Meta is getting ready to launch its first business augmented actuality (AR) glasses, codenamed “Hypernova,” anticipated to debut in September at a base value of roughly $800. This value displays a notable discount of about 20% from earlier estimates of $1,000, signaling Meta’s intention to just accept decrease revenue margins to be able to enhance client demand. Nevertheless, the value might enhance with non-obligatory customizations comparable to prescription lenses or design adjustments.
Hypernova is designed as a minimalist sensible glasses mannequin and can function a precursor to Meta’s extra superior AR headset known as Phoenix, which is projected to launch in 2027. The glasses will function a monocular show positioned on a small space of the suitable lens, offering key notifications and cues from Meta’s AI app with out obstructing the wearer’s predominant sight view. This show is seen solely when customers look downward, sustaining an unobtrusive expertise.
Meta’s AI glasses (mockup by Perplexity AI)
Working a specialised model of Android, Hypernova will include a handful of pre-installed apps, nevertheless it is not going to help common Android apps or have entry to an app retailer. The machine goals to ship core sensible glasses performance with out the complexity or bulk of absolutely immersive AR techniques.
A particular accent paired with Hypernova is a “neural” wristband that employs electromyography (EMG) to detect hand gestures and actions for management functions. This wristband, beforehand seen in prototypes for Meta’s forthcoming Orion AR headset, enhances interplay capabilities. Along with the wristband, the glasses will function touch-sensitive areas on the temples that permit customers to manage sure features.
Meta is already creating a second-generation model of the Hypernova glasses that can embody binocular imaginative and prescient for a wider and doubtlessly extra immersive show. This successor, anticipated round 2027, will keep a easy person interface however is seen as a stepping stone in direction of a extra strong AR expertise. This evolution aligns with Meta’s gradual strategy to getting into the AR market, constructing from fundamental sensible glasses in direction of extra complete augmented actuality headsets.
