Meta, Naver to Link Naver Map to AI Glasses for Voice Walking Navigation
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Meta and Naver announced on the 29th that they will link Naver's real-time walking navigation feature, unveiled in June, to Meta's AI glasses and roll it out within the year.
The devices involved are the Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta, and on these devices, walking navigation based on Naver Map and nearby information search features will be available.
Users of Meta AI glasses can connect the glasses to the Naver Map app and listen to voice guidance on direction of travel and facilities through open-ear speakers.
Meta and Naver announced on the 29th that they will link Naver's real-time walking navigation feature, unveiled in June, to Meta's AI glasses and roll it out within the year. The core of the partnership is applying Naver's real-time walking navigation to Meta AI glasses, and Meta is Naver's first domestic AI glasses partner.
The devices involved are the Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta. On these devices, walking navigation based on Naver Map will be available.
Naver's real-time walking navigation is a voice route guidance service modeled on in-car navigation while on the move. The feature is currently being offered first on Android, and it is expected to be gradually expanded to iOS in the future.
Users of Meta AI glasses can use the feature by connecting the glasses to the Naver Map app. Without repeatedly checking their smartphone screens, users can listen to voice guidance through open-ear speakers on their direction of travel, entryways, facilities, and whether they need to use stairs or escalators.
This collaboration between Meta and Naver links Naver Map-based features with AI glasses so that nearby information needed while traveling can be delivered by voice. A nearby information search feature will be integrated, and when route-related information is needed during travel, users can summon a Naver Map-based agent by voice. The service will provide answers about nearby cafes, hospitals and other information.
The two companies are aiming to introduce the feature within the year. To that end, they are working to improve guidance accuracy and strengthen integration stability.
The companies are envisioning going beyond simple route guidance to provide by voice the information needed while traveling. Through this, they aim to expand the everyday use cases of AI glasses.
With this collaboration, the partnership between the two companies will expand from advertising into everyday services. Meta and Naver have previously worked together on their advertising businesses, and the existing collaboration linked Naver's AI-based advertising solution ADVoost with Meta's targeting technology. The previous partnership focused on improving advertising efficiency by using commerce and shopping data, but this new collaboration connects maps and wearables, expanding the scope to services that directly intersect with users' daily lives.
The Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta are AI glasses. These products were jointly developed by EssilorLuxottica and Meta, and they support voice interaction with Meta AI, Meta's AI assistant. With this Naver Map integration, the point of contact with domestic lifestyle services is expected to expand.
Meta said the direction of the partnership is to provide navigation guidance without requiring users to constantly check their smartphone screens. Meta explained that the collaboration combines AI glasses with Naver Map technology and that, based on this, it will push ahead with expanding wearable features for everyday use.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=407461
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