Mark Zuckerberg wants Meta’s augmented reality glasses to be the iPhone of the future

Wanting to show that his company is more innovative and future-oriented by getting rid of the Facebook name, Mark Zuckerbeg is obsessed with augmented reality glasses.

Could Meta’s AR glasses be the iPhone of the future?

Renowned tech news outlet The Verge has gained new insights from former Meta employees. According to this information, Mark Zuckerberg is very focused on augmented reality glasses. A former Meta employee stated that the project was almost driven by Zuckerberg’s ego. According to this former employee, Zuckerberg wants Meta’s AR glasses to have the same effect as the first generation iPhone.

Meta seems to have put a lot of capital into augmented reality glasses. The company plans to introduce its first-generation glasses in 2024, the second-generation glasses in 2026, and the third-generation glasses in 2028. The company is also working on a cheaper augmented reality glasses for post 2024. According to The Verge, despite all this work, Meta has not yet been able to produce a working prototype.

Meta wants to get rid of the monopoly of Google and Apple

One of the main reasons Meta is working so hard on augmented reality glasses is that the company wanting to get rid of the power of Google and Apple. The AR glasses, known as Project Nazare, will work independently of smartphones, but the company is also working on an augmented reality glasses that will work with smartphones. Meta does not expect the first-generation glasses to sell well, but plans to have millions sold before 2030. It is known that Apple and Google are also working on augmented reality glasses, and Apple’s first AR / VR glasses are expected to be introduced in 2023. Apple, which plans to replace the iPhone with increased glasses in the next 10 years, seems to have attached great importance to these projects like Meta. Let’s see if Meta can act faster than Apple and Google and play a big role in the future market.