Facebook's AR glasses take center stage in newly published patent

The world just got a sneak peek at a feature Facebook's working on to make its highly anticipated AR glasses a reality.

According to a patent published Thursday, the device "may augment views of a physical, real-world environment with computer-generated elements" and may "be included in an eye-wear comprising a frame and a display assembly that presents media to a user's eyes."

The so-called waveguide display with two-dimensional scanner, which is being developed by Facebook's virtual reality arm Oculus VR, could be used in virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, or a combination of the three. Read more...