At first glance they look like ray-ban classics but in reality they take photos, record videos and allow you to start a phone call and listen to music without hands, with the voice assistant.They are the Ray-Ban Stories, the glasses born from the collaboration between Facebook and Essilorluxottica that come from today also in Italy.They cost more or less as much a stubborn glasses and aim to restore momentum to a sector, that of the Smart Glasses, of which Google has been a pioneer, who never really exploded.This wearable device has the tradition of a historical company of Made in Italy and the Basin of billions of users of the ecosystem of Mark Zuckerberg's ecosystem which aims to expand the interaction of social content outside of traditional digital contexts, such as smartphones and computers.
"It is a product that shows how consumers no longer have to choose between technology and fashion: they can live the moment and remain connected while wearing their favorite style", underlines Rocco Basilico, Chief Wearables Officer of Essilorluxottica."We are introducing a completely new way with which to remain connected to the world surrounding us - adds Andrew Bosworth, vice -president of the Facebook Reality Labs - we chose Italy among the first countries at launch because we know how much the style in everyday life countAnd how much Italians love technology ".
Ray-Ban Stories integrate two 5 megapixel cameras to the upper apices to take photos and record videos, which are managed through the new Facebook View app on iOS and Android.For registration and shooting operations there is a keyboard on the right auction, a light flashes around the two cameras to notify the people that the device is capturing the images."However, we invite users to turn off the glasses when they are closed - explains Facebook - to preserve the privacy of those around them".Once the content from glasses to the smartphone has been transferred, these can be shared on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, Twitter, Tiktok, Snapchat and the other apps already installed on the phone.By combining glasses via bluetooth with the smartphone it is also possible to make or respond to phone calls and listen to music or the audio of videos, without earphones.
Ray-Ban Stories come from today in Italy, one of the first launching countries together with the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and Canada and can be ordered on this site.They arrive in three models (Wayfarer, Meteor and Round) in various colors and lenses (alone, light, transition and graduate), and the price starts from 329 euros. Dal 13 settembre si troveranno anche presso punti vendita Luxottica Retail selezionati, tra cui Salmoiraghi & Viganò e SunglassHut.