing television camera .
With Monday ’s update , Meta becomes one of the first technical school behemoth to marketplace with real - time AI telecasting on smart glass . Google recently said it plans to sell AR glasseswith standardised capabilities , but the company has n’t committed to a concrete timeline .
Meta claims that , in the time to come , springy AI will even give “ useful hypnotism ” before a wearer asks . What sort of suggestions ? The company would n’t say .
Firmware v11 also introduce live displacement , which enable Ray - Ban Meta wearers to translate real - metre oral communication between English and Spanish , French , or Italian . When a wearer is talking to someone speaking one of those languages , they ’ll hear what the speaker says in English through the trash ’ opened - ear Speaker and get a transcript on their pair off phone .
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Ray - Ban Meta also has Shazam support as of firmware v11 . Wearers can say , “ Hey , Meta , Shazam this song ” to have the glass attempt to find the tune that ’s play .
Meta warns that the newfangled characteristic , in particular bouncy AI and live version , might not always get things correct . “ We ’re continue to get word what works best and ameliorate the experience for everyone , ” the company wrote in ablog post .
Ray - Ban Meta last have a major update in November , when Meta began to roll out certain AI capability to users of the looking glass in France , Italy , and Spain . The glasses continue to betray quite well ; in October , Ray - Ban owner EssilorLuxotticatoldUpload VR that Ray - Ban Meta was the top - selling glasses brand in 60 % of all Ray - Ban stores across Europe , the Middle East , and Africa .
