Hands-on with Meta’s Orion AR glasses prototype and the possible future of computing

CNBC September 27, 2024
Jonathan Vanian

Key Points

– CNBC senior media and tech correspondent Julia Boorstin was able to experience Meta’s Orion AR glasses prototype, and she was impressed by how lightweight they were.

– Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed the Orion glasses on Wednesday and pitched them as “a glimpse of a future that I think is going to be pretty exciting.”

– While Orion is not capable of putting users in fully virtual worlds, the glasses can overlay digital graphics onto the real world.

The most impressive aspect of Meta‘s Orion augmented reality glasses has more to do with size and comfort than flashy computer graphics.

CNBC senior media and tech correspondent Julia Boorstin was able to use Orion this week at Meta’s...

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