Meta brings panoramic Instagram Stories and new editing tools to AI glasses users

Meta has launched a batch of Instagram Stories features for users of its AI-powered smart glasses, as the company aims to more deeply embed its wearable hardware into its social media ecosystem.The update brings new tools for creating and editing content with the smart glasses’ multi-camera system and motion tracking, giving creators more immersive ways to capture and share Instagram Stories. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Instagram’s @Creators (@creators)Among the headline additions is Spin View, an interactive Story format that lets viewers rotate their smartphones to explore a wider panoramic perspective captured through the AI glasses. Unlike conventional Stories, the feature enables audiences to navigate across the recorded scene, creating a more immersive viewing experience.Meta said the format uses the glasses' multiple cameras to capture a broader field of view, allowing viewers to experience scenes from different angles rather than through a fixed frame.The company has also rolled out multi-cam sync, a feature that automatically aligns footage captured simultaneously on Meta AI glasses and a smartphone. The tool is intended to simplify multi-angle storytelling by synchronising clips from both devices, reducing the need for manual editing.Also read: 75% of Indian creators publish weekly as storage challenges slow content output: StudyIn addition, Instagram Stories now includes new editing options tailored for footage recorded on Meta's smart glasses. Users can reframe videos, adjust playback speed and fine-tune audio directly within the Stories composer before publishing content.