MetaConnect 2024 We have compiled all the key announcements made at the event. The software-focused event was generally very busy. passed.
Meta is the umbrella company behind services like WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and Threadsmade important announcements today as part of the Connect 2024 presentation launched by CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Let’s take a closer look at all the highlights of the Meta Connect 2024 event, which will come as no surprise and is centered on generative artificial intelligence:
-First in the event Meta Quest 3S mixed reality headset announced. The product, which starts at $299, will be available on October 15. The hand-tracking headset blends virtual and augmented reality and comes with standard controllers. The product, which has lower resolution screens than the Quest 3 to keep the price down, offers 2.5 hours of wireless usage. Suitable for work as well as gaming (Headsets can also be connected to Windows 11 PCs) and the product, which positions many virtual screens in front of people, comes with 128 GB of internal storage at the bottom. The 256 GB storage version of the model is sold for $ 399.
-Meta announced that they will be discontinuing the Quest Pro.
-The first open source large language model (LLM) capable of text and visual perception, Llama 3.2, has been announced. Llama 3.2 has different versions. Versions with 11 billion and 90 billion parameters are offered on the image side, and versions with 1 billion and 3 billion parameters are offered on the text side.
-You can now talk to Meta AI on WhatsApp. The company made a statement on its official blog about this issue. He conveyed: “Today we announced a new set of updates to Meta Connect that will allow you to speak to Meta AI in real time with your voice or send photos for editing. These updates will make it easier for more people to explore ideas, improve their conversations, and try new things.
Talk to me: You can now talk to Meta AI and it will respond to you. Press the waveform button to ask a question and let Meta AI explain something you’re curious about. When this feature starts rolling out, you’ll be able to choose from a variety of voice options, including celebrities from around the world.
Look at this: Now you can send Meta AI a photo and get answers about the world around you. For example, you can take a photo of a menu in a foreign language and ask for its translation, or take a photo of a plant and ask how to care for it.
Edit my photo: Meta AI can now help you edit your own photo by adding, removing, or changing things. For example, you can remove a stranger from the background or change the colors of an object to see something in a new light. “We are also expanding our business AI so that more people can get faster service when talking to a business. We are starting with thousands of businesses using the WhatsApp Business app and aim to expand these services next year.”
-New voice options have been introduced for Meta AI’s digital assistant infrastructure from celebrities such as John Cena and Judi Dench.
-Meta AI can now understand what’s in the photo you send and edit it according to your commands.
-Meta announced that they have redesigned Instagram and Facebook for Quest headsets.
-Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses have been made more capable. The glasses now analyze what they see on the camera and can, for example, make clothing recommendations to people. The glasses, which also gain real-time translation features, can scan the QR code shown to the camera and create reminders based on what they see. Meta, which has partnered with “Be My Eyes” for the glasses, makes life easier for the visually impaired. The glasses analyze the environment by looking at it and provide information by drawing power from productive artificial intelligence.
-A transparent-bodied Ray-Ban smart glasses model was also introduced as part of Meta Connect 2024. This limited-edition product reveals all the electronic components in the body.
-Meta also gave a preview of a hologram-based augmented reality glasses that it has been working on for years at the event. The prototype product, codenamed Orion, which currently looks like the one above, is not yet ready to hit the market. The model, which can bring people who are not with you to your environment virtually, is built on a completely new screen architecture. Special micro projectors that can display three-dimensional images are used here, and the holographic glasses, which have a battery integrated into their body, can be controlled by voice or hand movements. It is reported that the model will also be controlled by hand movements based on thought.
-As an additional note, Meta purchased the Threads.com domain name today.
Details are being updated…