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New Ray-Ban | Meta Smart Glasses Styles and Meta AI Updates

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Takeaways

  • We’re expanding the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses collection with new styles.
  • We’re adding video calling with WhatsApp and Messenger to share your view on a video call. 
  • We’re rolling out Meta AI with Vision, so you can ask your glasses about what you’re seeing and get helpful information — completely hands-free. 

Our second-generation smart glasses, in partnership with EssilorLuxottica, have been flying off the shelves — they’re selling out faster than we can make them. And just in time for sunglasses season, we’re expanding the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses collection with new styles designed to fit more face shapes so you can find the perfect pair. We’re also adding new features, including updates to Meta AI, to make the glasses even more useful.

A Frame for Every Face

Looking for a vintage vibe? Our new Skyler frames feature a cat eye design inspired by an era of iconic jet-set style, designed to suit smaller faces. 

We’re also adding a new low bridge option for our Headliner frames. If your glasses tend to slide down your nose, sit too low on your face or press on your cheeks, this is the fit for you. 

There are hundreds of different custom frame and lens combinations on the Ray-Ban Remix platform, so you can mix and match to make the glasses your own on ray-ban.com. And our new styles are designed to be prescription lens compatible. Skyler and the new Headliner low bridge fit are available for pre-order now on meta.com un ray-ban.com. These new styles are available in 15 countries, including the US, Canada, Australia, and throughout Europe.

Photo of 6 different pairs of Ray-Ban Meta frames

We’re also introducing the first limited-edition Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses in an exclusive Scuderia Ferrari colorway for Miami 2024. Ray-Ban Meta for Scuderia Limited Edition brings together the legacy of Ferrari, timeless Ray-Ban design and cutting-edge tech from Meta, available April 24, 2024.

Share Your View on a Video Call

From a breathtaking vista on a hike to experiencing your kid’s first steps, there are some moments in life that are just meant to be shared. That’s why we’re adding the ability to share your view on a video call via WhatsApp and Messenger, completely hands-free. 

Image showing hands-free video calling on Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses - a father cooking with his child

At the grocery store and not sure which brand of kombucha to buy? Can’t tell if that pineapple is ripe? Now you can hop on a video call with your mom and get her advice based on what you see. Video calling on Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses is rolling out gradually, so if you don’t see the update right away, sit tight — it’s on the way!

Meta AI Makes Your Smart Glasses Even Smarter

From integrated audio to an ultra-wide 12 MP camera, Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are jam-packed with tech. And in the US and Canada, you also get Meta AI — an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done, create and connect with the people and things you care about. Just say, “Hey Meta,” and ask away! You can control the glasses using voice commands, and thanks to Meta AI, even get access to real-time information.

We started testing a multimodal AI update in December, so you can ask your glasses about what you’re seeing, and they’ll give you smart, helpful answers or suggestions. That means you can do more with your glasses because now they can see what you see. Starting today, we’re rolling this functionality out to all Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses in the US and Canada in beta. 

Say you’re traveling and trying to read a menu in French. Your smart glasses can use their built-in camera and Meta AI to translate the text for you, giving you the info you need without having to pull out your phone or stare at a screen. 

Image showing a woman wearing Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses using Meta AI feature
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Ray-Ban | Meta Glasses Are Getting New AI Features and More Partner Integrations

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Takeaways

  • In partnership with EssilorLuxottica, we’re launching a new generation of Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, available for pre-order now.
  • The new glasses feature improved audio and cameras, over 150 different custom frame and lens combinations, and they’re lighter and more comfortable.
  • You can now livestream from the glasses to Facebook or Instagram, and use “Hey Meta” to engage with Meta AI, our advanced conversational assistant, just by using your voice. 

Today at Meta Connect, in partnership with EssilorLuxottica, we announced our next-generation Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses collection. We redesigned these from the ground up, improving all the core features of the first generation while adding new capabilities that have never been seen on a pair of smart glasses before. They start at $299 USD. Pre-orders are open now on meta.com un ray-ban.com, and the smart glasses will be available for purchase online and in retail stores starting October 17.*

Since we launched our first-generation smart glasses built in partnership with EssilorLuxottica, millions of moments have been captured and shared. From music festivals and birthday parties to first steps, graduations, and beyond, Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses free you from the constraints of a hand-held camera. Instead of keeping the world at arm’s length (or worse, missing out on the action completely as you struggle with your smartphone’s lock screen), Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses let you snap a photo or video clip from your unique point of view — allowing you to not only relive the moment, but really live in the moment, too.

