Meta Connect 2025: Opening Keynote

What this episode is about

The opening keynote at Meta Connect 2025 focuses on the development of smart eyeglasses that integrate advanced AI capabilities to enhance personal intelligence and communication. Emphasizing the importance of design and comfort, the presentation highlights the glasses' role in delivering realistic holograms and real-time AI interactions, ensuring a seamless blend of technology and everyday wear.

Key takeaways

• Forget smartphones; AI glasses are the new pocket sidekicks, giving 'smart' a whole new meaning.
• Meta's latest tech turns ordinary socializing into an enhanced experience—who needs a quiet café when your glasses can amplify voices?
• Like a personal assistant on your face, live AI promises to redefine multitasking—it's time glasses got their moment in the sun.
• With double the battery life, these glasses might finally let users see the world without frequent 'recharging' interruptions.
• In the race for superintelligence, the everyday user wins—the glasses aim to enhance human presence, not replace it.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Mark Zuckerberg (Host) · 1 h 12 min speaking
• James Cameron (Guest) · 14 min speaking
• Buzz (Guest) · 5 min speaking
• Diplo (Guest) · 5 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 30:00 – 40:00: Ray-Ban, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, EssilorLuxottica
2. 40:00 – 50:00: Ray-Ban, Oakley, Garmin, Strava
3. 50:00 – 1:00:00: Ray-Ban, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta
4. 1:00:00 – 1:10:00: Meta, Ray-Ban, Oakley
5. 1:10:00 – 1:20:00: James Cameron, Horizon TV, Quest, Avatar Fire and Ash
6. 1:20:00 – 1:30:00: Avatar Fire and Ash, Horizon TV, Mark Zuckerberg, James Cameron

Notable quotes from "Meta Connect 2025: Opening Keynote"

• THIS IS NOW OUR THIRD YEAR SHIPPING AI PARTNER -- GLASSES WITH OUR GREAT PARTNER, ESSILORLUXOTTICA, AND THE SALES PROJECTOR WE HAVE SEEN SIMILAR.

  about EssilorLuxottica · at 34:50

• AND I WANT TO START WITH THESE, THE NEXT GENERATION OF RAY-BAN META GLASSES.

  about Ray-Ban · at 37:19

• META AI KEEPS ON GETTING BETTER.

  about Meta · at 38:10

• IT IS ANOTHER ICONIC BRAND, OAKLEY IS SYNONYMOUS WITH SPORTS FOR 50 YEARS NOW, THE ART AVAILABLE IN A NUMBER OF GREAT TELLERS.

  about Oakley · at 44:13

• I AM REALLY PROUD OF THIS, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR TEAM FOR ACHIEVING THIS.

  about Mark Zuckerberg · at 50:26

• QUEST CONTINUES TO HAVE THE VERY BEST SLATE OF VIRTUAL REALITY GAMES, WE HAVE MARVEL DEADPOOL VR, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, BATTLE MARK ALL LAUNCHING THIS FALL.

  about Quest · at 1:10:58

• JAMES CAMERON REALLY NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION.

  about James Cameron · at 1:13:44

• AND, AS A SPECIAL SURPRISE, WE HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN STUNNING 3D CLIP FROM AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH FOR EVERYONE TO CHECK OUT INTIMA STATIONS HERE FOR ATTENDEES AND.

  about Avatar Fire and Ash · at 1:25:25

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Mark Zuckerberg — Person · Main speaker (keynote presenter) · 3 mentions · first at 33:41
  He leads the on-stage product/keynote narrative about Meta’s AI glasses, VR roadmap, and partnerships, and he introduces James Cameron as a featured guest.
• James Cameron — Person · Featured guest (referenced expert / on-stage interviewee) · 4 mentions · first at 1:13:24
  He is presented as a pioneering filmmaker and technologist to validate and expand the keynote’s theme of immersive 3D storytelling and VR viewing, tying his work (Avatar) to Meta Quest/Horizon TV distribution.

Companies & orgs

• Meta — Company · Business focus · 4 mentions · first at 38:10
  Primary company discussed in the podcast, focusing on AI glasses and virtual reality technology.
• Ray-Ban — Company · Business focus · 14 mentions · first at 37:27
  Iconic brand partnered with Meta to produce AI glasses.
• Oakley — Company · Business focus · 6 mentions · first at 44:09
  Partnered with Meta to produce performance-oriented AI glasses.
• EssilorLuxottica — Company · Business focus · 1 mention · first at 34:50
  Partner with Meta in producing AI glasses.
• Garmin — Company · Business focus · 2 mentions · first at 46:26
  Partner with Meta for integrating fitness tracking with AI glasses.
  NOW IF YOU WEARING A GARMIN DEVICE, THE GLASSES WILL AUTOMATICALLY CAPTURE VIDEO WHEN YOU REACH CERTAIN SPEEDS, CERTAIN DISTANCE INTERVALS.
• Strava — Company · Business focus · 1 mention · first at 47:09
  Partner with Meta for community features in AI glasses.
  WE ARE ALSO PARTNERING WITH STRAW OF A -- A STRAVA COMMUNITY.

Products & tech

• Quest — Product · Product focus · 1 mention · first at 1:10:58
  Virtual reality headset by Meta, discussed for its gaming and content capabilities.
• Horizon TV — Product · Product focus · 4 mentions · first at 1:11:41
  New entertainment hub by Meta for immersive video content.
  WE ARE LAUNCHING A NEW ENTERTAINMENT HUB THAT WE ARE CALLING HORIZON TV.

Media & podcasts

• Avatar Fire and Ash — Media · Media focus · 4 mentions · first at 1:16:36
  Upcoming movie discussed for its immersive 3D content.

Full transcript with timestamps

4:53 MUSIC NOTES ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

31:45 MARK WE ARE READY FOR YOU. ALL RIGHT. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ HOW'S IT GOING MAN? ♪ ♪ HEY! WE WILL TALK ABOUT THESE IN A MINUTE. WELCOME TO CONNECT! ALL RIGHT! A EYEGLASSES AND VIRTUAL REALITY. OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD GREAT LOOKING GLASSES THAT DELIVER PERSONAL SUPERINTELLIGENCE, AND A FEELING OF PRESENCE USING REALISTIC HOLOGRAMS, AND THESE IDEAS COMBINED. NOW GLASSES ARE THE IDEAL FORM FACTOR FOR PERSONAL SUPERINTELLIGENCE, THEY LET YOU THEY PRESENT IN THE MOMENT WHILE GETTING ACCESS TO ALL THESE AI CAPABILITIES THAT MAKE YOU SMARTER, HELP YOU COMMUNICATE BETTER, IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY, IMPROVE YOUR CENSUS AND MORE.

34:33 GLASSES ARE THE ONLY FORM FACTOR WHERE YOU CAN LET AIC WHAT YOU SEE, HERE WHAT YOU HEAR, TALK TO YOU THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AND VERY SOON, GENERATED WHATEVER AI YOU NEED IN REALTIME. IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT A EYEGLASSES ARE TAKING OFF. THIS IS NOW OUR THIRD YEAR SHIPPING AI PARTNER -- GLASSES WITH OUR GREAT PARTNER, ESSILORLUXOTTICA, AND THE SALES PROJECTOR WE HAVE SEEN SIMILAR TO SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR CONSUMER ELECTRONICS OF ALL TIME. WE ARE FOCUSED ON DESIGNING GLASSES WITH A FEW CLEAR VALUES. NUMBER 1, THEY NEED TO BE GREAT GLASSES FIRST.

