The notorious mixed reality device company Magic Leap is reportedly talking to Meta about licensing waveguide tech for high-res AR glasses.
Gizmodo reached out to Meta for comment, but we did not immediately hear back. We also didn’t hear back yet from Magic Leap, but that company told FT it is always exploring potential partnerships.
The company’s CEO Peggy Johnson wroteBut beyond its current loss-leading forays into virtual reality tech with its Quest headset series, Meta has far greater AR ambitions for the next few years. Anoted Meta wants to come out with “smart glasses” in 2025 and fully-functional AR glasses by 2027. Those codenamed “Orion” glasses have been in development for nearly a decade and are supposed to create AR hologram-like visuals on real-world objects.
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