Orion
The AR glasses prototype a decade in the making
Latest: Developer-kit access expanding in 2026 (~$10,000/unit); consumer successor codenamed Artemis targeted for 2027
Meta's first true AR glasses, unveiled September 25, 2024 at Connect after roughly a decade of work: see-through holographic displays with an industry-leading ~70-degree field of view, a wireless compute puck, and an sEMG wristband for control — the research vehicle proving the glasses-plus-neural-interface computing platform. Never for sale; Meta calls it 'one of the most polished product prototypes we've ever developed.'
Why it matters
Meta's first true AR glasses after roughly a decade of work: see-through holographic displays with the largest field of view in the smallest AR form factor to date, a wireless compute puck and an sEMG wristband. Never sold, it proved the glasses-plus-neural-interface platform that Meta Ray-Ban Display and the planned consumer successor build on.
Facts
- ~70° diagonal FOV vs HoloLens 2's 52° and Snap Spectacles' 46° — in a glasses form factor.
- Each unit costs about $10,000 to build (silicon-carbide lenses are among the components not yet manufacturable affordably at scale, per press hands-ons).
- Previously codenamed Project Nazare.
- In 2026 Meta ships only a few hundred dev units while thousands of developers apply.
Try it yourself
Announcement (Meta Newsroom) ↗ CNBC hands-on ↗
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Sources
Meta Newsroom ↗CNBC ↗uploadvr.com ↗