Discussion

• @kurtwagner8 Kurt Wagner on x

  Facebook's “smart glasses” are coming out “sooner than later” this year, but they're not going to have the kind of AR features you might expect https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @boztank Boz on x

  The past year has shown us that enabling depth of connection at distance is more important than ever. In 2021, we will continue to drive this work forward: https://tech.fb.com/...

• @sarahfrier Sarah Frier on x

  Some fascinating new info in this story: there are now about 6,000 people working on AR/VR/hardware at Facebook, source tells us. (that's compared to about 1k working on Instagram) https://twitter.com/...

• @grady_booch Grady Booch on x

  Pardon me for asking, but aren't smart glasses without augmented reality just....glasses? https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @boztank Boz on x

  @nickstatt AR requires new technology at almost every level of the stack to deliver in a form factor we think people will find acceptable. I think it is one the hardest problems our industry has attempted to tackle in quite some time

• @nickstatt Nick Statt on x

  Facebook will have a monopoly on early AR/VR because it has the most resources by a wide margin, and that's why it purchased Oculus and why it keeps funneling huge amounts of money into it. The question now is how and when it will pay off.

• @nickstatt Nick Statt on x

  Trying to wrap my head around what 6,000 people are doing working on AR/VR at Facebook everyday. I could imagine Oculus is a large chunk of that, as well as the Reality Labs research division and perhaps Portal is included in there(?) But 6,000 feels like... a lot! https://twitte…

• @alexvoica Alexandru Voica on x

  No looking back: @boztank reflects on the year that was and gives a glance towards 2021 on all things Facebook Reality Labs, including bringing social to the forefront of AR/VR, building the AR ecosystem, and creating the future of human connection: https://tech.fb.com/...

• @techatfacebook @techatfacebook on x

  Head of @FBRealityLabs @boztank reflects on the past year and looks ahead to what 2021 has in store for augmented and virtual reality // https://tech.fb.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @schrep Mike Schroepfer on x

  2021 will be a huge year for VR. It's so exciting to see a technology we've been dreaming of for decades really hit its stride with users and developers. @boztank shares his thoughts on the future in a must read! https://tech.fb.com/...

• @mshannahmurphy Hannah Murphy on x

  “Moderately smart glasses” https://twitter.com/...