As Android XR glasses crest the horizon, Meta is looking to improve on its Ray-Ban Display glasses, opening up support for third-party apps.
Meta announced in a blog post that developers can now build apps for the display on Meta Ray-Ban Display through both mobile apps and web apps.
Meta explains:
We’re rolling out access to the display on Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses with two build paths: for mobile apps and now for Web Apps as well, both in developer preview. You can create display experiences using familiar tools, whether you’re extending an existing iOS or Android mobile app or building something entirely new.
Availability is rolling out “over the coming weeks,” while Meta showed off a video demo of a Ray-Ban Display app that identifies flights based on what you see in your view.
This comes as Android XR is preparing to launch its first new hardware, with Samsung’s audio-only “Galaxy Glasses.” Display-equipped glasses are expected to follow later. One advantage to Android XR is that Android apps can extend to these new form factors, built on the same platform as phones and other Android form factors.
More on Smart Glasses:
- Meta’s smart glasses will watch what you eat to track nutrition data
- Meta ‘Blayzer’ and ‘Scriber’ Ray-Bans are designed for prescription lenses with slimmer design, $499 [Gallery]
- Samsung reportedly bringing Galaxy Glasses, Galaxy Watch 9 to Fold 8’s July event
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