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US technology giant Meta’s annual developer conference ‘Meta Connect 2025’ will begin tomorrow. The event will be held at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
As always, the event will begin with a keynote presentation by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. It is reported that the latest innovations in artificial intelligence (AI), AR and virtual reality (VR) will be highlighted at this event. In particular, the focus of the discussion will be on the new generation of smart glasses.
When, where to watch
This two-day event will be held from September 17 to 18 according to US time. However, the keynote or keynote will start at 6 am tomorrow, Thursday, Bangladesh time. The event can be watched live for free from Meta’s website. It can also be watched on Meta’s YouTube channel and Facebook profile.
In addition, Meta Quest headset users will be able to enjoy this event in virtual reality. There will also be a separate session for developers. Where guidance will be given on creating new AI-based experiences.
Announcements that may come this time
At this event, Meta can reveal their much-discussed smart glasses Meta Hypernova (Meta Celeste). These smart glasses will have an AR waveguide display and a special wristband for gesture control.
In addition, Meta can bring Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 smart glasses, which will have a new design, more battery backup and Meta AI technology will be further improved.
Meta’s smart glasses ‘Hypernova’
The new smart glasses codenamed ‘Hypernova’ are going to be unveiled. There will be a small display on the right lens, controlled by hand gestures through the wristband. The wristband will have surface electromyography (sEMG) technology. Not full AR, but it will show time, weather, notifications, photo previews, navigation and real-world captions or translations. Responses from Meta AI will be displayed as text, not audio. The glasses are a bit large and the price may be around $ 800.
Ray-Ban and Oakley’s new models
Due to the success of the Ray-Ban Meta, new models ‘Apparel’ and ‘Bellini’ will be released in 2026. The new models will have advanced AI features. Such as: facial recognition and background AI sessions. The partnership with Oakley is getting stronger. Oakley’s new smart glasses will have a center-mounted camera, mainly for athletes and cyclists.
Meta Quest and headset
The Quest 3S has recently arrived, but don’t expect a big announcement of the Quest 4 this year.
An ultralight headset will arrive in 2026, which will share computing power through a separate pack running Horizon OS.
In addition, Meta and Asus may jointly develop the Meta Quest 4 and the Asus ROG Tarius VR headset. This headset operating system will be Horizon OS. It will be launched as a high-performance device.
Source: Mashable and Digit.in
