Meta has introduced its new Ray-Ban Display smart glasses priced at $799, featuring a compact digital screen embedded in the right lens controlled by a unique Meta Neural Band wristband. This electromyography wristband allows users to navigate the glasses via subtle hand gestures, offering a hands-free experience.
Mark Zuckerberg described them as “glasses with the classic style that you’d expect from Ray-Ban, but they’re the first AI glasses with a high resolution display and a fully weighted Meta neural band.”
The display offers a 600 by 600 pixel resolution with 5,000 nits of brightness and appears only to the wearer, ensuring privacy. Users can watch videos, read and reply to messages, and receive real-time visual navigation cues. The glasses include a 12MP camera supporting 1080p video recording and feature live captioning and translation, aiding accessibility in conversations.
Battery life lasts around six hours of mixed use, with a charging case extending total usage up to 30 hours. The glasses are equipped with Transitions® lenses that adjust automatically between indoor and outdoor light, and prescription lenses are available.
Alongside this, Meta launched the Oakley Meta Vanguard smart glasses for athletes, priced at $499 and available from October 21. These have a sportier wraparound design, louder speakers, 12-megapixel 3K video recording, and a button designed for use with helmets. The glasses connect with Garmin fitness watches to monitor metrics such as heart rate, powered by Meta’s AI assistant, and boast up to nine hours of battery life.
Meta also introduced the Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) glasses at $379, doubling battery life to eight hours and upgrading the camera to capture 3K Ultra HD video. These models are available now.
In addition, Zuckerberg announced Horizon TV, a streaming service for Meta Quest VR headsets offering TV shows, movies, and sports with content from Disney and Universal Pictures. The platform supports Dolby Atmos sound and will soon add Dolby Vision visuals, providing an immersive entertainment experience.
These new offerings exemplify Meta’s aim to merge style, functionality, and advanced AI into wearable tech that blends naturally into daily life. The Ray-Ban Display glasses will be available in the U.S. from September 30 at selected retailers.