35:21 NOW BEFORE WE GET TO ANY OF THE TECHNOLOGY, THE GLASSES NEED TO BE WELL-DESIGNED AND COMFO COMFORTABLE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO WEAR GLASSES ON YOUR FACE ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, THEY NEED TO BE REFINED INTO THEIR ESTHETICS, AND THEY HAVE TO BE RIGHT. IN ADDITION TO WORKING WITH ICONIC BRANDS, WE HAVE SPENT YEARS OF ENGINEERING, OBSESSING OVER HOW TO SHAPE EVERY FRACTION OF A MILLIMETER AND A PORTION OF A GRANDMA WE CAN FROM EVERY PAIR OF GLASSES THAT WE SHIP, AND I THINK THAT SHOWS IN THE WORK. NUMBER 2. THE TECHNOLOGY AGAINST -- NEEDS TO GET OUT OF THE WAY.

36:03 THE PROMISE OF GLASSES IS TO PRESERVE THE SENSE OF PRESENCE THAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU ARE WITH OTHER PEOPLE. THIS FEELING OF PRESENCE IS A PROFOUND THING, I THINK WE HAVE LOST IT A LITTLE BIT WITH PH PHONES, AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT BACK WITH GLASSES. WHEN WE ARE DESIGNING THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, WE FOCUS ON GIVING ACCESS TO VERY POWERFUL TOOLS WHEN YOU WANT THEM, AND THEN HAVING THEM FADE INTO THE BACKGROUND OTHERWISE. NUMBER 3. TAKE SUPERINTELLIGENCE SERIOUSLY. THIS IS GOING TO BE THE MOST LIFETIMES.

36:44 AI SHOULD SERVE PEOPLE, NOT JUST BE SOMETHING THAT SITS IN A DATA CENTER AUTOMATING LARGE PARTS OF SOCIETY. WE DESIGN OUR GLASSES TO BE ABLE TO EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH NEW CAPABILITIES, AS SOON AS THEY BECOME POSSIBLE. THINK IN ADVANCE ABOUT WHAT KIND OF SENSORS WILL BE NECESSARY, WE MAKER TO SEEK AN UPDATE YOUR SOFTWARE AND MAKE YOUR GLASSES AND YOURSELF SMARTER, DIRECT AI TOWARDS WHAT MATTERS MOST IN YOUR LIFE. ALL RIGHT. WITH ALL THAT SAID, WE DO HAVE SOME NEW GLASSES TO SHOW YOU TODAY. AND I WANT TO START WITH THESE, THE NEXT GENERATION OF RAY-BAN META GLASSES.

37:34 NOW THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL, ICONIC DESIGN -- I THINK THESE ARE THE MOST POPULAR GLASSES DESIGN IN HISTORY. AND NOW WITH DOUBLE THE BATTERY LIFE -- I WEAR THEM ALL DAY, THEY NEVER RUN OUT OF BATTERY. IT HAS 3K VIDEO RECORDING, DOUBLE OUR PREVIOUS RESOLUTION FOR A SMARTER THERE -- SMARTER AND SMOOTHER VIDEO, THESE ARE ALL SHOT WITH RAY-BAN META. META AI KEEPS ON GETTING BETTER. LAST YEAR I DID THIS LIVE DATA -- DEMO TRANSLATING BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE ON STAGE, TODAY I AM EXCITED TO INTRODUCE A FEATURE WE CALL CONVERSATION FOCUS.

38:24 IT IS A NEW FEATURE COMING SOON THAT WILL BE ABLE TO AMPLIFY YOUR FRIENDS VOICES IN YOUR EAR. SO IF YOU ARE IN A NOISY RESTAURANT, YOU ARE BASICALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO TURN UP THE VOLUME ON YOUR FRIENDS OR WHOEVER YOU ARE TALKING TO.

38:46 AND CONVERSATION FOCUS, IT IS NOT ONLY GOING TO BE ON THE NEW RAY-BAN META, IT WILL BE AVAILABLE AS A SOFTWARE UPDATE ON ALL THE EXISTING RAY-BAN META'S TOO. TO SHOW THOSE, WE HAVE DONNIE AND JACK IN THE STREETS OF NEW YORK TO SHOW HOW THIS WORKS.

39:11 HELLO JOHNNY. HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? RENAISSANCE VIBES GOING ON. JACK. AT WILL BE A COUPLE OF MINUTES. AND INJURE ADVICE.

39:20 OKAY. EVERY TIME I GET MY PICTURE TAKEN, I JUST WANT TO FEEL LIKE A REGULAR PERSON --

39:32 HELLO META, START CONVERSATION FOCUS. AS SOON AS THE CAMERA COMES UP, I HAVE THIS SERIOUS DEER IN HEADLIGHTS. HOW DO I BE MORE NORMAL? HOW DO I BE MORE NATURAL?

39:45 SOMETIMES I PLAY AROUND, FIXTURES LEAVE A LITTLE BIT. LIKE NOBODY IS AROUND. ALL RIGHT! CONVERSATION FOCUS. WE ARE ALSO IMPROVING LIVE AI. AS WE OPTIMIZE BATTERY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY, META AI WILL TRANSITION FROM BEING SOMETHING THAT YOU INVOKE WHEN YOU HAVE A QUESTION, TO A SERVICE RUNNING ALL THE TIME HELPING YOU OUT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE NOT THERE YET ON ALL DAY LIVE AI. IT IS ONE OF THE MAJOR TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGES WE ARE WORKING THROUGH. BUT TODAY YOU CAN USE LIVE AI FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR. TO GET A FEELING FOR WHAT THIS IS LIKE, LET'S CUT TO CHEF JACK COMING TO US LIVE FROM KITCHEN ON META'S CAMPUS PREPARING FOR THE AFTER PARTY, HOW IS IT GOING CHEF?

40:42 WHAT DO YOU THINK? MAYBE LET'S MAKE, MAY BE AT STAKE SAWS? KOREAN INSPIRED-TYPE THING, JUST TO SHOW WHAT THE LIVE AI IS LIKE?

40:54 YEAH, LET'S TRY IT, IT IS NOT SOMETHING I HAVE MADE BEFORE. META, START LIVE AI.

41:02 STARTING LIVE AI. I LOVE THE SET UP YOU HAVE HERE WAS SOY SAUCE AND OTHER INGREDIENTS, HOW CAN I HELP?

41:13 CAN YOU HELP ME CREATE A KOREAN INSPIRED STEAK SAUCE FOR MY STEAK SANDWICH? YOU CAN CREATE A KOREAN INSPIRED STEAK SAUCE EATING SOY SAUCE.

41:21 WHAT DO I DO FIRST? YOU ALREADY COMBINED THE BASE INGREDIENTS, SO NOW ADD TO THE SAUCE.

41:38 WHAT DO I DO FIRST? YOU HAVE ALREADY COMBINED THE BASE INGREDIENTS, PREPARED TO PAY HER AND GENTLY COMBINE IT WITH THE BASED SAUCE.

41:49 I THINK THE WI-FI MAY BE MESSED UP, BACK TO YOU. MARK! IT IS ALL GOOD! IT'S THE IRONY OF THE OHL THING, YOU SPEND YEARS MAKING TECHNOLOGY AND THEN THE WI-FI KIND OF CATCHES YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYWAY, WE WILL CHECK OUT WHAT HE MADE LATER. WHEN YOU ARE BUILDING GLASSES, THERE IS AN IMPORTANT INTERSECTION BETWEEN TECHNOLOGY, FASHION AND STYLE. THAT TECHNOLOGY KEEPS GETTING MORE USEFUL, AND AS I SAID BEFORE, THESE NEED TO BE GREAT LOOKING GLASSES THAT PEOPLE LOVE TO WHERE. WE ARE RELEASING THE RAY-BAN META'S IN MORE COLOR WAVES TO MATCH HER STYLE, HERE ARE A BUNCH OF THE NEW ONES.

