Buy Meta Ray-Ban Display for $799? These glasses are even geekier - and they're $200 off until Oct 10

"Jason Hiner/ZDNET If you're interested in buying a pair of the Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, good luck. They are only available in the US, are back-ordered for weeks or months in several places, and Meta is reportedly only planning to produce 150,000 to 200,000 units over the next two years. That's fewer sales than the Apple Vision Pro."

"However, throughout 2025, ZDNET has seen much stronger interest in smart glasses than XR headsets from our audience of professionals and technology enthusiasts. With that in mind, I wanted to flag an alternative to the $799 Meta Ray-Ban Displays that you can get outside the US, have unique features you won't get in Meta's futuristic glasses, and cost $200 less. I'm talking about Rokid Glasses, which I've been testing for the past few weeks."

Interest in smart glasses in 2025 among professionals and technology enthusiasts outpaced interest in XR headsets. Meta's Ray-Ban Display smart glasses face limited availability, US-only sales, back-orders, and a planned production run of roughly 150,000–200,000 units. Rokid Glasses present an alternative priced at $599 retail, offered on Kickstarter at $479 with over $3M in orders and worldwide pre-orders exceeding 300,000 pairs. Rokid Glasses weigh 49 grams versus 69 grams for the Meta Ray-Ban Displays, include elevated nosepads for increased comfort, and provide unique features not found in Meta's flagship glasses while Meta retains some advantages.

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