Facebook and Ray-Ban have launched a range of smart glasses called Ray-Ban Stories. The glasses by Facebook and Ray-Ban come in three styles, Wayfarer, Round and Meteor, and feature a dual integrated 5Megapixel camera to capture photos and videos, discreet open-ear speakers, and a three-microphone audio array.
The glasses feature an Instant Camera Capture mode, enabling photos and up to 30-second videos to be captured instantly. A capture LED lights up when the cameras are on and photography or video recording is taking place.
They can also be voice-controlled, using commands starting “Hey Facebook” such as “Hey Facebook, take a photo” to take videos and photos hands-free.
The glasses come with a choice of lenses, including sun, prescription, polarized, gradient, ‘Transitions’ and clear.
They look like classic Ray-Bans and don’t carry any Facebook branding. They look much more like a normal pair of glasses than the various incarnations of Google Glass.
They come with a companion app, Facebook View, for iOS and Android, which enables users to import, edit, and share content captured on the smart glasses, with the ability to upload on any social app stored on the user’s phone.