42:42 LAST YEAR, WITH CONNECT WE RELEASED A LIMITED EDITION FRAMES, THEY WERE PRETTY POPULAR, THE IS SOLD OUT IN A FEW DAYS. WE HAVE A NEW LIMITED EDITION TRANSPARENT MAT FRAMES WITH TWO COLORS. SO GET THEM QUICKLY BECAUSE THEY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOLD OUT IN A FEW DAYS TOO. IT HAS BEEN PRETTY FUN JUST TO SEE HOW DESIGNERS TAKEN RAY-BAN META AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. SOME OF YOU PROBABLY ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS FASHION LA LABEL, IT IS A BOLD DESIGNER BRINGING TOGETHER SPORTSWEAR AND HIGH-FASHION, RECENTLY DEBUTED A LOOK THAT CENTERED AT RAY-BAN META AT NEW YORK FASHION WEEK.

43:36 HERE TODAY ALONG WITH CHRISTIE MODELING THE LOOK THAT HE CREATED. GOOD TO SEE YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS THE NEXT GENERATION OF RAY-BAN META, WE ARE EXCITED! STARTING AT $379. ALL RIGHT. THIS SUMMER, WE LAUNCHED OUR FIRST PAIR OF AI LASSES WITH OAKLEY, THE OAKLEY META. IT IS ANOTHER ICONIC BRAND, OAKLEY IS SYNONYMOUS WITH SPORTS FOR 50 YEARS NOW, THE ART AVAILABLE IN A NUMBER OF GREAT TELLERS. TODAY I AM EXCITED TO ADD TO OUR OAKLEY COLLECTION, AND ANNOUNCE THE BRAND-NEW OAKLEY META VANGUARD. NOW THIS IS THE ICONIC OAKLEY ESTHETIC, THESE GLASSES ARE DESIGNED FOR A PERFORMANCE.

44:54 WITH THESE, WE PUSH THE BATTERY EVEN FURTHER, YOU CAN RUN A MARATHON USING THEM THE WHOLE TIME ON A SINGLE CHARGE, THEN YOU CAN TURN AROUND AND RUN ANOTHER MARATHON ON THE SAME CHARGE AND STILL NOT BE OUT OF BATTERY. THE CAMERA IS CENTERED FOR PERFECT ALIGNMENT FOR THE SHOTS, AND HAS A WIDER 122-DEGREE FIELD OF VIEW AS YOU CAN CAPTURE ALL THE THICKNESS OF YOUR ADVENTURE AND IT 3K AND VIDEO STABILIZATION. AS HE GO DOWN A TRAIL, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CAPTURE SOME REALLY GREAT VIDEOS. ALL RIGHT. THE OAKLEY SPEAKERS ARE ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL SPEAKERS WE HAVE SHIPPED YET, 6 DECIBELS LOUDER, GREAT FOR RUNNING ON A% NOISY ROAD, BIKING, 30-MILE-AN-HOUR WIND.

45:45 I TOOK A CALL ON A JET SKI A FEW WEEKS AGO, IT WAS GREAT, I CAN HEAR THE OTHER PERSON FIND OVER THE ENGINE. AND OUR ADVANCED WIND NOISE REDUCTION MAKES IT SO YOU CAN BE BASICALLY STANDING IN A WIND TUNNEL ADHERE TO THE PRESENT CLEARLY ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE PRISON HAD NO IDEA I WAS ON A JET SKI, WHICH IS GOOD. WE HAVE ADDED SLOW-MOTION AND HYPERLAPSE CAPTURE MODE, YOU CAN CAPTURE YOUR ADVENTURES IN NEW WAYS. THESE MODES ARE ALSO GOING TO BE AVAILABLE ON ALL THE NEW GLASSES WE ARE ANNOUNCING, RAY-BAN META, SAY CAN GET GREAT FOOTAGE.

46:26 WE ARE PARTNERING WITH GARMIN. AND INTRODUCING AUTO CAPTIONS. NOW IF YOU WEARING A GARMIN DEVICE, THE GLASSES WILL AUTOMATICALLY CAPTURE VIDEO WHEN YOU REACH CERTAIN SPEEDS, CERTAIN DISTANCE INTERVALS. EVERY MILE OF A MARATHON. WHEN IT'S DOWN, IT SAVES ALL THE VIDEOS AND YOU CAN OVERLAY, AND HAVE A NICE VIDEO YOU CAN SHARE ANYWHERE YOU WANT. WE ARE ALSO PARTNERING WITH STRAW OF A -- A STRAVA COMMUNITY. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE PUTTING L.E.D. IN THEM, IT CAN LIGHT UP IN YOUR PERIPHERAL VISION TO HELP KEEP YOU ON YOUR PACE TARGET OR HEART RATE ZONE TARGET, THAT WILL BE VERY USEFUL IF YOU ARE USING A GARMIN DEVICE TOO.

47:36 THESE ARE ALSO OUR MOST WATER RESISTANT GLASSES YET, WITH AN IP67 RATING, THEY CAN GET WET. I HAVE TAKEN THEM OUT SURFING, IT IS FINE, IT IS GOOD. THERE YOU GO! THEY ARE ALSO DESIGNED WITH SWAPPABLE OAKLEY PRIZM SHIELD LENSES FOR DIFFERENT LIGHT CONDITIONS CUT DIFFERENT STYLES, YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE THIS ICONIC DESIGN HOWEVER YOU WANT. I THINK THESE ARE PRETTY AWESOME, I'M EXCITED FOR YOU TO CHART -- TRY THEM OUT, TAKE THEM A TEST, WE GAVE THEM TO OUR FRIENDS AT RED BULL, SO CHECK THIS OUT. ♪ ♪

48:28 HEY META, WHAT IS THE WORLD RECORD FOR THE LONGEST WAKEBOARD SLIDE? HEY META, WHAT IS THE SPEED% LIMIT?

48:42 130 KILOMETRES AN HOUR. HEY META, START RECORDING. LET'S HAVE SOME FUN! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

49:04 IT YOUR CURRENT SPEED IS 103 KILOMETRES AN HOUR. HEY META, RECORD SLOW-MOTION. ♪ ♪

49:23 THESE GLASSES ARE PERFECTLY FIT AMAZING. ♪ ♪ OAKLEY MEADOWVALE TO CONGRESS ON THEM FOR $499, PREORDER STARTS NOW, WE WILL SHIP THEM OCTOBER 21ST -- OAKLEY META VANGUARD. ALL RIGHT. NOW LET'S CHECK OUT OF THOSE GLASSES I WALKED ONSTAGE WITH. * WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON GLASSES FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS NOW. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL MOMENTS WHERE WE GET TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING THAT WE POURED A LOT OF OUR LIVES IN, AND SOMETHING I THINK IS DIFFERENT FROM ANYTHING I HAVE SEEN ANYWHERE ELSE. I AM REALLY PROUD OF THIS, AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR TEAM FOR ACHIEVING THIS.

50:33 THIS IS META RAY-BAN DISPLAY. THESE ARE GLASSES WITH THE CLASSIC STYLE YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM RAY-BAN, BUT THEY ARE THE FIRST AI GLASSES WITH A HIGH-RESOLUTION DISPLAY. AND, A WHOLE NEW WAY TO INTERACT WITH THEM. THE META NEURAL BAND, THIS GUY. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS NOT A PROTOTYPE, THIS IS HERE, IT IS READY TO GO, AND YOU CAN BUY THEM IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. ALL RIGHT. SO, WHAT IS NEW HERE? THEY ARE TWO KEY INNOVATIONS, THE DISPLAY AND THE NEURAL INTERFACE. THE DISPLAY IS LARGE ENOUGH TO WATCH A VIDEO OR READ THE THREAT OF MESSAGES, IT APPEARS IN ONE EYE, IT IS SLIGHTLY OFF-CENTER SO IT DOES NOT BLOCK YOUR VIEW, AND IT DISAPPEARS AFTER A FEW SECONDS WHEN IT IS NOT IN USE SO DOES NOT DISTRACT YOU.

