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‘Meta Ray-Ban Display’ glasses leak with impressive heads-up display, thicker design [Video]

Ahead of Meta Connect later this week, an early video has revealed Meta’s new Ray-Ban smart glasses that have a built-in display.


Update: Meta has now launched its Ray-Ban Display glasses, along with new display-less Ray-Ban and Oakley glasses.


As spotted by UploadVR earlier today, Meta briefly posted a video to YouTube that reveals the “Meta Ray-Ban Display” smart glasses. Continuing its EssilorLuxottica partnership, the new glasses retain Ray-Ban branding and styling, but with an updated design and, obviously, a display.

The video, mirrored on Twitter/X, shows the glasses with a display over the right eye with a monocular heads-up display (HUD). The glasses are shown using Meta AI voice commands, turn-by-turn navigation, responding to messages, and showing translations of text in the real world. The glasses are also shown paired with an sEMG wristband which Meta previously called a “Neural” wristband when paired with its Orion AR concept.

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The glasses are noticeably thicker, especially on the temple, compared to existing Meta Ray-Ban glasses. It had been previously reported that EssilorLuxottica “balked” (or took issue with) that design requirement.

Meta’s new display-touting smart glasses popped up in a leak earlier this year, and have been reported to cost around $800. Previously, it was thought that Ray-Ban glasses with a display wouldn’t arrive until 2026, but the timing of this clip suggests we may see them officially unveiled sooner than later.

Meta Connect 2025 takes place on September 17.

Meanwhile, Android XR smart glasses are rumored to hit the market next year following the launch of Samsung’s “Project Moohan” headset later this year.

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