Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, said in an interview with The Information that in 2030 people could use smart glasses as a means of “teleporting” to places like, others peoples homes. Once there, they could speak to them as if they were physically present, allowing future face-to-face meetings to be substituted for a digital headset experience.
Zuckerberg stressed that it would even help to improve the effects of climate change: “Obviously, there are going to keep on being cars and planes and all that. But the more that we can teleport around, not only are we personally eliminating commutes and stuff that’s kind of a drag for us individually, but I think that’s better for society and for the planet overall, too.”
“We talked a little bit about climate change before just being so important. People are just going to want to maybe travel a little less in the future and do it more efficiently, and be able to go places without having to take the travel or commute time.” he added.
The main technology companies such as Apple, Microsoft or Google are working on augmented reality techniques. Thanks to them, computer-generated graphics can be superimposed on real-world images. Therefore, they are all racing to find the next important interface behind the smartphone and the touch screen.
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With the information provided by the Facebook director, a normal-looking pair of computer glasses could display content alongside the real world on transparent screens.
“Rather than calling someone or having a video chat, you just kind of snap your fingers and teleport, and you’re sitting there and they’re on their couch and it feels like you’re there together,” he explained.
One of the great advantages is that, travel time could be reduced. Additionally, employees could live in less expensive areas and “basically teleport to their jobs,” Zuckerberg pointed out.
Indeed, Facebook is working with Ray-Ban to market a pair of smart glasses. As technology improves, the platform plans to launch more advanced lenses. What they currently has a for sale are virtual reality headsets: Oculus 2, which costs $300.
