Mark Zuckerberg Metaray light – monitor and wristband controller, and Oakley Meta Pioneer.
Meta says it’s sold There are 2 million of the first generation of rays Smart Glasses, Earlier this year, Meta unveiled its latest AI-powered Smart Glasses and Oakleydesigned for athletes. Silicon Valley is leaning towards AI wearables, and Meta appears to be one of the companies leading the allegation.
As Meta wants to regain the stance of the AI contest and sell more hardware, the company is under a lot of threats during Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Connect 2025 Keynote. Overall, the Meta shows off some impressive technology – the meta-nerve band, the wristband controller that comes with the meta-ray display, is a special highlight.
However, Zuckerberg’s demonstration of Ray-Ban Metas’ AI capabilities failed. oops!
While sharing live video feeds from cooking content creators Jack Mancuso At Meta HQ, Zuckerberg asked the chef to demonstrate how his rays Yuanyuan glasses can help him stir in Korean style steak sauce.
“I love the setting you have soy sauce and other ingredients here. How can I help?” asked Chipper Meta AI’s voice.
Mancuso asked for a recipe for Korean-style steak sauce, and the sound of AI started to list the ingredients he needed – but Mancuso knew he needed to keep the presentation concise, so he interrupted and asked, “What am I going to do first?”
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A moment of silence delayed for too long, and Mancuso repeated, “What should I do first?”
“You’ve combined the base ingredients together, so now add the pear to the sauce,” the AI said. But he hasn’t combined the base ingredients yet because he hasn’t started making recipes yet, so what’s the question to do first.
Mancuso asked the same question again and the AI gave the same answer. The audience laughed.
“I think Wi-Fi might mess it up – back to you!” Mancuso said.
“You know what? It’s all good. Ironically, you spent years making technology, and then the Wi-Fi of the day… grabbing you,” Zuckerberg said. “We’re going to see what he does in the future anyway.”
The whole interaction is a bit awkward, especially since this problem seems to be without Wi-Fi. But even if the situation goes as planned, these presentations are a bit of a liar…just like the end of the keynote, when Zuckerberg and Diplo meet Meta Oakley Vanguards completely. Mark must be a busy day, so maybe he just needs an excuse to build some aerobic exercise in his schedule.
The second generation revealed Ray Yuanyuan Glasseswhich one First debut In 2023. This model has twice the battery life of its predecessor and now lasts up to eight hours of mixed use. The second-generation glasses also support Ultra HD 3K video recording, which the company says is twice as much as the last model.
Meta’s smart glasses also gained some new features by releasing second-generation Ray-Ban Metas, such as conversation focus, which will be used on Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta HSTN glasses.
“If you eat at a popular new restaurant, commute on the train or grab the latest suit of your favorite DJ, then the conversation focus will use the open-air speakers of your AI glasses to amplify the voices of the people you are talking to,” Mehta said in a press release.
The focus of the conversation has not been resolved yet, so we can’t determine if this will help you the next night.
Live AI features (Even Meta cannot be properly demonstrated on stage) are also on the way. But it is so energy-intensive that you can only use it for about an hour or two.
“As we optimize battery and energy efficiency, metaAI will transition from what you prompt for wake-up words to an always available assistant,” the company said.
The second-generation ray dollar price is $379.
The Meta Ray-Ban Display smart mirror is by far the most impressive glasses unveiled, with a built-in display for applications, alerts and indications on the correct lens. But what makes these smart glasses unique is the accompanying wristband controller MonoNether Band.
This wristband makes the mont band show off its spending time (and money) in the reality lab department, notorious for losing billions of dollars a quarter.
Visually, the metaneural band looks like a Fitbit without a screen. It is Surface electromyography (SEMG), which can be picked up on tiny gestures and small movements. This is much more complicated than wrist gestures on the Apple Watch. Users can write text messages by tying their fingers together, as if they were holding a pen and “write” the text. This means you can see WhatsApp messages on the correct glasses lens and then answer it by “writing” your response.
Currently, these glasses support meta-apps, but the company will have to support various applications in the future to obtain Adoptions they are looking for. like apple and GoogleMeta bets that smart glasses may cut into smartphone market share in the future – but forcing this huge cultural shift will be a huge challenge.
The Meta Ray-Ban display comes with the Meta Ray-Ban for $799 and will be launched on September 30.
For the bearish among us, it seems hard to imagine wearing smart glasses and sending text messages in the air through handwriting. but Oakley Meta Pioneer Smart glasses designed for athletes provide the most Coherent use cases For this technology.
Bikers, trail runners and skiers can shoot adventures without pulling out their phones. The glasses’ open-air speakers can play music during workouts and can even be linked with apps like Strava and Garmin to relay your statistics. Like other new glasses, the Vanguard model is backed by AI.
Unlike other models’ meta-smart glasses, the Oakley Yuan Pioneer has only one unified front lens with a camera in the middle instead of two with cameras, a more technical design, a fashion statement that you can wear sports glasses but won’t stand out from the glasses (PRA PRE EYEGLAPLES (PRA PRAIRE ME GARY ME). The new glasses can capture video at up to 3K resolution and come with a 12-megapixel camera with a 122-degree wide-angle lens.
The glasses have IP67 dust and waterproof ratings and can be used during intense exercise. Meta said the glasses’ wraparound design uses Oakley Prizmtm lens technology, which is designed to block sunlight, wind and dust.
Unless you are a super marathoner, these glasses will easily last throughout the workout. Glasses can last nine hours, or six hours, with continuous playback. However, the charging case with the glass can offer an additional 36 hours on the go. Meta claims that the charging case can quickly get glasses up to 50% of the cost in 20 minutes.
Oakley Meta Vanguard glasses retail for $499 and will be available on October 21.
On the VR side, Meta hasn’t released any new mission headsets in a part of this year’s connectivity. Even though the conferences and companies are named after meta-analysis, we learned about a few updates to their VR, e.g. High Landscapewhich will enable developers and creators to build realistic spaces in virtual reality.
It is reported that the Yuan is developing Ultra-light VR headphones To be released by the end of 2026, so maybe we’ll see this in the next Meta Connect event.
