Meta - Meta plans to introduce display to Ray-Ban smart glasses in ...
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses gained popularity over its ahead of time features. For a long time, there was no competition for Meta's smart glasses. However, now companies like Samsung and Google are stepping up to release smart glasses with advanced AI-powered features. Looking at the rising competition, Meta is planning to boost the RayBan’s features. According to the Financial Times report, Meta plans to add displays to its smart glasses. This new version is expected to be released next year. The report indicates that Meta is preparing to launch a pair of Ray-Ban smart glasses featuring a display, expected to arrive by the second half of 2025.
Enhanced Features
These new glasses will integrate a display to provide users with notifications and enable interactions with Meta’s AI, marking a significant upgrade from the earlier models. The display could potentially show navigation directions, along with notifications from your phone/smartwatch, and more. At present, Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are equipped with a voice assistant, allowing users to send messages, make calls, and control various functions hands-free. Built-in speakers provide audio responses, enabling users to hear notifications, messages, and the assistant’s replies without the need for headphones.
Design and Connectivity
The glasses maintain a classic Ray-Ban design, ensuring they look stylish while integrating technology without being bulky. These glasses also connect to smartphones via Bluetooth, allowing users to receive notifications and interact with their phones. Some models include a small camera for discreet photo and video capture, while touch-sensitive controls on the frame enable easy media playback and call management. Although current models do not feature a visual display, the upcoming third-generation glasses, expected in 2025, will reportedly include a display to provide a more immersive, hands-free experience.
Orion - The Future of Face Computing
Bringing fiction to reality, Orion is a type of face computer that we have been witnessing with Marvel's Iron Man. Introduced in September 2024, the Orion has the largest field of view in the smallest AR glasses form to date. It is capable of unlocking several high-level tasks that have never been seen before. From multitasking windows and big-screen entertainment to life-size holograms of people – all digital content that can seamlessly blend with your view of the physical world. Meta also emphasizes that the glasses are lightweight and versatile, suitable for both indoor and outdoor use, enabling face-to-face connection, even remotely.
The Orion looks great on paper and even during the demo, but the hardest part is to make it a part of everyday life. Meta aims to ship its first commercial AR glasses to consumers in 2027.
