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Meta unveils Aria Gen 2, its latest research glasses, with a PPG sensor for measuring heart rate and a contact microphone to distinguish the wearer's voice

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  • @soumith Soumith Chintala on threads
    the Aria 2 glasses are pretty great for robot data collection. they're also getting really good for general agentic use... Read the full announcement in the quoted link!
  • @boztank Andrew Bosworth on threads
    The first generation of Aria glasses have made a big impact in the research community, can't wait to see all the new possibilities these will unlock https://www.meta.com/...
  • @aiatmeta @aiatmeta on x
    Introducing Aria Gen 2, next generation glasses that we hope will enable researchers from industry and academia to unlock new work in machine perception, contextual AI, robotics and more. Aria Gen 2 details + sign up for availability updates ➡️ https://www.meta.com/... [video]
  • @gwanatu Nicholas Sutrich on x
    Meta announced Project Aria Gen 2 today, what essentially looks to be a next-gen pair of Ray-Ban Meta Smart glasses if they were to ever come to market. [image]
  • @iterintellectus Vittorio on x
    holy shit 6-8 hours of continuous use?! zuck stays winning [image]
  • @drbarnard David Barnard on x
    As a fan of Meta's Ray-Bans, I'm super excited to see more stuff like this come to market.  Sure, they are massive and awkward now, but once Meta (or Apple or Google or Samsung) has a product poised for mass market adoption, I bet we see a transition to “overmolding” where the fr…
  • @nickfloats Nick St. Pierre on x
    New drop from Meta, Aria Gen 2, Next evolution of the meta ray bans, currently being made available for researchers to start exploring new work in machine perception, contextual AI, robotics and more Can't wait for these to reach consumers [video]
  • @ajddavison Andrew Davison on x
    Aria Gen 2 is very impressive, with fully onboard SLAM and various other perception all within a 75g device with an hours-long battery life. Processing on custom silicon. Congrats to the Reality Labs team.
  • @danfei_xu Danfei Xu on x
    Super excited about Aria 2! Onboard SLAM + Hand Tracking, 7 cameras, 2 mics, Spatial Audio, 6 hours battery life, all in 75g of ultra compact pair of glasses. Game changer for robot learning, human robot interaction, and human understanding.
  • @mingfeiy MingfeiYan on x
    📣Introducing Aria Gen 2 from Meta📣Aria Gen 2 is glasses hardware designed to unlock new research in machine perception, contextual AI, and robotics. Aria Gen 2 features an upgraded sensor suite, ultra low power on-device machine perception (Real-time SLAM, hand tracking and eye […