"I want to preface this hands-on by saying that I've been a smart glasses skeptic for many years. In 2019, I even made a two-part mini documentary with a thesis that consumer smart glasses couldn't happen without massive societal and technological shifts. Well, color me pink and let me find a shoe to eat. After getting a demo of the $799 Meta Ray-Ban Display, I'm convinced this is the closest we've ever gotten to what Google Glass promised over 10 years ago."
"The glasses look just like a chunky pair of Ray-Bans. But put them on, pinch your middle finger twice, and a display will appear in front of your right eye, hovering in front of your vision. It's not augmented reality overlaid on the real world so much as on-demand, all-purpose menu with a handful of apps. You can use it to see text messages, Instagram Reels, maps, or previews of your photos,"
Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses cost $799 and resemble a chunky pair of Ray-Bans. A double pinch of the middle finger activates a floating display in front of the right eye. The interface offers an on-demand, all-purpose menu rather than full augmented reality overlays. The display shows text messages, Instagram Reels, maps, and photo previews, enabling tasks without pulling out a phone. The glasses pair to a phone and function as a pop-up extension of it, bringing compact hardware and phone integration closer to early smart-glasses visions.
Read at The Verge
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