On Wednesday, Zuckerberg posted a picture of himself with Leonardo Del Vecchio, the billionaire chairman of eyewear behemoth EssilorLuxottica and founding father of the Luxottica Group. Del Vecchio was testing out a wrist-based machine Meta has been growing to pair with the sensible glasses the businesses are creating in a multi-year partnership. In 2021, they launched Ray-Ban Tales, their first-generation sensible glasses.
”Nice to be again in Milan to debate plans for brand new sensible glasses with Leonardo Del Vecchio and the EssilorLuxottica staff,” Zuckerberg captioned the publish. “Right here Leonardo is utilizing a prototype of our neural interface EMG wristband that may finally allow you to management your glasses and different units.”
It wasn’t his solely assembly within the metropolis. On Thursday, Federico Marchetti, founding father of Yoox and former CEO of the Yoox Internet-a-Porter, posted his personal image with Zuckerberg on Instagram. “META-PORTER in Milan. Ciao Mark!” he wrote within the caption.
Tagged within the photograph had been Lorenzo Bertelli, who’s the son of Prada’s Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli and poised to take over the corporate, in addition to Geoffroy Lefebvre, the present CEO of Yoox Internet-a-Porter. Others within the photograph included Renzo Rosso, founding father of OTB Group, and Brunello Cucinelli, whose eponymous luxurious label has been mentioned to be a favorite of Zuckerberg’s.
The explanation for Zuckerberg’s assembly with Marchetti and the opposite enterprise leaders was much less clear from the photograph than his meet up with Del Vecchio. However final yr, Zuckerberg provided his imaginative and prescient for the metaverse in a presentation that included his concept of what style may appear to be within the blended digital and bodily world he imagines.
“Inspiring dialogue concerning the Meta-future,” Rosso wrote in his personal Instagram publish concerning the assembly.
In a press release, Meta famous the metaverse received’t be constructed by one firm and that Italian style companies are already utilizing “new applied sciences like augmented and digital actuality” to promote their items. “We’re excited to proceed to work with Italian companions to deliver this imaginative and prescient for the metaverse to life,” it mentioned.