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Indian Express
23-05-2025
- Business
- Indian Express
Apple may launch AI powered smart glasses by the end of 2026
After experimenting with Mixed-Reality headsets, Apple now seems interested in making Meta Ray-Ban-like smart glasses. The Cupertino-based tech giant is reportedly 'ramping up work on the glasses' and may produce working prototypes by the end of the year. The news from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, who, citing people with knowledge of the matter, said that Apple is planning to launch the Meta Ray-Ban competitor 'at the end of next year as part of a push into AI-enhanced gadgets.' Like Meta's much rumoured smart glasses codenamed Hypernova, Apple's glasses are said to pack a camera and have a bunch of microphones and speakers, allowing the gadget to analyse the world around us and process voice inputs using Siri. Moreover, it looks like the smart glasses could allow users to make phone calls, control music playback, offer turn-by-turn directions and translate a conversation in real time. Internally dubbed N50, the report states that Apple's smart glasses are now clubbed under the descriptor N401, which may be a broader project exploring similar products. But with Apple having a long history of cancelling products, the company may possibly end up scrapping the idea. Earlier this month, Gurman had claimed that Apple was internally working on a dedicated chip for smart glasses, with plans to start manufacturing as early as next year. The report also claims that Apple was actively working on making an Apple Watch and Apple Watch Ultra with cameras by 2027, but the project was shut down earlier this week. Also, as strange as it may sound, Gurman says that the tech giant is still working on AirPods with cameras. With the Apple Vision Pro seeing poor sales figures and smartphone upgrades becoming increasingly incremental, Apple appears to be shifting its focus to other product categories, particularly wearables. However, people working on Apple's smart glasses are worried that the company's struggle with AI may make the product less appealing compared to Meta's upcoming Ray-Bans and Samsung's Project Moohan, both of which will benefit from Meta's Llama and Google's Gemini AI models. Recently, Google announced that Gemini Live with vision will be free for all to use, but Apple is still relying on Google Lens and OpenAI's solution for its Visual Intelligence feature. As for Apple smart glasses, the majority of work is reportedly undertaken by the Vision Products Group, the same team that developed the Vision Pro. It looks like the team is also working on a much cheaper and lighter model, in addition to one that offers less lag and low latency by connecting to a Mac.
BBC News
29-04-2025
- BBC News
Cambridgeshire Police break-up major county lines drug network
A county lines police drug operation resulted in 51 arrests and 35 individuals charged with more than 100 offences, a police force Hypernova, which took place last month, saw officers carry out more than 30 dawn raids across Cambridgeshire, including Cambridge, Peterborough, Ely and St Ives, as well as in Newmarket in Suffolk and in said weeks of intelligence gathering on those bringing in class A drugs resulted in shutting down 50 active drug lines and seizing an estimated £55,000 of illegal weapons were also seized, including knives and machetes, the force said. A significant number of criminal assets - including £57,000 in cash, more than £8,000 in crypto currency and high-end designer watches and luxury trainers - were also operation also saw 28 individuals identified and protected from further exploitation, many of whom were vulnerable young people and adults being used by criminal gangs to transport and sell Insp Dan Miller said: "This operation continues to focus on those people who come into our county and exploit vulnerable people, be they drug users or vulnerable children and encourage them into selling or using drugs."Once again, we have significantly disrupted organised criminal networks across the county who are profiting from the exploitation of vulnerable people and the misery caused by illegal drugs."Now in its third year, Operation Hypernova has resulted in a total of 149 arrests, 134 drug lines closed as well as several jail sentences, police said. Follow Cambridgeshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
South China Morning Post
03-04-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Meta's upcoming smart glasses with a screen to retail for US$1,000-US$1,400, insiders say
Meta is ramping up work on a deluxe version of its popular smart glasses, with plans to include hand-gesture controls and a screen for displaying photos and apps. Advertisement The company intends to introduce its first glasses with a screen before the end of 2025 – and sees the product as a key step towards providing an alternative to Apple's iPhone and other mobile devices, according to people familiar with the matter. Meta employees, who asked not to be identified discussing unannounced products, estimate the device, which is code-named Hypernova, will sell for over US$1,000 and as much as US$1,300 to US$1,400. The final price is unlikely to be decided until closer to an announcement. The company's current smart glasses , the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, start at US$299 and have been a surprise hit. Meta will continue to sell that entry-level version and is banking on their popularity to push users towards the higher-end models. Meta's Mark Zuckerberg wears a pair of the company's Ray-Ban Meta Glasses. Its deluxe smart glasses, dubbed Hypernova, will mark a big advance on the current range. Photo: Instagram/zuck Other companies, including have pledged new versions of their own glasses to better compete with the social networking giant.
