By Michelle Ndaga
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled the company’s most advanced wearable yet the Ray-Ban Meta Display Smart Glasses introducing a new era of AI-powered, display-enabled eyewear designed to merge fashion with functionality.
The new glasses, launched during Meta Connect 2025, feature a full-color high-resolution display embedded in the right lens, allowing users to view messages, make video calls, get walking navigation, and see live captions or translations directly in their field of vision.
The glasses are paired with Meta’s innovative Neural Band wrist device, which uses electromyography (EMG) signals from the wearer’s arm to enable gesture-based control allowing users to swipe, select, and interact with the interface without using voice commands.
Priced at $799 for the glasses-and-Neural Band bundle, the device will be available in the U.S. starting September 30, 2025, through Ray-Ban stores, LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, and major retailers. Global rollout is expected in 2026.
Meta also introduced the Oakley Meta Vanguard, a sport-oriented model retailing at $499, featuring improved durability, a centered 12 MP camera, better audio, and fitness app integration.
The Gen-2 Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses were also refreshed, offering double the battery life, enhanced cameras, and new design options.
While the launch drew global attention, some live demonstrations reportedly suffered minor glitches, including display prompts failing to appear during a video call demo.
Meta executives assured users that the issues were due to event connectivity and have been addressed ahead of launch.
Zuckerberg said the new glasses represent a step toward Meta’s vision of ambient, always-available computing, bringing AI closer to users’ daily lives without the need to pull out a phone.