51:49 IT IS VERY HIGH-RESOLUTION AND VERY BRIGHT. I MEAN LIKE 42 PIXELS PER DEGREE, SHARPER THAN ANY MAJOR HEADSET OUT THERE, AND UP TO 5000 NEXT OF A BRIGHTNESS IT IS CRISP WEATHER YOU ARE INDOORS OR OUTDOORS ON THE SUNNIEST DAY. THIS REQUIRED A CUSTOM LIGHT ENGINE, WAVEGUIDE TO DELIVER THIS, A LOT OF AWESOME TECHNOLOGY. THEN THERE IS THE NEURAL INTERFACE. EVERY NEW COMPUTING PLATFORM HAS ANY WEIGHT TO INTERFACE. SO FOR THE GLASSES, WE ARE REPLACING THE KEYBOARD, MOUSE, TOUCHSCREEN BUTTONS DIALS WITH THE ABILITY TO SEND SIGNALS FROM YOUR BRAIN WITH LITTLE MUSCLE MOVEMENTS THAT THE NEURAL BAND WILL PICK UP, YOU CAN SILENTLY CONTROL YOUR GLASSES WITH BARELY PERCEPTIBLE MOVEMENTS.

52:52 THE META NEURAL BAND IS A HUGE SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH. WE HAVE BUILT A NEURAL INTERFACE INTO A DURABLE, LIGHTWEIGHT, COMFORTABLE AND GOOD-LOOKING WRISTBAND WITH 18 HOURS OF BATTERY LIFE AND IS WATER RESISTANT. NOW, I WANT TO GET INTO THIS IN MORE DETAIL, WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS, THE SLIDES OR THE LIVE DEMO. LET'S DO IT LIVE! ALL RIGHT! NOW, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND FREQUENT THINGS THAT WE ALL DO ON OUR PHONES IS SEND MESSAGES. WHEN WE WERE DESIGNING THESE META RAY-BAN'S, WE WANTED TO MAKE IT REALLY EASY TO SEND AND RECEIVE MESSAGES.

53:51 AND LOOK, HE IS MESSAGING ME RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT. NOW OKAY, I CAN GO AHEAD AND DICTATED WITH MY VOICE, I CAN SEND A VOICE CLIP, BUT I HAVE THIS NEURAL BAND, AND IT IS SILENT. AND NOW, A LOT OF TIME THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND, SO IT IS GOOD TO JUST BE ABLE TO TYPE WITHOUT ANYBODY SEEING, AND -- I AM UP TO ABOUT 30 WORDS A MINUTE ON THIS, YOU CAN GET PRETTY FAST. WANT TO TRY A VIDEO CALL -- I THINK WE SHOWED. WHAT DO YOU THINK? ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I THINK OUR CALL WILL BE COMING IN ANY MOMENT NOW.

54:56 WHATSAPP VIDEO CALL. THERE WE GO. THAT'S TOO BAD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. MAYBE YOU CAN TRY CALLING ME AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MIST VIDEO CALL -- ALL RIGHT, I'M JUST GOING TO PICK THAT UP WITH MY NEURAL B BAND. THIS IS... YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENS. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU THINK. LET'S JUST GO AHEAD --

55:43 WHATSAPP VIDEO CALL. ALL RIGHT, LET'S TRY AGAIN. AND IF NOT, WE WILL GO FOR THE LAST ONE CONTENT. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BUZZ COME OUT HERE AND WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT THING, AND HOPE THAT WILL WORK.

56:30 NOW, BUZZ IS GOING TO COME OUT AND HE WILL NEED SOME WALK OUT MUSIC, ESPECIALLY AFTER THAT. I WILL NOW BE ABLE TO OPEN UP META AI WITH A SUBTLE TAP THAT YOU PROBABLY WILL NOT SEE, PLAY "CALIFORNIA DREAMING."

56:57 FROM SPOTIFY, HERE IS CALIFORNIA DREAMING BY THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS. IF I WANT TO ADDRESS THE VOLUME, I CAN BRITANNIC THERE IS A VOLUME CONTROL IN FRONT OF ME -- THERE WE GO. ♪ ♪

57:20 THIS WI-FI IS BRUTAL. I DON'T KNOW. WE WILL DEBUG THAT LATER. YOU PRACTICE THESE THINGS 100 TIMES.

57:32 MY TEAM HAS TO GO DEBUG ON THE STAGE. WE WILL TAKE A VIDEO LATER AND SHOW THE VIDEO THAT WAY. ALL RIGHT. WHAT SHOULD WE SHOW? WE TALKED ABOUT CONVERSATION FOCUSED EARLIER, AND HOW NOW WITH THE RAY-BAN AT MAX, THEY CAN TURN UP THE VOLUME ON A FRIEND, BUT HERE YOU CAN DO SOMETHING EVEN BETTER. YOU CAN PUT SUBTITLES ON THE WORLD. YOU WANT TO CHECK THIS OUT?

58:01 READY. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, WHEN I WATCH TV -- THAT'S MY FAULT. ALL GOOD. OKAY, WE ARE GOOD NOW.

58:13 REALLY LIVE WITH. WHEN I WATCH TV, I ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE THE SUBTITLES ON, I CAN HEAR FINE BUT I FIND IT EASIER TO FOLLOW ALONG. IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH HEARING, I THINK THIS WILL BE A GAME CHANGER.

58:40 I AGREE, IT CAN ALSO DO TRANSLATION, IF I'M TALKING TO SOMEBODY DOING A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE, I WILL GET A TRANSLATION IN MY NATIVE LANGUAGE. REAL-LIFE SUBTITLES.

58:49 THERE WE GO. EVERYBODY WHO LOVES THE RAY-BAN AT MAX, THE NUMBER 1 REQUEST IS SEE THE PICTURE BEFORE THEY TAKE IT, AND BEFORE THEY SHARED. WITH THE VIEWFINDER WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO DO THAT.

59:05 LET'S GO AHEAD AND PULL OFF THE CAMERA, I HAVE A LOT OF MISSED CALLS FROM YOU. I WAS TRYING TO CALL YOU, WERE YOU BUSY?

59:16 YOU HAVE SOME SICK SHOES. ALL RIGHT, TAKE SOME PHOTOS. SHOULD I TAKE A VIDEO JUST BECAUSE WE MISSED THAT OPPORTUNITY BEFORE? SAY HELLO. THERE WE GO.

59:31 I HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW T THEM. DO YOU WANT TO SHOW THE CASE? NICE AND FLAT, FITS IN YOUR POCKET, FITS IN YOUR BAG. POPS OPEN, CHARGING MODE.

59:46 THERE YOU GO. TAKE PHOTOS REALLY SIMPLY, THEN I CAN GO AHEAD AND BROWSE THROUGH THEM AND LOOK AT THEM AFTER. NICE HIGH-RESOLUTION DISPLAY. TOTALLY DO VIDEO CHATS, WATCH THE VIDEOS ON YOUR CAMERA THE ONE THAT IS WHAT MY FACE WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE IF THE VIDEO CALL CAME THROUGH.