We redesigned our next-generation glasses from the ground up, listening to feedback from the community and taking the time to understand what people love about the product — like the effortlessly cool form factor, hands-free convenience, and open-ear audio — as well as the areas where we could improve, like overall media quality and comfort. We’ve improved all those core features of the first generation and added a couple completely new features that have never been seen on a pair of smart glasses before.

Here are some highlights:

Improved audio: We have all-new custom designed speakers with extended bass, higher maximum volume, and improved directional audio that provides reduced audio leakage for improved calls, music, and podcasts — even in noisy or windy environments. And when you’re recording a video, the newly designed five-microphone array supports immersive audio recording, so you’ll be able to capture sounds exactly how you originally experienced them — whether in front of you, from the sides, the rear, and even above.

Image showing improved audio on Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses

Share your point of view: A new ultra-wide 12 MP camera translates to improved quality for your photos and 1080p videos up to 60 seconds, so whether you’re taking in breathtaking views during a hike or living your best life at an art show, the evidence of your exploits will be as epic as the real deal. You can even directly share photos to friends and family from your glasses with a simple “send a photo” voice command.

Image showing ultra-wide 12MP camera on Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses

Power up: Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are powered by the all-new Qualcomm Snapdragon AR1 Gen1 Platform, which enables higher quality photo and video processing and even faster compute. And the glasses come with a redesigned and sleek charging case, which holds up to eight additional charges (for a total of 36 hours of use) while being slimmer and even smaller. 

Image showing Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses charging case

The look(s): Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses come in the timeless Wayfarer style you already know and love, plus a brand-new Headliner design for a more retro look — both of which are available in Matte Black and Shiny Black. We’re also introducing three new transparent frame colors in Jeans, Rebel Black, and Caramel that celebrate the tech inside. And with over 150 different custom frame and lens combinations on the Ray-Ban Remix platform, you can mix and match to make the glasses your own on ray-ban.com. We’ve also made them prescription-lens compatible. 

Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses in Caramel colorway

Comfort and control: We reduced the weight of the glasses and slimmed down the profile in every direction, making them lighter and more comfortable. And the glasses are now water-resistant (IPX4). We also improved the touchpad and added interaction earcons so the glasses respond much faster and more reliably to your commands. 

Image showing slimmer, lighter Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses

Hands-free livestreaming: You can now livestream from the glasses to Facebook or Instagram.  And you can see the comments in your preview, or tap and hold on the side of your glasses to hear them out loud to engage with your community as you’re living in the moment.

Meta AI: We’ve integrated Meta AI, our advanced conversational assistant, on Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and optimized it for a hands-free, on-the-go experience. By saying “Hey Meta,” you can engage with Meta AI to spark creativity, get information, and control features — just by using your voice. Meta AI features will be available in the US in beta only at launch.

Get all the details on our Meta Quest blog.

Pre-order your Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses now on meta.com vai ray-ban.com

* Ray-Ban | Meta Smart Glasses Collection will be available in 15 countries, including the US, Canada, Australia, and throughout Europe.

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Introducing the New Ray-Ban | Meta Smart Glasses

Takeaways

  • In partnership with EssilorLuxottica, we’re launching a new generation of Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, available for pre-order now.
  • The new glasses feature improved audio and cameras, over 150 different custom frame and lens combinations, and they’re lighter and more comfortable.
  • You can now livestream from the glasses to Facebook or Instagram, and use “Hey Meta” to engage with Meta AI, our advanced conversational assistant, just by using your voice. 

