取代智慧型手機
Facebook is joining hands with Ray-Ban’s parent company Luxottica to create AR glasses “designed to replace smartphones.”
臉書正攜手雷朋母公司羅薩奧蒂卡集團打造「取代智慧型手機的」AR眼鏡。
join hands with~與…攜手合作parent company母公司subsidiary(n.)子公司
The social media giant has sights set on developing AR-enabled smart glasses that are intended not to supplement smartphones or other gadgets, but to replace them entirely.
臉書的目標是開發支援AR的智慧眼鏡，並非搭載而是要完全取代智慧型手機或其它裝置。
have sights set on~決心;立志=set your sights set on~be intended to~(某物)被設計來做…;用途是…=be meant to~not A but B不是…而是…supplement(v.)補充=add to~Sunday supplements 週日報紙副刊vitamin supplements維他命補充品gadget(n.)小裝置、小而精密的電子產品
Internally codenamed Orion, the eyewear is said to help the user to receive calls, see information displayed on the lenses, and livestream content from their point of view.
這款內部代號為Orion的眼鏡據傳可以讓使用者接聽電話、讀取鏡片上顯示訊息，並從使用者視角直播內容。
Internally codenamed Orion…=While the eyewear is internally codenamed Orion…from their point of view從他們的視角
The device is reported to feature a digital voice assistant, similar to Amazon’s Alexia and Apple’s Siri, to allow the wearer to control the glasses via vocal commands.
據報導，Orion有類似亞馬遜Alexia和蘋果Siri的數位語音助理，配戴者可透過語音命令控制眼鏡。
is reported to RV據報導…feature(v.)以…為特色、號召via(prep.)透過=throughcommand(n.)指令
Facebook has been devoted to developing AR-enabled smart glasses for the past couple of years.
過去幾年來，臉書一直致力於開發支持AR的智慧眼鏡，
be devoted to~投入;致力於=be committed to~
Yet, the company has been struggling with shrinking the size of the device and designing it in a form factor that is appealing to consumers.
不過一直苦於無法縮小設備尺寸，以及設計出能夠吸引消費者的外形。
has been Ving 現在完成進行式struggle with sth. 因為…而苦苦掙扎;在…某方面遇到阻礙shrink(v.)使縮水;使縮小=reduceform factor外觀造型規格appealing(adj.)吸引人的=attractive
On top of technical and aesthetic issues, Facebook’s history of data breaches is likely to be an obstacle to the company’s efforts to sell the camera-equipped glasses.
除了技術和美學問題外，臉書個資外洩的黑歷史也可能成為其銷售帶攝像頭眼鏡的阻礙。
on top of…除了…之外，還有…= in addition to~=apart from…aesthetic(adj.)美學的a data breach資料外洩= a data leakcamera-equipped=equipped with a camera搭載相機的
With help from Luxottica, which has previously worked with Google to develop the Google Glass AR headset, Facebook hopes to launch the device in the next few years, possibly between 2023 and 2025.
因為羅薩奧蒂卡曾和Google合作開發Google Glass AR頭戴裝置，在羅薩奧蒂卡的加持下，臉書希望在未來幾年內，可能在2023年至2025年之間推出Orion。
In fact, Facebook isn’t the only company working on its own version of AR-powered smart glasses.
實際上，臉書不是唯一一家自行開發AR智慧眼鏡的公司，
AR-powered支援擴增實境的
Google tried it with Google Glass, but it has not resonated with the masses.
Google曾嘗試開發Google Glass，但消費者迴響並不好。
resonate with~引起共鳴
Apple is reportedly working on its own smart glasses, which are to be rolled out next year.
蘋果據傳正在開發自家智慧眼鏡，將於明年上市，
roll out 推出(新產品)=introduce=launch
It remains to be seen who will ultimately win the spotlight.
最終勝出的會是誰還有待觀察。
It remains to be seen who…誰會…仍有待觀察
Digi-Capital predicts there will be 1 billion AR users worldwide by 2023, and the technology is expected to generate $85 billion to $90 billion in revenues by 2022, with global shipments of AR glasses projected to reach roughly 5.4 million units by the end of this decade.
市場調查公司Digi-Capital預測，2023年全球將有10億AR用戶；2022年，AR科技預計將產生850億美元至900億美元的收入；2020年AR智慧眼鏡的全球出貨量預計將達到約540萬台。
generate(v.)產生(利潤或收益)=yieldrevenue(n.)營收with O OC附帶狀況的說明project(v.)預測=predict=forecast