Meta plans to add a facial recognition feature to its Ray-Ban smart glasses as soon as this year, reports The New York Times ($). According to people involved in the plans who spoke to the publication, the feature is internally called "Name Tag," and would let wearers identify people and get information about them via Meta's artificial intelligence assistant. Mark Zuckerberg reportedly wants the feature to differentiate the devices and to make the AI assistant in the glasses more useful.

Meta plans to add a facial recognition feature to its Ray-Ban smart glasses as soon as this year, reports The New York Times ($). According to people involved in the plans who spoke to the publication, the feature is internally called “Name Tag,” and would let wearers identify people and get information about them via Meta’s artificial intelligence assistant. Mark Zuckerberg reportedly wants the feature to differentiate the devices and to make the AI assistant in the glasses more useful.

  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Around the time anyone with glasses becomes a risk, anyone with or without glasses becomes a risk. At that point miniaturisation will be so advanced that any button or zipper could house the components… and they will.