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At Connect, Mark Zuckerberg introduced the Muse Charm, a small pendant device running Meta's Muse AI assistant, set to launch as soon as December this year. The announcement came amid a broader showcase of smart glasses and a new VR headset, but notably without updates to Meta's existing neural band wrist wearable.
Meta unveiled at Connect that its holographic avatar technology, powered by a new Muse Realtime Avatar model, is now available on its Ray-Ban Display glasses and upcoming VR headset. Users create an avatar in about five minutes via the Meta AI app by scanning their face and answering voice-prompted questions, then can use the avatar during video calls on apps like WhatsApp or Zoom.
At Meta Connect 2026, Meta announced a batch of updates for its Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, including a voice-driven photorealistic hologram avatar to represent wearers during calls, starting as an early-access feature for US WhatsApp users this fall. Meta also expanded heads-up navigation to support cycling and transit directions using landmark-based cues, added a new Explore app for browsing compatible apps, and introduced smaller updates like Dolby Atmos audio, in-glasses photo editing, and mirrored phone notifications. The glasses are also expanding to the UK, Canada, France, Italy and Germany.
At its annual Connect event, Meta introduced VR Glasses, a lightweight, strapless headset tethered to a compute puck, alongside new screen-free smart glasses with added AI features and frame styles. The VR Glasses weigh about 100g, run on a Snapdragon Reality Elite chip with 12GB RAM and 128GB storage, and feature a 5K micro OLED display with up to 120Hz refresh rate. Meta says the device will launch in spring 2027 for $1,299 and will support the full Meta Quest app catalog, Xbox Cloud Gaming, IMAX Enhanced content, and a 'hologram' video-call feature.