Meta's Top 5 Announcements at the 'Connect' Event

The company also announced a series of AI-powered features that will be available across devices and social media platforms like Instagram. Here are some of the key announcements:

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduces Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses with mixed martial arts fighter Brandon Moreno at the annual Meta Connect event in California, US, September 25. Photo: Reuters

Augmented reality glasses

Meta has introduced Orion, an augmented reality (AR) headset that is billed as the world's most advanced and weighs less than 100 grams.

The transparent glasses allow users to see virtual objects superimposed on the real world. Wearers can access WhatsApp and Messenger, make video calls and get information about things in their field of vision.

Meta says Orion is powered by a custom chip and is developing a consumer version of the glasses.

Affordable mixed reality glasses

Meta has launched the affordable Quest 3S mixed reality headset, which comes in two storage sizes, the smaller one priced at $299.99 and the larger one priced at $399.99.

The headset is expected to be available on October 15. The company is also dropping the price of the 512GB Meta Quest 3 from $649.99 to $499.99. Meanwhile, the high-end Quest 2 and Quest Pro devices are being discontinued.

LLAMA 3.2 Multimodal Artificial Intelligence Model

Meta has announced its first open-source multimodal AI model, Llama 3.2, which can generate content from both image and text prompts.

The company also announced a lighter version of Llama 3.2, capable of running on mobile devices.

Voice features of Meta AI chatbot

Meta AI will now support voiceovers, with the option to choose celebrity voices like Judi Dench and John Cena.

The feature is accessible via Meta AI in direct messages on Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram.

Update for Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses

Meta is updating its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses with AI tools for reminders, QR code scanning, and reading phone numbers with voice commands.

The company will also add AI video recording and real-time language translation capabilities later this year.

Ngoc Anh (according to Reuters)

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