Welcome to the world of lost privacy. However, it certainly is trendy and a great idea for wearable technology. Fabulously trend worthy leap forward by Facebook & Ray-Ban.
Ray-Ban Stories - Wayfarer, Round, and Meteor.
When we say "welcome to the world of lost privacy", that is NOT in reference to Facebook utilizing data. We only mean that the world will have tons more live video recordings & photos. It will be much harder to see that someone is recording you from their sunglasses than if they were holding up a phone or camera. Facebook / Ray-Ban have taken steps to add a light on the front of the glasses so that people can tell when the camera is being utilized.
We are guessing that some people will figure out away around having that light source visible.
Anyway, in our opinion the glasses are super cool and will be fun for millions or billions of people world wide.
A few of the fabulously trendy features for these sunglasses.
Take photos and videos hands-free and stay immersed in the moment. Capture from a first-person perspective and enjoy consistently high quality content thanks to the automatic light adjustment and stereoscopic photo depth.
Discrete open-ear speakers allow you to seamlessly switch between taking a call and ordering a coffee. The 3 built-in microphones capture sound in all directions so you get rich voice and sound quality for calls and videos.
Pause your song, take a photo or record a video in a single touch with the hyper-responsive touchpad and capture button.
How do you charge this wearable technology so that you don't miss out on photo opportunities or phone calls?
Charge your frames on the go with the compact, portable charging case. And a fully charged frame will capture and sync up to 50 videos, or up to 200 photos.
How do you share or save content from your eyewear?
Facebook View is your smart glasses operating system and content sharing companion. Once you’ve downloaded the app and set up your Ray-ban Stories you can import and edit captures, create and share unique content, and manage settings. Download it from App Store or Google Play⁽²⁾.
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You can buy Ray-Ban Stories on Ray-Ban.com at official Ray-Ban stores and from certified Ray-Ban dealers (online & in store). Currently they're available for purchase in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy and Australia.
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Following last year’s announcement between EssilorLuxottica and Facebook, Inc. on a multiyear collaboration to develop the next generation of smart glasses, the American multinational technology company and Ray-Ban have launched, Ray-Ban Stories. The highly anticipated collaboration brings forward a new way to seamlessly capture, share and listen through one’s most authentic moments. The announcement was made today by Mark Zuckerberg, Co-founder and CEO of Facebook, and Rocco Basilico, Group Chief Wearables Officer, in a virtual announcement detailing the partnership and the exciting capabilities.
Watch the Ray-Ban & Mark Zuckerberg Introduction to Ray-Ban Stories.
- https://youtu.be/_uOFWU4o3tw
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If you are interested, you can check out our fashion eyewear summary page.
You may want to take a trip down memory lane and view our blog post about Sony Smart Glasses Wearable Tech from 2015. Also, the Fashion Industry Network project glass post from 2012. Clearly the Ray-Ban sunglasses look cooler.
You may also want to learn more about EssilorLuxottica the owner of the Ray-Ban brand.
These smart glasses were originally announced in a partnership introduction back in September of 2020. Below is the news release for easy reference if you wish to look back at the original details.
Menlo Park, California, and Charenton-le-Pont, France (September 16, 2020 – 7:15 pm CEST) – Facebook, Inc. and EssilorLuxottica today announced a multiyear collaboration to develop the next generation of smart glasses. The announcement was made by Mark Zuckerberg during Facebook Connect, an annual conference held virtually from California.
The partnership will combine Facebook apps and technologies, Luxottica’s category leadership and iconic brands, and Essilor’s advanced lens technology to help people stay better connected to their friends and family. The first product will be branded Ray-Ban, the world’s most popular eyewear brand, and is scheduled to launch in 2021. It will combine the best of both worlds – innovative technology and fashion-forward style – to create smart glasses that consumers will truly love wearing.
“We’re passionate about exploring devices that can give people better ways to connect with those closest to them. Wearables have the potential to do that. With EssilorLuxottica we have an equally ambitious partner who’ll lend their expertise and world-class brand catalogue to the first truly fashionable smart glasses,” said Andrew Bosworth, Vice President of Facebook Reality Labs.
“We are especially proud of our collaboration with Facebook, which projects an iconic brand like Ray-Ban into an increasingly digital and social future. Combining a brand that is loved and worn by millions of consumers around the globe with technology that has brought the world closer together, we can reset expectations around wearables. We are paving the way for a new generation of products destined to change the way we look at the world,” commented Rocco Basilico, Chief Wearables Officer at Luxottica.
Product name, specs, software capabilities, pricing, and other details will be shared closer to launch in 2021.
Yes, we now know the smart glasses resulting from this partnership between Ray-Ban & Facebook is called Ray-Ban Stories.
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