Wearers of the band would be able to interact with the
virtual world with their finger movements, the company said in a blog post.
The AR-supporting wearable device will also be capable of
detecting nerve signals to interpret complex hand gestures and moves.
This marks as a step-up for Facebook in a hotly contested
race among tech giants like Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google
in an industry that believes the glasses will eventually replace the
functionality of mobile phones altogether.
Facebook had earlier said that smart glasses would need to
rely on devices like phones for the forseeable future due to constraints like
battery life and the heat generated by processing. A wristband would be able to
serve as a platform for computing and supporting such functions.
In September, Facebook said it was about five to 10 years
away from being able to bring to market "true" augmented reality
glasses that would have abilities like letting people to jointly see and
interact with persistent shared virtual objects.
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