Bosworth confirms Meta has fully functional AR glasses prototypes ready internally
Andrew 'Boz' Bosworth · Making Meta | Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth (CTO) · Mar 3, 2024 · at 1:07:27
Meta CTO Andrew 'Boz' Bosworth discusses Meta's internal hardware roadmap for standalone augmented reality smart glasses.
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“We've been talking for a while, but playing with glasses that have full AR capabilities. And we've got one that is rumored to be coming internally soon. So heavily rumored, in fact that you might even say it's almost been confirmed.”
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