Meta CEO Zuckerberg envisions new era of AR glasses: SIGGRAPH

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed his vision for augmented reality glasses that can pack a lot of tech into a thin, designer frame during a discussion with Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang at the SIGGRAPH 2024 conference in Denver on Monday evening.

He wants to eventually have a line of AR glasses at different price points depending on what tasks they are capable of performing. They will have artificial intelligence assistants built in, and be capable of a wide range of abilities while still appearing stylish.

“The Ray-Bans we had, we were not able to fit all the tech into,” Zuckerberg said. “We’re getting closer, it might be two or three years away. We want them to look great.”

Zuckerberg also discussed the impact AI is having on Meta products.

“We’ll have the Meta AI assistant, but we want our customers to create their own agents,” Zuckerberg said. “We call it AI Studio, it’s a set of tools that allows every user to create an AI version of themselves. There is only so much time in the day. We can’t always interact with everyone we need to every day. But we can create an agent based on ourselves that can interact with people.”

He also said Llama 3 and Llama 4 versions will be more fluid, and will no longer feel like a chatbot.

“Today’s AI is turn-based,” Huang added. “You give it an input, and it gets back to you. In the future, AI will be able to plan.”

“One of the interesting uses we’ve seen is people using AI models for support,” Zuckerberg said. “We see a lot of people using Meta AI to role-play difficult situations. Such as how to ask a boss for a promotion, this makes a judgment free zone to play out these types of situations.”

He added that Facebook and Instagram will continue to implement more AI features as the technology develops.