GoKawiilItās Mark Zuckerbergās turn to get on stage and yap about how his company, Meta, is leading the way with the metaverseāoops, we meant artificial superintelligence (whatever that means)āat the annual Meta Connect 2025 developer conference.
Connect takes place from Sept. 17 through Sept. 18, but the first day is when Zuckerberg will be keynoting, likely talking up the combined effectiveness of all the handsomely paid AI researchers heās hired in the past few months. Weāre also expecting him to announce at least one pair of new smart glassesāmaybe the rumored and leaked āHypernovaā faceputer with a built-in display and matching wristband controller that will reportedly retail for around $800. If weāre lucky, we may even see third-gen Ray-Ban Meta AI smart glasses.
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Meta Connect 2025 is Metaās big shot at taking the lead for a new computing form factor and platform. It canāt afford to blow it. Every tech company from Google to Amazon to Xiaomi is seemingly throwing resources at smart glasses, and by all predictions, 2026 is going to be an all-out war for our faces.
It all starts on Wednesday, Sept. 17, beginning at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. Yes, itās gonna be a late event for us East Coasters. Our very own Senior Writer James Pero will be on the ground in Menlo Park, Calif. to see what Metaās showing.