Today at Meta Connect, in partnership with EssilorLuxottica, we announced our next-generation Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses collection. We redesigned these from the ground up, improving all the core features of the first generation while adding new capabilities that have never been seen on a pair of smart glasses before. They start at $299 USD. Pre-orders are open now on meta.com un ray-ban.com, and the smart glasses will be available for purchase online and in retail stores starting October 17.*

Since we launched our first-generation smart glasses built in partnership with EssilorLuxottica, millions of moments have been captured and shared. From music festivals and birthday parties to first steps, graduations, and beyond, Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses free you from the constraints of a hand-held camera. Instead of keeping the world at arm’s length (or worse, missing out on the action completely as you struggle with your smartphone’s lock screen), Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses let you snap a photo or video clip from your unique point of view — allowing you to not only relive the moment, but really live in the moment, too.

We redesigned our next-generation glasses from the ground up, listening to feedback from the community and taking the time to understand what people love about the product — like the effortlessly cool form factor, hands-free convenience, and open-ear audio — as well as the areas where we could improve, like overall media quality and comfort. We’ve improved all those core features of the first generation and added a couple completely new features that have never been seen on a pair of smart glasses before.

Here are some highlights:

Improved audio: We have all-new custom designed speakers with extended bass, higher maximum volume, and improved directional audio that provides reduced audio leakage for improved calls, music, and podcasts — even in noisy or windy environments. And when you’re recording a video, the newly designed five-microphone array supports immersive audio recording, so you’ll be able to capture sounds exactly how you originally experienced them — whether in front of you, from the sides, the rear, and even above.

Image showing improved audio on Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses

Share your point of view: A new ultra-wide 12 MP camera translates to improved quality for your photos and 1080p videos up to 60 seconds, so whether you’re taking in breathtaking views during a hike or living your best life at an art show, the evidence of your exploits will be as epic as the real deal. You can even directly share photos to friends and family from your glasses with a simple “send a photo” voice command.

Image showing ultra-wide 12MP camera on Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses

Power up: Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are powered by the all-new Qualcomm Snapdragon AR1 Gen1 Platform, which enables higher quality photo and video processing and even faster compute. And the glasses come with a redesigned and sleek charging case, which holds up to eight additional charges (for a total of 36 hours of use) while being slimmer and even smaller. 

Image showing Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses charging case

The look(s): Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses come in the timeless Wayfarer style you already know and love, plus a brand-new Headliner design for a more retro look — both of which are available in Matte Black and Shiny Black. We’re also introducing three new transparent frame colors in Jeans, Rebel Black, and Caramel that celebrate the tech inside. And with over 150 different custom frame and lens combinations on the Ray-Ban Remix platform, you can mix and match to make the glasses your own on ray-ban.com. We’ve also made them prescription-lens compatible. 

Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses in Caramel colorway
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses in Jeans colorway
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses in Rebel Black colorway
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses in Shiny Black colorway

Comfort and control: We reduced the weight of the glasses and slimmed down the profile in every direction, making them lighter and more comfortable. And the glasses are now water-resistant (IPX4). We also improved the touchpad and added interaction earcons so the glasses respond much faster and more reliably to your commands. 

Image showing slimmer, lighter Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses

Hands-free livestreaming: You can now livestream from the glasses to Facebook or Instagram.  And you can see the comments in your preview, or tap and hold on the side of your glasses to hear them out loud to engage with your community as you’re living in the moment.

Meta AI: We’ve integrated Meta AI, our advanced conversational assistant, on Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and optimized it for a hands-free, on-the-go experience. By saying “Hey Meta,” you can engage with Meta AI to spark creativity, get information, and control features — just by using your voice. Meta AI features will be available in the US in beta only at launch.

Get all the details on our Meta Quest blog.

Pre-order your Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses now on meta.com vai ray-ban.com

* Ray-Ban | Meta Smart Glasses Collection will be available in 15 countries, including the US, Canada, Australia, and throughout Europe.

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Inside Aria Gen 2: Explore the Cutting-Edge Tech Behind the Device

Earlier this year, we announced our latest research glasses, Aria Gen 2, marking the continuation of Project Aria’s mission to enable researchers across the world to advance the state of the art in machine perception, contextual AI, and robotics through access to cutting-edge research hardware and open source datasets, models, and tooling. Today, we’re excited to share more about the technology inside Aria Gen 2. This includes an in-depth overview of the form factor, audio capabilities, battery life, upgraded cameras and sensors, on-device compute, and more.

