Facebook announced the launch of its Ray-Ban Stories - smart glasses that give a new way to capture photos and video, share adventures and listen to music or take phone calls.
Built in partnership with Facebook and EssilorLuxottica, Ray-Ban Stories start at $299 USD and will be available for purchase in 20 style combinations online and in select retail stores in the US, as well as Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy and the UK.
Ray-Ban Stories’ dual integrated 5MP cameras let users to capture life’s moments as they happen from a unique first-person perspective. Users can easily record the world as they see it, taking photos and up to 30-second videos using the capture button or hands-free with Facebook Assistant voice commands. A hard-wired capture LED lights up to let people nearby know when they are taking a photo or video. Streamlined, open-ear speakers are built in, and Ray-Ban Stories’ three-microphone audio array delivers richer voice and sound transmission for calls and videos. Beamforming technology and a background noise suppression algorithm provide for an enhanced calling experience.
Ray-Ban Stories pairs with the new Facebook View app, so users can share their stories and memories seamlessly with friends and social media followers. The Facebook View app on iOS and Android makes it easy to import, edit and share content captured on the smart glasses to apps on your phone: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, Twitter, TikTok, Snapchat and more. Users can also save content to their phone’s camera roll and edit and share from there. And new, exclusive post-capture enhancements built into Facebook View let users create unique content to put a special spin on their posts.
