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Meta unveils smart Ray-Bans and sporty Oakleys
Meta Ray-Ban Display costs $799, while the Oakley Meta glasses cost $499.
Meta just dropped its latest “look cool while also low-key living in the future” gadget lineup at Connect 2025, and yes, it involves more smart glasses. The same smart glasses that leaked earlier this week.
Mark Zuckerberg strutted onstage to reveal the Meta Ray-Ban Display, a pair of sunglasses that can beam apps, maps, and even live translations right into your right lens.
Price tag? $799. Launch date? September 30. Fashion credibility? Well, they’re Ray-Bans, so at least you won’t look like a cyborg from a bad sci-fi film.
The glasses pair with something called the Meta Neural Band, a Fitbit-looking wristband that doesn’t count steps but instead reads electrical signals from your hand.
Wiggle a finger, swipe an imaginary screen, and suddenly you’re doomscrolling Instagram or asking Meta AI for directions.
The band lasts 18 hours on a charge, is water-resistant, and, if you believe Mark, might just be the future of human-device interaction.
If this feels familiar, that’s because Meta’s been here before. The company’s been chasing the dream of “smart glasses you’ll actually want to wear” for years, with varying degrees of success.
Unlike the sci-fi-heavy Orion prototypes shown off last year, the Ray-Ban Display keeps things simpler.
No eye-tracking or full-blown AR, just a display for apps, directions, and other essentials.
Basically, baby steps before Apple and Google inevitably show up to the party with their own versions.
But Meta didn’t stop there. Enter the Oakley Meta Vanguard, a $499 set of sporty shades for runners, cyclists, and anyone who likes yelling at Strava mid-sweat.
These come with wraparound lenses, 3K video recording, a custom AI button, beefed-up speakers, and wind-busting microphones so your friends don’t just hear static when you brag about your pace.
They’re IP67-rated (aka sweat- and rain-proof), integrate with Garmin watches, and even let you overlay workout stats on videos to flex on your fitness group chat. Launch date: October 21.
Will Meta’s $799 Ray-Ban Display glasses finally make smart eyewear mainstream, or are we still not ready to pay premium prices for basic AR features? Do you think the Neural Band’s gesture controls represent genuine innovation in human-computer interaction, or just another gimmicky input method that will quickly lose its novelty? Tell us below in the comments, or reach us via our Twitter or Facebook.
