Although they were leaked shortly before they were submitted, they have now been officially submitted. Facebook and Ray-Ban have introduced the first smart glasses on Facebook, called Ray-Ban Stories. They are roughly similar to the Snapchat Spectacle used to record videos, take pictures, answer calls, and listen to music.
The glasses have been released in the United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy and the United Kingdom, at least for now. Their price starts at 329 euros and there are 20 combinations available, all in one. After the presentations, let’s take a look at what these glasses have to offer and how they’ve addressed the issue of privacy.
Ray-Ban Stories: Fact Sheet
Ray-Ban Stories comes in three popular Ray-Ban formats: Wayfarer, Round, and Meteor, each with a wide range of five colors and lenses, namely, light, sunglasses, transitional, and graduated. Apparently, we can use these glasses as our everyday glasses.
As expected, the work done on these glasses is pretty good. At first glance they look like ordinary glasses, with the exception of two cameras, speakers, three microphones, an unspecified Snapdragon processor, a touch surface and a battery. They are slightly larger than regular glasses, but not too much.
The cameras have a resolution of five megapixels and will be used to record videos and take photos that we can share in any application (that is, they are not limited to Facebook platforms). They are optimized for motion recording and capture video stabilization, denoising, HDR and night images. In addition, Facebook has implemented a number of algorithms to improve content colors.
To record, press the physical button on one arm or say "Facebook, record a video". And where do you see the content? From Facebook View, an app available on iOS and Android that lets you edit photos and videos and share them with other apps.
In terms of battery and memory, they have the capacity to store about 500 photos and have enough autonomy, according to Facebook, to last three days. In any case, it is something that will depend on the use we make of it. The glasses are loaded through a holster, as if they were TWS headphones.
Facebook confirms that the glasses have hardware protection, such as a button that allows you to turn the cameras and microphones on and off, as well as a front LED that we record when we record what we turn on or take pictures to warn other people.
On the other hand, Facebook says that Ray-Ban Stories "includes the data necessary for the operation of the glasses, such as battery status, notification when low, email address and Facebook login password, to verify that you are when you log in to Facebook View, and your WiFi connection ". Users can choose to share more information, such as "the number of images you have taken or the time you spend recording videos," to improve the product.