Developing Meta's Orion AR Glasses

QCon London 2025

Session augmented reality

Developing Meta's Orion AR Glasses

Monday Apr 7 / 11:45AM BST (50 minutes), Whittle (3rd Fl.)

Abstract

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.

Topics

augmented reality electromyography HW/SW Co-Engineering
76% senior dev or higher
1:11 speaker ratio
60+ practitioners

QCon London 2025 is a three day conference for senior software engineers, architects and team leads. An international program committee of working engineers selects every session. Patterns and practices, not products and pitches.

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