Following a very well-timed video leak earlier this week, Meta announced tonight its new lineup of smart glasses, including the Meta Ray-Ban Display. Here are the details.
Meta seems poised to succeed where Google Glass failed
During the keynote of Meta Connect 2025, one of Meta’s annual conferences, Mark Zuckerberg spent most of the 1-hour presentation showcasing new smart glasses and headsets, chief among them the Meta Ray-Ban Display.
These glasses, which will start at $799, feature a 600×600-pixel, 500-nit waveguide display on their right lens, and work in conjunction with the Meta Neural Band, a wrist-worn device that picks up on hand movements.
The Meta Neural Band has an 18-hour battery, is water resistant, and allows for interactions from button selection to interface control to texting.
The Meta Ray-Ban Display also features an AI assistant that can pick up on audio and video to offer and surface useful information that can be delivered visually or through the glasses embedded speakers.
The glasses will be available in two colors (black and sand), and will be sold in stores starting September 30.
Other tidbits from the keynote
During the presentation at Menlo Park today, Mark Zuckerberg also showcased:
The $329 Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2), which captures 3K video, features an improved 8-hour battery life and is available starting today.
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