EssilorLuxottica
Coverage of EssilorLuxottica in the Nexus archive.
- Mark Zuckerberg takes business calls on a jet ski wearing his $800 Meta glasses—and insists ‘the other person could not tell’
Mark Zuckerberg promotes Meta's smart glasses, claiming they enable clear communication even on a jet ski. He highlights features like built-in displays, gesture navigation via Neural Band, and a market potential of 2 billion glasses-wearers. Meta's AI-enabled eyewear sales tripled in a year, with Zuckerberg predicting they are 'some of the fastest growing consumer electronics in history.'
- Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's new AI glasses must balance fashion with function for people to wear them
Meta's new AI glasses, priced at $299 and developed with EssilorLuxottica, aim to merge fashion with functionality. Mark Zuckerberg emphasizes the need for stylish, comfortable wearables that balance aesthetics and AI capabilities to attract consumers.
- Meta is now designing its own, cheaper AI smart glasses
Meta announced a new line of in-house designed AI smart glasses priced at $299, cheaper than its previous Ray-Ban and Oakley models. The glasses feature three styles, AI capabilities like language translation and image-based answers, and a new Muse Spark AI model to improve functionality.