Meta’s $1,000 Smartglasses Will Likely Have a Tiny Display and a Potential Problem with Interoperability

Meta’s next step on its quest to reign over the burgeoning market for AR glasses may demand a hefty chunk of your wallet. The Mark Zuckerberg-led company is reportedly planning for new glasses, codenamed “Hypernova,” that could cost well over $1,000 for the sake of a tiny heads-up-display built into one lens. Yes, that’s expensive, but Meta’s real struggle will be making sure it runs on software that doesn’t make us want to throw its expensive glasses off a cliff. The rumored Hypernova augmented reality glasses should arrive sometime this year, according to a Tuesday report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman based on anonymous sources. The first iteration of Meta’s glasses with screens will include a minuscule monocular panel in the right-hand lens. This could offer users notifications from their phone or access to photos, or even check out directions from an app like Google Maps. For that privilege, prospective owners will need to cough up at least $1,000, according to Gurman. Some version ... Read full article.