Meta's new smart glasses look like the future

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🗓️ 27 September 2024

⏱️ 104 minutes

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The Verge's Alex Heath joins Nilay, Alex, and David to talk about all the announcements coming out of Meta Connect: the impressive (and expensive) Orion glasses, the new features for the Ray-Ban Smart Glasses, and lots and lots of new AI. Then they discuss the latest executive departures at OpenAI, as the industry's foremost AI company undergoes a huge shift. In the lightning round, it's time for more AI gadgets, the PS5 Pro... and then some more AI gadgets. Further reading: Meta Connect 2024: biggest news and announcements Hands-on with Orion, Meta’s first pair of AR glasses Meta’s Ray-Bans will now ‘remember’ things for you Why Mark Zuckerberg thinks AR glasses will replace your phone Meta’s VR app store is about to fill up with phone-style 2D apps Mark Zuckerberg: creators and publishers ‘overestimate the value’ of their work for training AI Meta’s AI can now talk to you in the voices of Awkwafina, John Cena, and Judi Dench Kristen Bell told Instagram to ‘get rid of AI’ before she became its official voice OpenAI CTO Mira Murati is leaving Just 5,000 people use the Rabbit R1 every day Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 review: big upgrade, much smaller earbuds I played the PS5 Pro, and it’s clearly better Inside Jony Ive’s Life After Apple and His LoveFrom Design Business Email us at [email protected] or call us at 866-VERGE11, we love hearing from you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:51.2	I don't want to start with a swear word, but if you know, it's usually a swear word.
0:54.8	Hi, I'm your friend, Eli Alex Trans is here.
0:56.4	I'm also wearing my augmented reality glasses now.
0:59.6	Because they pass light through them?
1:00.9	Yeah, they pass light through them and everything is
1:02.5	augmented now. I can see. It's been augmented into focus. Yeah. I got you. David Pierce is here.
1:08.1	Hello. And Alex Heath is here. Alex, are you actually wearing a face computer? I am, but you'll never know.
1:17.8	It's a big week in tech news, quite a lot going on it was Meta Connect.
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