Facebooks Ray-Ban Smart Glasses will require a phone to work

This week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that the company’s next consumer product will be its Ray-Ban smart glasses. But details for the upcoming device have been extremely limited — until now.

In a statement to Mashable, a Facebook spokesperson provided some insight as to how the smart glasses will work:

“When we refer to always-available augmented reality glasses, we’re envisioning future devices with a built-in display to provide a digital overlay.

Smart glasses—which is what we’re building with Luxottica—will rely on an external display (e.g. phone), but start to show you what it’s like to be more present in the moment.”