1:00:16 A PRETTY GOOD SPEED RUN, THAT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN GET. ALL RIGHT,, SEE YOU IN A MINUTE. ALL RIGHT. YOU GET A SENSE OF HOW THE META DISPLAYS AND THE NEURAL BAND COME TOGETHER TO ENABLE AMAZING NEW THINGS. THE LAST THING I WANT TO SHOW IS A GLIMPSE OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK WITH AI. THE BASIC IDEA HERE IS, WE ALL HAVE DOZENS OF CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, IF YOU OR ANYTHING LIKE ME, IN EVERY CONVERSATION THERE IS NORMALLY FIVE THINGS YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON, MAY BE SOMETHING YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO, A CONVERSATION THAT REMINDED YOU YOU HAD TO HAVE A, MAYBE SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING YOU WERE NOT SURE ABOUT AND WANTED TO CONFIRM OR WANT MORE CONTEXT ON.

1:01:12 IT IS TOUGH TO FOLLOW UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONVERSATION. IF YOU'RE ANYTHING LIKE ME, YOU PROBABLY DON'T AND JUST FORGET A LOT OF THESE THINGS. THE PROMISE OF GLASSES AND AI IS THEY WILL HELP WITH THIS OVER TIME. YOU START LIVE AI SESSION, AND THE GLASSES WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT YOU SEE, HERE WHAT YOU HEAR, AND GO OFF AND THINK ABOUT IT AND THEN GO, COME BACK AND HELP YOU. THIS ONE IS INHERENTLY HARDER TO SHOW, IT IS NONDETERMINISTIC, WE WILL ROLL OUT A LOT OF THESE FEATURES OVER THE COMING MONTHS. WE PUT TOGETHER A VIDEO OF WHAT THIS WILL BE LIKE, LET'S CHECK THIS OUT.

1:01:52 THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M SO GLAD HE REACHED OUT! HEY! YEAH, I WAS HOPING YOU CAN HELP ME ON THIS BOARD AND BUILDING FOR MY BROTHER.

1:02:06 OF COURSE, META START LIVE AI. MY BROTHER NEED SOMETHING WITH A WIDE TAIL TO CATCH WAVES BY THE PERFORMANCE OF A NARROW TALE.

1:02:17 WHAT ABOUT A SWALLOW TALE SHAPE? THAT IS GREAT. IT THREE THAT MAKE IT EASIER TO TURN.

1:02:25 I LOVE THAT! HE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAWAII IN THE SPRING. DO YOU THINK YOU WILL HAVE IT FINISHED BY THEN? THE ONE A FEW WEEKS AGO THE SUPPLY CONFIRMED THEY WILL BE HERE IN OCTOBER.

1:02:38 GREAT NEWS, WOULD IT BE TOO TAKE? AFTER DOUBLE CHECK TO BE S SURE. THAT WOULD REALLY HELP. ♪ ♪

1:02:57 OKAY, GOOD TO GO. NICE! I WILL UPDATE THE DESIGNS AND LET'S CATCH SOME WAVES SOON! HE WENT LET'S DO IT, I WILL HIT YOU UP!

1:03:05 YOU HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND! ♪ ♪ ALL RIGHT! THERE YOU HAVE IT, THE NEXT CHAPTER IN THE EXCITING STORY OF THE FUTURE OF COMPUTING. WE HAVE META RAY-BAN DISPLAY, OUR FIRST AI GLASSES WITH HIGH-RESOLUTION DISPLAY, AND THE META NEURAL BAND, THE WORLD FIRST MAINSTREAM NEURAL INTERFACE. THE GLASSES ARE GOING TO COME IN TWO COLORS, BLACK AND SAND. THEY ALSO ALL COME WITH TRANSITION, YOU CAN WEAR THEM INDOORS, THEY TURN INTO SUNGLASSES OUTSIDE, AND YOU CAN BUY THIS SET FOR $799 IN STORES, WERE YOU CAN GET DEMOS AS WELL ON SEPTEMBER 30TH.

1:04:06 ALL RIGHT! THERE YOU GO! *. ALL RIGHT, PEOPLE ARE ALREADY GETTING A LOT OF TEXT MESSAGES THROUGH THEM. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS OUR FAULT 2025 GLASSES LINE, WE GOT THE NEXT GENERATION OF RAY-BAN META, INCLUDING OUR SPECIAL ADDITION, THE OAKLEY META-THAT WE RELEASED IN THE SUMMER, OAKLEY META VANGUARD AND NOW THE META RAY-BAN DISPLAY. THOSE ARE OUR FALL 2025 GLASSES. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON! NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN AI AND VIRTUAL REALITY. WE WANT TO BRING ABOUT A FUTURE WHERE ANYBODY CAN DREAM UP ANY EXPERIENCE THAT YOU CAN THINK OF AND THEN JUST CREATE.

1:05:25 WITH AI WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THIS A LITTLE BIT WITH WRITING, PHOTOS, EVEN THE EARLY PART OF VIDEOS. BOTCHED PRETTY SOON I THINK PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO CREATE ENTIRELY NEW IMMERSIVE AND INTERACTIVE TYPES OF CONTENT, WHOLE WORLD, GAMES, CARICATURES, ARTS, HOLOGRAMS THAT COMPLEMENT THE PHYSICAL OBJECT AROUND YOU. THIS IS A BIG DEAL, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW CREATING THIS TYPE OF 3D IMMERSIVE INTERACTIVE CONTENT IS HARD. IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GRADE GREAT VIRTUAL OR AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT, THAT IS WHAT IS HOLDING BACK THE ECOSYSTEM.

1:06:07 BUT WE ARE NOT FAR FROM BEING ABLE TO CREATE THIS TYPE OF CONTENT JUST AS EASILY AS HE WOULD PROMPT META AI TODAY. I THINK THIS WILL TRANSFORM NOT JUST VIRTUAL REALITY, BUT ALSO THE KIND OF CONTENT YOU CAN GET ON GLASSES, AND CONTENT YOU SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND EXPERIENCES LIKE FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. TODAY WE ARE TAKING A FEW BIG STEPS IN THIS DIRECTION. FIRST, META HORIZON. OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE RELEASED A NUMBER OF AI TOOLS TO GENERATE TYPESCRIPT, AUDIO, SKYBOXES AND MORE, SO CREATORS CREATE HIGHER-QUALITY WORLDS IN A FRACTION OF THE TIME.

1:06:59 SOON, META HORIZON STUDIO WILL CREATE AN AI ASSISTANT THAT WILL STITCH TOGETHER ALL THESE DIFFERENT TOOLS, AND FURTHER SPEED UP THE CREATION PROCESS USING JUST SIMPLE TEXT BOX. POWERING THIS IS OUR BRAND-NEW META HORIZON ENGINE. NOW THIS IS A NEW ENGINE THAT WE HAVE SPENT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BUILDING FROM SCRATCH TO REPLACE THE UNITY, WHICH WAS GREAT BUT WAS NOT BUILT FOR THIS CASE. THIS ENGINE IS FULLY OPTIMIZED LIFE, IT IS MUCH FASTER, PERFORMANCE AND LOADING THINGS, BETTER GRAPHICS, EASIER TO CREATE WITH. NOW YOU CAN CREATE INFINITE, CONNECTED SPACES THAT LOOK WAY, WAY BETTER WITH REALISTIC PHYSICS AND INTERACTIONS.

1:08:02 NOW TO CHECK THIS OUT, WHAT THIS ENGINE CAN DO, LET'S WALK THROUGH THE NEW EXPERIENCES WE ARE ROLLING OUT. FIRST, THE GRAPHIC FIDELITY MEANS THE HYPERSPACE CASES -- HYPERLAPSE SPACES ARE REALLY QUITE SOMETHING. I HAVE SHOWN A PROTOTYPE OF THIS LAST YEAR, TODAY WE ARE ROLLING OUT EARLY ACCESS TO HYPERIS CAPTURE -- HYPERSCAPE -- YOU CAN SCANNED THE ROOM AND JUST IN A FEW MINUTES TURN IT INTO AN IMMERSIVE, TRUE TO LIFE WORLD. PRETTY AWESOME. NOW EVENTUALLY YOU CAN SEAMLESSLY BLEND HYPERSCAPE INTO HORIZON AND HAVE THEM BE CONNECTED TOO.

