Facebook has announced ‘Ray-Ban Stories,’ a pair of smart glasses designed to allow Facebook users new options to capture photographs and video.
The device was created in collaboration with sunglass makers EssilorLuxottica, and it will be available in select retail outlets for $299 (£219).
The glasses contain two inbuilt 5MP cameras, according to Facebook, that “enable you capture life’s experiences as they happen” from a first-person perspective.
The capture button or Facebook Assistant voice commands can be used to take photos and movies up to 30 seconds long.
To alleviate privacy concerns, the device includes a hard-wired capture LED that illuminates when media is being captured, alerting people nearby.
The sunglasses also have open-ear speakers and a three-microphone audio array that allows users to take calls on the device.
Facebook said it used “beamforming technology” and a background noise suppression algorithm to mimic the experience of using dedicated headphones for calling.
Ray-Ban Stories were created to operate with the new Facebook View app for iOS and Android, which allows users to import, modify, and share footage taken on the smart glasses to other apps such as Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Snapchat.
The sunglasses come in 20 different styles, including Wayfarer, Wayfarer Large, Round, and Meteor, as well as five different colours and lenses, including clear, sun, transition, and prescription.
When announcing the new hardware, Facebook admitted that privacy was a major concern when designing the device.
In a blog post, the social network stated, “As with any new product, we have a significant obligation to help people feel comfortable and provide peace of mind, and that goes not only for device owners but also for everyone around them.”
“That’s why, from the beginning, we included privacy into the product design and functioning of the entire experience.
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