Arab Times
02-04-2025
- Arab Times
Hypernova AR glasses by Meta could cost up to $1,400
NEW YORK, April 2: Meta is reportedly planning to release new augmented reality (AR) glasses, codenamed 'Hypernova,' which could cost upwards of $1,000. These glasses will feature a small heads-up display in the right lens, offering users notifications, photos, and possibly directions from apps like Google Maps. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, some versions of the glasses may cost as much as $1,300 or $1,400. The Hypernova glasses are expected to launch this year, potentially at Meta's annual Meta Connect conference. The first iteration will include a small monocular display that shows information from your phone, similar to what's found on other AR glasses. It may also include an upgraded sensor for higher-quality photos compared to the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, which currently use a 12 MP camera. The design of the Hypernova glasses will resemble Meta's previous work, such as the Ray-Ban Meta glasses, which start at $300. These smart glasses use physical button controls to take photos or videos and feature onboard speakers for listening to music or making calls. It's expected that the Hypernova glasses will include similar physical controls to the Ray-Ban glasses, potentially using a capacitive sensor on the right earpiece. However, the real challenge for Meta lies in the software. The Hypernova glasses will reportedly feature a home screen with horizontal app icons, giving users access to apps for photos, the camera, and maps. The glasses will continue to rely on the Meta View app, which is used with the Ray-Ban Meta glasses to move photos from the glasses to a phone. However, users have often criticized the app for being difficult to use, and there are concerns about how the Hypernova glasses will handle notifications, especially since the Meta View app is heavily dependent on the operating systems of other companies' phones. Meta has long struggled with software limitations, and the company's web-based approach often conflicts with the closed ecosystems of other platforms, like iOS. If the Hypernova glasses are similarly restricted, they could face the same fate as many previous smart glasses, which ultimately failed to gain traction. Leaks within Meta suggest that the company plans to release multiple types of smart glasses this year, including a pair of Oakley-branded glasses for athletes. While Meta is aiming for a broader range of devices, the success of these glasses will depend on how well they can integrate with smartphones from other companies. Without a significant breakthrough in software, these new glasses may lead to more frustration than excitement.
Forbes
02-04-2025
- Forbes
Meta $1,000+ Smart Glasses With In-Vision Screen Explained
Meta smart glasses mock-up It's no secret Meta is working on more smart glasses, but the cost and how the next Ray-Ban Meta follow-up will work has been revealed. According to Bloomberg, the upcoming Meta smart glasses will start at more than $1,000, and could cost as much as $1,400. The publication's sources say pricing is yet to be nailed down ahead of a release potentially as early as later this year. The cost represents is a huge jump from the $329 Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer pair, but there's a solid excuse for the increased cost. The Meta smart glasses, currently going under the name Hypernova, will have a screen behind the lenses. The screen sits towards the bottom of the right lens, meaning the person wearing it will need to look down in order to see what's displayed on it. That will include notifications from WhatsApp and the Facebook Messenger app. But apparently the plan is not to open up its functionality as much as possible. It won't have an app store, giving Meta tight control over what the Meta Hypernova smart glasses can actually do. Therefore, its jobs won't necessarily be all that different to those of the current Ray-Ban Meta pair. You might use these Hypernova smart glasses to capture photos and video, play music and interact with Meta's AI assistant. Of course, having a screen to rest on could significantly ramp-up the kind of interactions that are feasible, compared to the current Meta Ray-Ban pair. The concept here is not entirely different to a pair of smart glasses announced well over a decade ago, Google Glass. That pair was released in 2013, and used a tiny projector that placed 640 × 360 pixels of image data into the top-right of the wearer's vision. Meta has opted for the bottom-right, apparently. The other difference, with any luck, is Meta's Hypernova smart glasses will become a pair people actually want to wear. In February, the manufacturer of the Ray-Ban Meta glasses EssilorLuxottica announced two million pairs have been sold so far — they were released in October 2023. Meta has said it aims to sell 10 million pairs a year by 2026's end, but a set that costs more than $1,000 is unlikely to make too much of a dent in such a figure. However, the company plans to continue offering cheaper pairs. It will also bump up the top-end model to a dual-screen design — one for each eye — in 2027 according to Bloomberg. These screen-packed Meta smart glasses will use capacitive stems for control, turning the glasses' arms into touch surfaces, and Meta is apparently planning a wristband codenamed Ceres to offer another method of control. The Meta Hypernova smart glasses are separate from the Orion pair Meta officially announced as 'the most advanced pair of AR glasses ever made' in September 2024. That pair appears to display elements towards the centre of the wearer's vision, while Hypernova will presumably strive to make the AR elements as close to invisible as possible to anyone but the wearer. For some the primary upgrade of this upcoming pair might be a simple camera boost, which has been compared to that of a jump between two phone generations.
