At Facebook’s first big event since moving away from the Oculus brand and rebranding its AR and VR efforts as “Facebook Reality Labs,” the company kicked off with some big news.
At the fittingly virtual event, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg announced that not only will Facebook employees soon to testing Facebook’s own AR glasses prototype, part of a research initiative known as Project Aria, but that device will arrive for consumers next year.
“We don’t have a product yet to share with you today but I am excited to share that we have formed a multi-year partnership starting with building and releasing our first pair of smart glasses next year,” Zuckerberg said.
Zuckerberg also announced a multi-year partnership with luxury eyewear giant Luxottica, which owns Ray-Ban and Oakley, among many other brands. Zuckerberg suggested that the Luxottica partnership would help accommodate an array of styles and preferences that people might have for the devices.
source https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/16/facebook-ar-glasses-2021/