You
can’t
buy
Meta’s
most
impressive
new
product,
the
smart
glasses
codenamed
Orion.
You
might
be
able
to
buy
something
sort
of
like
them
a
few
years
from
now,
but
most
of
us
will
never
get
to
so
much
as
wear
them.
That
doesn’t
necessarily
make
them
less
impressive,
though,
or
less
important.
Orion
is
a
statement
of
purpose
from
Meta:
that
AR
glasses
really
are
the
future
and
that
we’re
eventually
going
to
get
there.
On
this
episode
of
The
Vergecast,
The
Verge’s
Alex
Heath
joins
the
show
to
tell
us
all
about
his
experience
with
Orion
—
two
hours
in
the
glasses
of
the
future,
playing
Pong
with
Meta
CEO
Mark
Zuckerberg
and
making
smoothies
and
doing
all
sorts
of
other
things.
He
also
tells
us
about
his
conversation
with
Zuckerberg
(subscribe
to
Decoder!)
about
AR,
AI,
and
the
future
of
just
about
everything.
The
occasion
for
all
this
news
was
Meta
Connect,
so
we
also
go
through
all
the
other
announcements
from
Connect.
There
are
new
smart
glasses,
new
VR
headsets,
new
celebrity
AIs
to
replace
the
old
celebrity
AIs,
voice
modes,
and
more.
But
let’s
be
honest:
we
mostly
talk
about
Orion.
It’s
either
vaporware,
a
science
project,
a
prototype,
the
unquestionable
future,
or
somewhere
in
the
center
of
the
Venn
diagram
of
all
those
things.
And
the
fact
that
they
exist
at
all
says
a
lot
about
where
we
are
in
the
evolution
of
technology.
Once
we
finally
get
done
with
Meta,
we
touch
on
all
the
executive
and
corporate
changes
going
on
at
OpenAI.
Then
it’s
time
for
a
lightning
round
in
which
we
talk
about
that
new
Jony
Ive
profile,
pixel-peep
the
PS5
Pro,
praise
Google’s
remarkable
recent
gadget
run,
and
wonder
exactly
how
many
people
are
still
using
their
Rabbit
R1.
It’s
a
lot
of
AI
gadgets
today.
If
you
want
to
know
more
about
everything
we
discuss
in
this
episode,
here
are
some
links
to
get
you
started,
beginning
with
Orion
and
Meta’s
other
new
gadgets:
And
in
other
Meta
Connect
news:
And
in
the
lightning
round:
(Originally posted by David Pierce)
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