REPORT: Meta AR glasses roadmap shows Zuckerberg pushing hard for 'iPhone moment' by 2024
Meta Platforms ( FB +0.6% ) used a February event to showcase the role of artificial intelligence in the company's future, with a nod to an eventual release of new eyeglasses tapping augmented reality (AR) - the ability to overlay information on the world a user sees around them. A new look at the company's AR roadmap shows a push to make a splash with new glasses as soon as 2024 . CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a particular interest in the product, wanting it to be "an iPhone moment," a source tells The Verge, adding "Zuck's ego is intertwined" with the glasses. It's a "holy grail" device that will mark a redefinition of people's relationship with technology, akin to the rollout of smartphones, Zuckerberg says, but the demos so far haven't been based on functioning hardware or software, suggesting the reality of that vision is some years away. The company's roadmap - for "Project Nazare" - suggests employees are racing