Claims

Factual · Technology

“They're not full AR glasses yet, but they let you take pictures and videos, listen to music, and take phone calls while you're out looking at the world instead of down at your phone.”

Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, keynote · 28 October 2021 · Meta (Facebook) Connect 2021 Metaverse Event Transcript (Rev)

Ray-Ban Stories are not full AR glasses but let users take pictures and videos, listen to music and take phone calls.

Resolved true The record shows it happened or was so.

Said for an organisation they lead or work for; it counts on both records.

What would count as true or false

True: as of October 2021, Ray-Ban Stories had no AR display and supported taking photos and videos, playing music and taking phone calls, as shown by product specifications or reviews. Mostly true: all of that holds except for a minor detail (for example calls only worked through a paired phone). Mixed: one of the four features named was missing. Mostly false: two or more of the features were missing. False: the product had none of these features, or was in fact full AR.

Evidence

1. Facebook Ray-Ban Stories Review PCMag · 9 September 2021

   “The Ray-Ban Stories, a pair of smart glasses made in conjunction with Facebook, attempt to stuff both audio and camera features into a pair of stylish frames (there's no AR, alas).”

2. Facebook Ray-Ban Stories Review PCMag · 9 September 2021

   “Taking pictures and video clips is easy, if slightly counterintuitive. Pressing the capture button on the right temple shoots a 30-second video, while pressing and holding the button takes a photo.”

3. Facebook Ray-Ban Stories Review PCMag · 9 September 2021

   “Aside from shooting photos and videos and listening to music, you can also make calls with the Stories.”

4. Facebook Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses review - CNBC CNBC · 9 September 2021

   “Augmented reality features, which let you overlay digital content on top of the real world, are notably absent.”

Reasoning

Two independent launch reviews say the Ray-Ban Stories had no AR: PCMag says "there's no AR" [E1] and CNBC says AR features "are notably absent" [E4]. PCMag also describes taking photos and video clips with the capture button [E2], and says that besides photos, videos and music, users can make calls with the glasses [E3]. That covers all four features plus the absence of AR. The quoted evidence does not show that calls only worked through a paired phone, which is the limit the criteria name as grounds for "mostly true", so the verdict is true.

Cite this claim

Mark Zuckerberg, “Ray-Ban Stories are not full AR glasses but let users take pictures and videos, listen to music and take phone calls.” (said 28 October 2021). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_a9792fbb0952, method 0.1.0+3f84d14d. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_a9792fbb0952