Developing Meta's Orion AR Glasses

Meta announced the Orion AR Glasses in September 2024. It is a time machine to demonstrate that it's possible to build an immersive augmented reality experience in a glasses form-factor. There were numerous technical challenges to make this a reality. This talk will focus on the technical innovations that went into Orion, and lessons learned for building such an ambitious product.

Speaker

Jinsong Yu

Software Engineer @Meta, Led the Development of Orion AR Glasses Software Stack, Previously @Google and @Microsoft

Jinsong Yu is a seasoned software engineer who had led the development of multiple products in Meta, Google, Microsoft, etc. Most recently in Meta, he led the software development work of the Smart Glasses (Ray-Ban Meta) and AR Glasses (Orion) project.

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Date

Monday Apr 7 / 11:45AM BST ( 50 minutes )

Location

Fleming (3rd Fl.)

Topics

augmented reality electromyography HW/SW Co-Engineering

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