- Mark Zuckerberg appeared to take a jab at Apple’s Imaginative and prescient Professional throughout Meta’s Q1 earnings name.
- The CEO stated he sees a mainstream marketplace for AI glasses with out a show.
- Meta’s sensible glasses, developed with Ray-Ban, characteristic AI, a digicam, and built-in audio system.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared to take a success at Apple’s Imaginative and prescient Professional in Meta’s first-quarter earnings name on Wednesday.
Zuckerberg stated he did not suppose augmented actuality glasses would make it within the mainstream market till it had “full holographic shows.” The remark seems to point out his skepticism of the potential success of a product like Apple’s Imaginative and prescient Professional.
“And I nonetheless suppose that that is gonna be superior and is the long-term mature state for the product,” the CEO stated. “However now, it appears fairly clear that there is additionally a significant marketplace for trendy AI glasses with out a show,” Zuckerberg stated.
Meta didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark to make clear Zuckerberg’s feedback.
Meta launched its newest model of Ray-Ban sensible glasses in September. The system has a beginning value of $299 and consists of entry to Meta AI, a digicam, the flexibility to make calls, and built-in audio system.
“Glasses are the best system for an AI assistant as a result of you may allow them to see what you see and listen to what you hear,” the CEO stated. “So their full context on what is going on on round you.”
The CEO stated he thinks the glasses have “the flexibility to be a reasonably significant and rising platform earlier than then I’d have anticipated so.”
Whereas Meta’s Quest digital actuality headset competes with Apple’s Imaginative and prescient Professional, Zuckerberg has stated earlier than that he would not think about a future of individuals strolling round with digital actuality headsets.
“That is actually not the longer term that I am hoping we get to,” Zuckerberg stated to podcast host Andrew Huberman in an interview in October 2023.
It is not the primary time the CEO has thrown shade on the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional and tried to one-up Meta’s competitor. In February, Zuckerberg posted a video of himself reviewing Apple’s competing system and stated the Quest did not simply have higher worth however that it was “the higher product interval”
Within the video, Zuckerberg additionally listed a variety of options on Meta’s Quest that he stated have been higher than the Imaginative and prescient Professional, like a brighter display screen and wider field of regard.
Zuckerberg is not the one government on the tech large to tug the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Meta’s CTO, Andrew Bosworth, beforehand stated the product was “very uncomfortable.”