1:08:58 THIS IS OUR NEW IMMERSIVE HOME, RENDERED ENTIRELY AND META HORIZON ENGINE. VISUALLY, A BIG STEP FORWARD FROM WHERE WE HAVE BEEN. THERE IS NO EIFFEL TOWER HERE. YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE YOUR HOME, YOU CAN PIN DIFFERENT APPS TO THE WALL, LIKE THIS INSTAGRAM APP AUTOMATICALLY RENDERS YOUR POSTS FROM CREATORS AND FRIENDS IN A 3D, WHICH IS PRETTY AWESOME. YOU CAN ALSO JUMP STRAIGHT FROM YOUR HOME TO A SERIES OF INTERCONNECTED WORLDS. WITH A NEW ENGINE MAKES IT FOUR TIMES FASTER TO LOAD AND RENDER NEW WORLDS, SO NOW IT IS A FEW SECONDS.

1:09:39 IT'S MORE LIKE LOADING A WEB PAGE THAN LOADING AN ENTIRE NEW GAME, WHICH MAKES IT A WHOLE LOT EASIER TO CREATE THIS INTERCONNECTED METAVERSE. HORIZON ENGINE ALSO ENABLES MUCH GREATER CONCURRENCY AND MANY MORE PEOPLE TO BE IN THE SAME WORLD AT THE SAME TIME. WE NOW SUPPORT FIVE TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE IN THE SAME WORLD COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS ENGINE. THAT IS GOING TO ENABLE A LOT OF NEAT THINGS. THAT SAY YOU WANT TO HEAD OVER TO THE NEW ARENA TO SEE A CONCERT, OR YOU WANT TO WATCH THIS CONNECT KEYNOTE LIVE, YOU WILL GO THERE AND SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE.

1:10:22 THEY ARE ALIVE AND YOU CAN INTERACT WITH THEM. ANYWAY. THIS IS META HORIZON STUDIO AND META HORIZON ENGINE, FOUNDATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE METAVERSE, THEY WILL ENABLE INTERACTIVE AND IMMERSIVE WORLDS ACROSS ALL OF OUR PRODUCTS, STARTING WITH VIRTUAL REALITY, AND THEN ONE DAY, COMING TO YOUR GLASSES AND COMING TO SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL.

1:10:54 ALL RIGHT! LAST THING I WANT TO COVER. QUEST CONTINUES TO HAVE THE VERY BEST SLATE OF VIRTUAL REALITY GAMES, WE HAVE MARVEL DEADPOOL VR, "DUNGEONS & DRAGONS", BATTLE MARK ALL LAUNCHING THIS FALL. IT ALSO HAS -- IT'S VERY NEED TO SEE HOW WE PEOPLE ARE USING QUEST TO WATCH VIDEO CONTENT, A LOT MORE IMMERSIVE. WE THINK THAT THIS CATEGORY, WATCHING VIDEO CONTENT, WILL BE A HUGE CATEGORY. BOWS IN VIRTUAL REALITY HAD SAID AND ON GLASSES. WE ARE LAUNCHING A NEW ENTERTAINMENT HUB THAT WE ARE CALLING HORIZON TV. AND WE ARE WORKING WITH A BUNCH OF GREAT PARTNERS TO INCLUDE A BUNCH OF MOVIES AND TV AND LIVE SPORTS AND MUSIC.

1:11:57 I AM EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT DISNEY+ IS COMING TO HORIZON TV, AND BRINGING CONTENT FROM HULU AND ESPN. WE ARE ALSO PARTNERING WITH UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, UNIVERSAL PICTURES, AND ICONIC HORROR COMPANY, AS YOU CAN WATCH HORROR MOVIES LIKE LACK PHONE OR M3GAN WITH 3D SPECIAL EFFECTS WILL NOW TAKE OVER YOUR SPACE. HORIZON TV ALSO SUPPORTS DOLBY ATMOS AND DOBIE VISION, RICH COLORS, CRISP DETAILS FOR A MORE OVERT -- IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE -- DOLBY VISION. ALL RIGHT. I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THESE NEW TECHNOLOGIES WILL UNLOCK FOR ARTISTS AND ENTERTAINMENT.

1:12:51 I THINK THE SHIFT TOWARDS MORE IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING, 3D STORYTELLING, WILL BE ONE OF THE MORE EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE COMING YEARS. I THINK IT WILL DRIVE A NEW WAVE OF ADOPTION OF VIRTUAL REALITY AND GLASSES. SO, I WANTED TO CLOSE TODAY BY HEARING FROM THE PIONEER OF IMMERSIVE, CUTTING EDGE STORYTELLING WITH CGI, 3D FILMMAKING AND MORE, PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOME TO THE STAGE, LEGENDARY FILMMAKER JAMES CAMERON, ALONG WITH BUZZ. THANK YOU!

1:13:41 ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MARK. JAMES CAMERON REALLY NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. I'M GOING TO TRY OUT OF RESPECT. THE MOST FAMOUS FILMMAKER, UNPRECEDENTED HIT RATE IN HOLLYWOOD, BUT ALSO, AND CRITICALLY FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP, A REAL PIONEER IN TECHNOLOGY. CONSISTENTLY PUSHING THE TECHNOLOGY HE NEEDS TO FULFILL HIS CREATIVE VISION. AS MARK SAID, WHETHER THAT BE IN 3D STORYTELLING OR EVEN BUILDING A SUBMARINE. HE'S ON THE WHOLE RANGE. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO CONNECT. WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.

1:14:13 IT'S A HUGE HONOR. SUCH A BIG DAY FOR YOU GUYS. I'M GLAD YOU WERE ABLE TO SQUEEZE ME IN. APPRECIATE IT.

1:14:21 ANY TIME, REALLY. YOU AND I HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT YOUR PASSION FOR 3D FILMMAKING AND IT GOES BACK A LONG WAYS, TWO DECADES. TALK TO ME ABOUT WHERE THAT COME FROM AND WHY HE BELIEVES STRONGLY IN THIS.

1:14:31 I HAVE SPENT MY FILMMAKING CAREER TRYING TO REALLY ENGAGE PEOPLE, DRAW THEM IN, GET THEM INVOLVED IN THE STORY ON THE CHARACTERS. I WAS FIRST EXPOSED TO 3D FILMMAKING IN THE 19 -- 1998, I THINK. AND IT WAS MASSIVE SOME CAMERAS, FOR UNIVERSAL FOR A RIDE SHOW. I THOUGHT, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS BETTER. AND WHEN DIGITAL CAMERAS CAME ALONG I WAS A SUPER EARLY ADOPTER. GEORGE LUCAS AND THEN ME, AND THAT WAS IN '99, 2000. AND I SAID, WHY CAN'T WE SLAP TWO OF THESE THINGS SIDE-BY-SIDE AND MAKE 3D? IT TURNED OUT TO BE A LOT MORE COLLOCATED THAN THAT.

1:15:09 25 YEARS LATER I AM PLEASED TO SAY I'VE GOT A GREAT 3D TEAM AND WE HAVE MADE -- NOT ONLY MY FILMS, WE HAVE MADE 3D CAMERAS AVAILABLE TO A LOT OF OTHER FILMMAKERS, DOING CONCERT FILMS AND SPORTS FOR TV, WHICH DIDN'T LAST LONG, AND LOTS OF BIG MOVIES. RIDLEY SCOTT, THAT SORT OF THING. I LOVE 3D PERSONALLY, I LOVE AUTHORING IN IT AND I LOVE SEEING THE END RESULT WHEN IT'S DONE PROPERLY, AND IT'S HOW WE PERCEIVE THE WORLD. WHY DO WE THROW AWAY 50% OF OUR DATA AND SEE EVERYTHING THROUGH A SINGLE EYE? IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.

