Mark Zuckerberg

We've been working on it for 10 years. And there are a lot of different challenges to solve to get there. You have to build a novel display stack. These aren't just screens like the kind that are in phones. There's this long lineage. They're connected to the screens that have been in TVs and monitors and things for a long time. There's been this massive optimization of the supply chain.

We've been working on it for 10 years. And there are a lot of different challenges to solve to get there. You have to build a novel display stack. These aren't just screens like the kind that are in phones. There's this long lineage. They're connected to the screens that have been in TVs and monitors and things for a long time. There's been this massive optimization of the supply chain.

There's brand new display stack around holographic displays that basically need to get created. And then they need to be put into glasses. They need to be miniaturized. And you also, in the glasses, need to fit chips, microphones, speakers, cameras, eye tracking to be able to understand what you're doing, batteries to make it last all day.

There's brand new display stack around holographic displays that basically need to get created. And then they need to be put into glasses. They need to be miniaturized. And you also, in the glasses, need to fit chips, microphones, speakers, cameras, eye tracking to be able to understand what you're doing, batteries to make it last all day.

MATT SULLIVAN- It's like, OK, it's a pretty big challenge. So we're like, all right, let's go try to go for the big thing. And we've been working on that for a while. And we're pretty close to being able to show off the first prototype that we have of that, and I'm really excited about that.

MATT SULLIVAN- It's like, OK, it's a pretty big challenge. So we're like, all right, let's go try to go for the big thing. And we've been working on that for a while. And we're pretty close to being able to show off the first prototype that we have of that, and I'm really excited about that.

At the same time, we also came at it from this lens of, all right, so that's a lot of new technology that needs to get developed, a lot to pack into a form factor, because the glasses have to be good looking, too. So what if we just constrain ourselves to like, we're gonna work with a great partner, Essilor Luxottica, they make Ray-Ban, they make a lot of the iconic glasses.

At the same time, we also came at it from this lens of, all right, so that's a lot of new technology that needs to get developed, a lot to pack into a form factor, because the glasses have to be good looking, too. So what if we just constrain ourselves to like, we're gonna work with a great partner, Essilor Luxottica, they make Ray-Ban, they make a lot of the iconic glasses.

Let's see what we can fit into glasses today and make them as useful as possible. And I actually, I kind of thought when we were getting started with those that it was almost like a practice project. for, like, for the ultimate AR.

Let's see what we can fit into glasses today and make them as useful as possible. And I actually, I kind of thought when we were getting started with those that it was almost like a practice project. for, like, for the ultimate AR.

That's true. That's true. Yeah, I did.

That's true. That's true. Yeah, I did.

Yeah, no, this is, yeah, let's go on a tangent there for a second. So I started Facebook in school, came out to Silicon Valley with Dustin and a handful of people working on it at the time. And we did that because Silicon Valley is where all the startups came from. And I remember we got off the plane. We were driving down 101. We're like, wow, eBay, Yahoo. This is amazing.

Yeah, no, this is, yeah, let's go on a tangent there for a second. So I started Facebook in school, came out to Silicon Valley with Dustin and a handful of people working on it at the time. And we did that because Silicon Valley is where all the startups came from. And I remember we got off the plane. We were driving down 101. We're like, wow, eBay, Yahoo. This is amazing.

All these great companies. One day, maybe we'll build a company like this. And I'd already started Facebook. And I was like, surely the project that we're working on now is not a company.

All these great companies. One day, maybe we'll build a company like this. And I'd already started Facebook. And I was like, surely the project that we're working on now is not a company.

Oh, no, no. It was a great project. I just didn't have the ambition to turn it into a company at the time. That just kind of happened. But anyway. Yeah, I mean, a lot of hard work, obviously. But just at the time, I was kind of like, yeah, I don't think this is it.

Oh, no, no. It was a great project. I just didn't have the ambition to turn it into a company at the time. That just kind of happened. But anyway. Yeah, I mean, a lot of hard work, obviously. But just at the time, I was kind of like, yeah, I don't think this is it.

I didn't know. So, yeah, so, I mean, the glasses, though, you know, we thought that this was like, all right, we want to get working with Estee Lauder Luxottica so we can start building more and more advanced glasses. And then, you know, they're really good. They look good. And then AI, like, the massive transformation in AI.

I didn't know. So, yeah, so, I mean, the glasses, though, you know, we thought that this was like, all right, we want to get working with Estee Lauder Luxottica so we can start building more and more advanced glasses. And then, you know, they're really good. They look good. And then AI, like, the massive transformation in AI.