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Meta CTO explains how AI changes the plan for AR glasses

23 points by webmaven 3y ago

malermeister 3y ago
https://archive.ph/6N4hY https://archive.ph/6N4hY
cl42 3y ago
In Feb 2022, Meta hosted "Inside the Lab"[1], a day-long webinar series outlining their vision for mixed reality, AI, etc. I highly recommend anyone interested in Meta's vision and work to watch these. Zuckerberg's demos and the AI leadership team discussions are SO INCREDIBLY CONSISTENT over the years. They are clearly executing on something very big, with quite a bit of alignment across researchers, engineers, and product managers. That webinar really changed my perspective on Meta's vision for AI and AR (or MR, I guess). The article posted here also emphasizes this consistency. Huge respect for anyone who can pull this off. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P3DMMwvCfY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P3DMMwvCfY
- rightbyte 3y ago
  > SO INCREDIBLY CONSISTENT over the years. They are clearly executing on something very big, with quite a bit of alignment across researchers, engineers, and product managers. Clearly? Why should we not rather assume it is some death march led by Zuckerberg and any non team-players are left in the ditch along the way?
  - edmundsauto 3y ago
    Where is the evidence for the alternate assumption? There does appear to be quite a bit of alignment as GP said.
- screye 3y ago
  Meta's bipolar switch from social media into VR then out of VR and into AI is anything but consistent. The bits and pieces might have been in place for years, but their prioritization and leadership thrust is clearly all over the place.
  - gloryjulio 3y ago
    That's correct. But given their company size, they do have sizable investment in every sector in parallel as you mentioned.
boppo1 3y ago
With all the recent stuff in gaussian splats and the SMERF demos, I'm wondering if the 'content problem'[0] of VR is suddenly much closer to being solved. [0] Right now it's very expensive to make good 3d assets.
juanani 3y ago
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ilrwbwrkhv 3y ago
Facebook will never ever make a popular physical device. It's simply not in their DNA.
LanzVonL 3y ago
They need some good exclusive games. Nobody's buying these headsets because there's no compelling use case. And nobody wants to wear goggles to work in a virtual cubicle either.
- tylergetsay 3y ago
  These glasses don't have a screen, just camera and speaker

23 points by webmaven 3y ago

https://archive.ph/6N4hY https://archive.ph/6N4hY

cl42 3y ago

In Feb 2022, Meta hosted "Inside the Lab"[1], a day-long webinar series outlining their vision for mixed reality, AI, etc. I highly recommend anyone interested in Meta's vision and work to watch these. Zuckerberg's demos and the AI leadership team discussions are SO INCREDIBLY CONSISTENT over the years. They are clearly executing on something very big, with quite a bit of alignment across researchers, engineers, and product managers. That webinar really changed my perspective on Meta's vision for AI and AR (or MR, I guess). The article posted here also emphasizes this consistency. Huge respect for anyone who can pull this off. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P3DMMwvCfY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P3DMMwvCfY

rightbyte 3y ago
> SO INCREDIBLY CONSISTENT over the years. They are clearly executing on something very big, with quite a bit of alignment across researchers, engineers, and product managers. Clearly? Why should we not rather assume it is some death march led by Zuckerberg and any non team-players are left in the ditch along the way?
- edmundsauto 3y ago
  Where is the evidence for the alternate assumption? There does appear to be quite a bit of alignment as GP said.
screye 3y ago
Meta's bipolar switch from social media into VR then out of VR and into AI is anything but consistent. The bits and pieces might have been in place for years, but their prioritization and leadership thrust is clearly all over the place.
- gloryjulio 3y ago
  That's correct. But given their company size, they do have sizable investment in every sector in parallel as you mentioned.

boppo1 3y ago

With all the recent stuff in gaussian splats and the SMERF demos, I'm wondering if the 'content problem'[0] of VR is suddenly much closer to being solved. [0] Right now it's very expensive to make good 3d assets.

juanani 3y ago

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ilrwbwrkhv 3y ago

Facebook will never ever make a popular physical device. It's simply not in their DNA.

LanzVonL 3y ago

They need some good exclusive games. Nobody's buying these headsets because there's no compelling use case. And nobody wants to wear goggles to work in a virtual cubicle either.

tylergetsay 3y ago
These glasses don't have a screen, just camera and speaker