1:15:54 AND SOME OF THE NEW STUFF COMING DOWN THE LINE. I THINK WE ARE LOOKING AT A FUTURE THAT IS ALL NEW DISTRIBUTION MODEL WHERE WE HAVE THEATER GRADE 3D. A SICKLY ON YOUR HEAD.

1:16:12 YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW -- WHEN WE FIRST MET YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW VISUAL FIDELITY MATTERS TO YOU IN THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE SCREEN AND THE FULLNESS OF THE EFFECT YOU'RE GETTING FROM IT. FOR A LONG TIME THE HEADSETS WEREN'T THERE. THEY WEREN'T EVEN AS GOOD AS TV LET ALONE THE THEATER. NOW WE ARE SEEING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PUT THE HEADSET ON. YOU'VE BEEN WORKING SO HARD NOW ON "AVATAR: FIRE -- "COMING IN DECEMBER. YOU'VE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO SEE SOME OF THESE PIECES IN HEADSET AND YOU HAD A PRETTY SURPRISING REACTION.

1:16:44 HE SAID THAT'S HOW YOU THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE SEEN. I'VE BEEN FIGHTING SO HARD WITH MOVIE THEATERS TO GET THE BRIGHTNESS LEVELS UP, TO INSTALL LASER PROJECTION, BUT THEY ARE CAUGHT IN AN EARLIER PARADIGM. NO BUSINESS CAN SURVIVE BEING STUCK IN TECHNOLOGY 15 YEARS O OLD. SO WHEN I PUT ON THE QUEST 3 AND I SAW SOME OF MY OWN CONTENT, WHICH I KNEW, BECAUSE I HAD THIS BASELINE CALIBRATION AND I KNOW WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE, TO SEE IT AT LIGHT LEVELS BEYOND THE STANDARD FOR THEATER PRODUCTION, THE BEST YOU WILL SEE IS 16-FOOT LAMBERTS, MOST ARE AT 3-FOOT LAMBERTS, WHICH IS THE THEATER VERSION.

1:17:30 A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE GOOGLING FOOT LAMBERTS RIGHT N NOW. AND THE QUEST IS THAT THE 30-FOOT LAMBERT EQUIVALENT, SO THAT IS ON AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE BRIGHTER. THE BRIGHTNESS GIVES YOU THE DYNAMIC RANGE, THE COLOR SPACE, AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE. AND THAT IS SO MUCH MORE ENGAGING. THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IN THE QUEST SERIES TO EXPAND THE FIELD OF VIEW, TO GET THE BRIGHTNESS, TO GET THE SPATIAL RESOLUTION, TO ME IT'S LIKE BEING IN MY OWN PRIVATE MOVIE THEATER.

1:18:04 I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IT'S HAPPENING NOW. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF AN IDEA. WE NEVER QUITE GOT IT TOGETHER. I LOVE THE RESPONSE THAT WE GOT FROM THE AUDIENCE WHO KNOW THIS. WE'VE NEVER PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. I THINK THE DIFFERENCES WE FINALLY HAVE THE DISPLAYS TO DO IT. HAVE SOMETHING TO OF OFFER THATV CAN'T NECESSARILY RIVAL.

1:18:25 EXACTLY. YOU MOSTLY LOOK AT FLAT DISPLAYS. PHONES, LAPTOPS, WALL PANELS, ALL THAT SORT OF THING. THIS IS GOING TO BE A NEW AGE, BECAUSE WE EXPERIENCE THE WORLD IN 3D, OUR BRAINS ARE WIRED FOR IT, OUR VISUAL BIOLOGY IS WIRED FOR IT, AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVE THAT THERE IS MORE EMOTIONAL ENGAGEMENT, MORE SENSE OF PRESENCE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO WATCH A BLUMHOUSE HORROR FILM, YOUR FIGHT OR FLIGHT REFLEX IS MORE ENGAGED. HOPEFULLY IF YOU'RE WATCHING A LOVE STORY YOU WILL CRY AN EXTRA TEAR OR SO. I DON'T KNOW HOW MEASURABLE IT IS IN HARD METRICS, BECAUSE IT IS A BIT SUBJECTIVE, BUT I WANT TO SAY MAYBE 20% MORE ENGAGEMENT.

1:19:10 MY VISION IS A STEREO UBIQUITY FUTURE WHERE ALL OF OUR FEEDS, OUR NEWS, OUR ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT, OUR LIVE STUFF --

1:19:21 SPORTS. SPORTS, OF COURSE. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WRITING SOME AMAZING UIs FOR SPORTS. I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT. THE POINT IS --

1:19:32 CAN'T TAKE THIS GUY ANYWHERE. NOBODY IN THIS ROOM CAN SAY A WORD OKAY? I TRUST YOU GUYS. BUT IT IS ALL IMMINENT. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS PIE-IN-THE-SKY DOWN THE LINE. I THINK OUR TASK -- THE REASON WE HAVE PARTNERED, AND IT IS UNDER -- IF I CAN SAY THAT, IT'S UNDER BOB MORGAN AND SARAH, OUR GIG RIGHT NOW --

1:20:06 THERE THEY ARE. OUR GIG RIGHT NOW IS TO GET OTHER FILMMAKERS AND SHOW RUNNERS. BY THE WAY, I THINK EPISODIC TELEVISION, SHORT FORM AND LONG FORM, I THINK THAT'S THE LOW-HANGING FRUIT THAT PEOPLE HAVE HISTORICALLY IGNORED, BECAUSE SO MUCH 3D CONTENT WHICH IS MADE FOR MOVIES. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT "AVATAR." I CAN'T MAKE MOVIES FAST ENOUGH TO FEED THIS PIPELINE. WHAT WE DO AT LIGHT STORE VISION, MY 3D COMPANY, WE BUILD CAMERAS AND SYSTEMS AND NETWORKING TOOLS TO GIVE TO OTHER FILM -- NOT GIVE, TO SUPPLY TO OTHER FILMMAKERS.

1:20:38 TO GENEROUSLY HELP. FOR ONLY A SMALL FEE. FOR A SMALL FEE. OTHER FILMMAKERS AND SHOW RUNNERS AND BROADCASTERS AND SO ON, TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THIS AVALANCHE OF CONTENT THAT THERE WILL BE AN ENORMOUS DEMAND FOR.

1:20:54 THIS IS THE THING THAT I THINK IS UNDERAPPRECIATED. YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN, OVER TIME, THE COST IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO BUILD THESE KINDS OF PRODUCTION SO THEY CAN BE DONE MUCH MORE CONVENTIONALLY. YOU ARE DOING -- WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE FIRST "AVATAR --"

1:21:09 IT'S A BAD EXAMPLE. EVERYTHING IS HARD AND EVERYTHING IS EXPENSIVE. TRYING TO BRING IT INTO CONVENTIONAL PRODUCTIONS, THAT PEOPLE DOING ANY KIND OF PRODUCTION ARE ABLE TO BRING THIS RICH OF AN EXPERIENCE TO THEIR AUDIENCE WHO WANTS TO INVEST IN IT.

1:21:21 SURE. IT'S NOT JUST BRINGING DOWN THE HARDWARE BUT IT'S MAKING THE HARDWARE SMARTER, A LOT OF SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS AND DOWNSTREAM DIGITAL SOLUTIONS AND SO ON. WE WANT TO MAKE THIS STUFF SO IDIOT PROOF THAT WE CAN PUT A PRODUCTION CAMERA OR PRODUCTION SYSTEM IN THE HANDS OF ANYBODY, ANYWHERE, AND IT'LL TAKE CARE OF THE DECISION-MAKING AROUND WHAT MAKES GOOD STEREO. WHAT MAKES IT EASY ON OUR EYES, EASY ON OUR BRAINS, WHERE WE ARE NOT GETTING EYESTRAIN ARE ALL THOSE THINGS. IT'S TAKEN US 25 YEARS TO FIGURE OUT THE KIND OF ALGORITHM FOR THAT.

