Mark Zuckerberg is striving to build a new computing platform that frees Meta from existing platforms controlled by Apple and Google.

"The promise of glasses is to preserve this sense of presence that you have with other people," Mark Zuckerberg said.

Meta Platforms unveiled new smart glasses with a small built-in screen at its annual yearly developer conference on Wednesday—in the tech giant’s latest bet that these devices will increasingly take on the smartphone as the key AI device.

Mark Zuckerberg announced a slate of products in his big reveal of what's next for Meta.

Mr Zuckerberg has bet tens of billions of dollars on the so-called Metaverse, a blend of social media and virtual reality. The company’s experimental Reality Labs division has spent $100bn on the technology. Its products have included its Quest line of virtual reality headsets and AI-linked glasses.

Meta Platforms introduced a version of its Ray-Ban smart glasses with a display and a wristband for controlling the device at its developer conference Connect on Wednesday. The company also unveiled a new generation of its Ray-Ban smart glasses with several improvements but no display,