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Tech: Meta showcases the newest hands-free smartphone

Author
Paul Stenhouse,
Publish Date
Sat, 28 Sep 2024, 11:31am
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., holds Orion augmented reality (AR) glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Photo / David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., holds Orion augmented reality (AR) glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Photo / David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Tech: Meta showcases the newest hands-free smartphone

Author
Paul Stenhouse,
Publish Date
Sat, 28 Sep 2024, 11:31am

Your next smartphone will be on your face  

Meta showcased their "Orion" glasses which they believe will be the smartphone of the future. They'll allow you to see 'holograms' of information or avatars of friends and colleagues, as well as have instant voice access to AI. This version of the glasses is the best we've seen when it comes to being an attractive pair of glasses that are light weight and have a high-quality projection screen that it's actually useful.  

There's a tonne of tech around these, including a wristband that can interpret your hand signals to interact with the holograms and take actions. These glasses are not ready for primetime - they're costing $10,000 to produce. Right now you can buy the Meta Ray-Ban sunglasses, which are getting an upgrade. You'll be able to ask the AI to tell you about things you can see, thanks to video recognition tools.  
  
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Zillow is one of America's go-to real estate listing platforms. They were the leader in providing a "Zestimate" of what your home is worth and will now lead the way to educate buyers on the potential climate risks to be thinking about. By the end of the year there'll be a section on each listing to show a risk score for the potential for wildfires, flooding, extreme temperatures, high winds and poor air quality, as well as the potential cost of insurance over time. Of those new listings added in August - 16% were at major risk of a wildfire and 13% at major risk of flooding.   

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