Meta's Smart Glasses Get a Display, Nvidia Partners with Intel, and Hollywood Revives Short-Form Video

Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses with Display

• 💡 Meta announced its first smart glasses with a full-color LCOS display, the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses, featuring a 20° field of view and 600x600 pixel resolution.
• 🚀 The display, located on the right lens, can reach 5,000 nits of brightness and is capable of showing small videos, messages, directions, and live captions.
• 👆 Control is managed via swipes on the frame or through a new Meta neural band that uses EMG to detect muscle movements for gestures.
• ⌚ The glasses offer 6 hours of battery life, with the charging case providing an additional 30 hours, and they will be available starting September 30th for $799.

Oakley Meta Vanguards and Audio Glasses Update

• ⛰️ New Oakley Meta Vanguards were introduced, designed for sports with features like a button for video/photos under the frame, 9 hours of battery life, 3K video, and IP67 water resistance.
• 🏃 These sports glasses can connect with Garmin wearables and Strava to display stats and performance graphics, priced at $499.
• 🎧 The Ray-Ban Meta audio-only smart glasses received an upgrade to Gen Twos, now offering 8 hours of battery life and 3K video, with a price increase to $379.

Nvidia and Intel Partnership

• 🤝 Nvidia and Intel announced a partnership where Nvidia will take a 4-5% stake in Intel, integrating Nvidia's NVLink interface into Intel CPUs for data centers.
• 💻 Intel will produce x86 CPUs specifically for Nvidia's AI infrastructure and will integrate Nvidia RTX GPU chiplets into its x86 SoCs for PCs, including gaming PCs, under the name Intel x86 RTX SOCs.
• 📈 This collaboration aims to boost Intel's sales and provide a more positive future outlook for the company, especially in the data center and gaming markets.

Hollywood's AI-Driven Short-Form Video Venture

• 🎬 A new startup called Microco is aiming to revive the short-form video market, similar to Quibi, by focusing on 1-3 minute dramas optimized for vertical phone viewing.
• 💰 Microco plans to leverage AI to significantly reduce production costs, particularly for animation, potentially lowering costs by up to 90% to around $1,500 per minute.
• 📚 They will utilize a back catalog of 71,000 titles from Cineverse and employ AI to analyze content performance to guide future production decisions.
• 📱 Unlike Quibi, Microco will not build its own platform but will distribute content across existing platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts.

Other Tech Briefs

• 🍎 Apple is reportedly working on its first foldable phones and has a software fix for reviewers noticing black spots in iPhone photos taken with bright LED sources.
• 🎧 Nothing Ear3 earbuds feature a microphone in the case for improved beamforming, usable with apps like Zoom and Teams for $179.
• ⚙️ Valve will transition its Steam app to 64-bit, discontinuing support for the 32-bit Windows version next year.
• ✍️ Microsoft is adding Copilot features like summarize, write, and rewrite to Notepad on Copilot Plus PCs, while Paint gains project file saving and an opacity slider, and the Snipping tool gets markup features.
• 🔒 A discussion on smart lock security highlighted concerns about multiple unlocking methods, with a recommendation to consult resources like the Lockpicking Lawyer for understanding vulnerabilities.