1:21:50 WE WANT TO MAKE IT AND BUILD IT INTO THIS GEAR AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE, AND THEN THAT WILL ENABLE -- I CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF FAST ENOUGH, BUT THERE'S THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PRODUCING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOURS A YEAR OF CONTENT, AND IT WILL FLOW ACROSS YOUR DEVICES.

1:22:09 YOU CAN THINK ABOUT GOING FROM AUTOFOCUS, THE ABILITY -- YOUR OCULAR DISTANCE CAN BE AUTOMATIC.

1:22:17 AUTO STEREO, BASICALLY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS MADE THIS PARTNERSHIP SO GREAT, AND YOU GET A SENSE OF IT FROM THE TWO OF US, THE PARTNERSHIP, YOU ARE SOMEBODY WHO HAS HAD A CREATIVE VISION. HE START WITH A CREATIVE VISION, A PRODUCT, AN IDEA OF THE STORY YOU WANT TO TELL AND HOW YOU WANT PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE THAT STORY, AND HE WORKED BACKWARDS AND TACKLE ALL THOSE PIECES. WHEN DID YOU FIRST COME UP WITH THE "AVATAR" IDEA?

1:22:39 I WAS 19 WHEN I HAD A DREAM ABOUT A BIOLUMINESCENT FOREST. I WROTE THE TREATMENT IN 1995. SO I HAVE BEEN MAKING "AVATAR" IN SOME FORM IN MY MIND AND THEN IN PRACTICE FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

1:22:55 SO IN 1995 THE THING THAT YOU NEED DOESN'T EXIST YET. NONE OF IT EXISTED. AND THEN YOU SEE THE PARALLELS BETWEEN MARK ZUCKERBERG AND JAMES CAMERON. PEOPLE WHO SEE THE FUTURE. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK IN REALITY LABS FOR TEN YEARS NOW, AND WE ARE OBSESSIVE ABOUT A VISION OF THE FUTURE, WHICH YOU HAVE A DERIVED OUT YET, BUT WE SEE THE PROGRESS. I WILL SAY IT FINALLY FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING DOWNHILL NOW, STARTING TO FEEL LIKE IT'S PICKING UP MOMENTUM NOT ONLY IN THE HARDWARE BUT IN THE CONTENT SIDE.

1:23:28 YOU ARE WILLING THE FUTURE INTO EXISTENCE. YOU SAW CLEARLY, AND THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY FEELS A LOT TO ME LIKE IT DID BACK IN THE EARLY '90s, LATE '80s AND EARLY '90s WHEN CG WAS FIRST MANIFESTING ITSELF. "YOU'RE GOING TO REPLACE ACTORS, IT'LL NEVER LOOK REAL, ANALOG'S ANSWER." AND THAT'S WHY I FOUNDED A COMPANY CALLED DIGITAL DOMAIN. IT WAS REVOLUTIONARY IN ITS MOMENT, IT IS HO-HUM AND UBIQUITOUS TODAY. SO I HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN HISTORICALLY IN MY OWN LIFE EXPERIENCE HOW YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE MASSIVE CHANGE. AND THEN THAT LED TO 3D.

1:24:09 EVERYBODY ACCEPTS THE FACT THAT WE GO TO DIGITAL MOVIE THEATERS NOW. OBVIOUS RIGHT? EXCEPT THAT WHEN THE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY EXISTED, IT WASN'T ADOPTED RIGHT AWAY. IT TOOK 3D TO GET THE THEATERS TO CONVERT TO DIGITAL.

1:24:24 IT TOOK YOU. WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT. YEAH. AND I WAS ACTUALLY TALKING TO THE TEAM AT TEXAS INSTRUMENTS THAT DEVELOPED THE CHIP THAT MADE THAT PROJECTION POSSIBLE AND SAY, EMBED IT IN YOUR SERVERS AND ELECTRONICS, THE ABILITY TO CARRY TWO STREAMS. BECAUSE THEY DID THAT, DIGITAL PROJECTION ROLLED OUT AND NOW IT IS EVERYWHERE OTHER THAN THE OCCASIONAL ARKHOUSE SOMEPLACE WITH A 35-MILLIMETER PRINT. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE LIVED THROUGH ENOUGH OF THESE REVOLUTIONS, YOU START TO SEE THEM COMING AS A WAVE, LIKE A GOOD SURFER.

1:25:01 I KNOW YOU SERVE, I WATCH IT FROM BEACH. FROM UNDERWATER. I WATCH IT FROM UNDERWATER.

1:25:09 WE HAVE ONE MORE EXCITING PIECE COMING. I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING TO CONNECT. IT IS OUR HONOR TO HAVE YOU. I CAN'T WAIT TO CHECK OUT "AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH," AS I'M SURE EVERYBODY AGREES, WHEN IT HITS THE THEATERS DECEMBER 19TH. AND, AS A SPECIAL SURPRISE, WE HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN STUNNING 3D CLIP FROM "AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH" FOR EVERYONE TO CHECK OUT INTIMA STATIONS HERE FOR ATTENDEES AND AVAILABLE ON ALL META QUEST DEVICES IN HORIZON TV FOR A LIMITED VIEWING WINDOW. THANK YOU ALL, AND THANK YOU, JAMES, AND TRUST THE PROCESS.

1:25:51 THIS IS ALL GOING TO BE VERY EXCITING. NOW I'M GOING TO CUE MARK TO TAKE US TO THE FINISH LINE.

1:26:05 THANK YOU, JAMES AND BUZZ. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE "AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH" THIS DECEMBER, AND FOR SOME AWESOME "AVATAR" CONTENT, HIT HORIZON TV. AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET THE NEW FALL 2025 LINE OF GLASSES AND ALL OF YOUR HANDS, FOR YOU TO GET A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE META HORIZON STUDIO AND ENGINE. ONE LAST LIVE DEMO. I DON'T LEARN! I DON'T LEARN. WE HAVE GOT AN AFTER PARTY OVER AT META'S CLASSIC CAMPUS. DIPLO IS GOING TO PLAY. PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING DIPLO.

1:26:53 HOW YOU DOING? GOOD. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU ARE A LEGENDARY D.J., THE PEOPLE ARE ALSO STARTING TO LEARN THAT YOU ARE A BIG RUNNER AND YOU'VE GOT THE WHOLE DIPLO RUN CLUB. WHAT DO YOU THINK? SHOULD BE RUN OVER?

1:27:08 ARE YOU READY FOR A RUN? TAKE THESE THINGS FOR A SPIN TO MEXICO ABSOLUTELY. META, "BE RIGHT THERE."

1:27:17 FROM SPOTIFY, HERE IS "BE RIGHT THERE" FROM DIPLO. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

1:28:24 LET'S GO! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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Who speaks in "Meta Connect 2025: Opening Keynote"?

Mark Zuckerberg (Host), James Cameron (Guest), Buzz (Guest), Diplo (Guest).

What is "Meta Connect 2025: Opening Keynote" about?

The opening keynote at Meta Connect 2025 focuses on the development of smart eyeglasses that integrate advanced AI capabilities to enhance personal intelligence and communication. Emphasizing the importance of design and comfort, the presentation highlights the glasses' role in delivering realistic holograms and real-time AI interactions, ensuring a seamless blend of technology and everyday wear.

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The episode runs 1 h 30 min; the transcript is about 6,850 words in 103 timestamped sections.

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