What Is Aria Gen 2?

Aria Gen 2 is a wearable device that combines the latest advancements in computer vision, machine learning, and sensor technology. Aria Gen 2’s compact form factor and lightweight design make it an ideal choice for researchers who need to collect data or build prototypes in a variety of settings. The glasses contain a number of improvements when compared to Aria Gen 1, its research predecessor, announced back in 2020.

Aria Gen 2: Advancements and Features

The transition from Aria Gen 1 to Gen 2 marks a significant leap in wearable technology, offering enhanced features and capabilities that cater to a broader range of applications and user needs. Below, we explore the key differences and improvements introduced in Aria Gen 2.

1. Wearability

Aria Gen 2 boasts superior wearability, characterized by enhanced comfort and fit, while accommodating a wider range of face morphologies and a rich sensor suite for research. The glasses maintain a lightweight design (weighing in at 74 – 76g, depending on size) and now include folding arms for easier storage and transport for everyday use. To ensure each wearer has an optimal physical and functional fit, we’ve introduced eight size variations of the device—accounting for a number of human factors including head breadth and nose bridge variation.

Eight size variations of our Aria Gen 2 devices.

2. Computer Vision (CV) Camera Enhancements

High Dynamic Range (HDR): Aria Gen 2’s global shutter camera sensor offers a high dynamic range of 120 dB, compared to the 70 dB range in Gen 1. This allows for superior computer vision tasks across diverse lighting conditions.

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The video illustrates that the CV camera is able to capture highly dynamic scenes with an LED light’s filament being resolved along with the rest of the details from the scene.

Wide Field of View (FOV): Aria Gen 2 is equipped with four computer vision (CV) cameras, doubling the number of CV cameras in Gen 1, to provide a wider field of view and enable advanced 3D hand and object tracking.

Stereo Overlap: The stereo overlap in Gen 2 is increased to 80° from Gen 1’s 35°, facilitating stereo-based foundation models that enhance depth perception and spatial awareness.

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The example here illustrates how the increased stereo overlap enables methods such as NVIDIA’s FoundationStereo to generate depth maps based on rectified stereo images. The depth maps can be fused to generate geometric reconstructions of the scene only using Aria Gen 2’s stereo pair data.

3. New Sensor Integrations

Ambient Light Sensor (ALS): Aria Gen 2 includes a calibrated ALS, enabling better exposure control algorithms and unlocking new capabilities at low frame rates. The ALS’s ultraviolet mode can be used to distinguish between indoor and outdoor lighting as illustrated by the video.

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Contact Microphone: Aria Gen 2 includes a contact microphone embedded in the nosepad of the device, enhancing audio capture in noisy environments.

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The video showcases a wearer in a wind tunnel to simulate a windy scenario where the contact microphone is able to pick up the wearer’s whisper when the acoustic microphones cannot.

Heart Rate: Aria Gen 2 includes a photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor embedded in the nosepad of the device, that enables estimation of heart rate of the person wearing the device.

4. Device Time Alignment

Aria Gen 2 has an onboard hardware solution that utilizes Sub-GHz radio technology to broadcast timing information, enabling precise time alignment with other Aria Gen 2 devices or compatible devices that support Sub-GHz radio. This technology achieves time alignment with an accuracy of sub-millisecond, marking a significant improvement over the software-based alignment of Gen 1.

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The video shows how Aria Gen 2 uses device time alignment for tasks like writing from distributed captures from two Aria Gen 2 devices.

5. On-device Realtime Machine Perception (MP) Signals

Aria Gen 2 features advanced on-device machine perception algorithms that run on Meta’s energy-efficient custom coprocessor. These cutting-edge capabilities enable the device to generate precise and accurate data, tracking how we interact with our surroundings.

Visual Inertial Odometry (VIO)

One of the key features of Aria Gen 2 is its ability to track the glasses in six degrees of freedom (6DOF) within a spatial frame of reference using Visual Inertial Odometry (VIO). This allows for seamless navigation and mapping of the environment, opening up new possibilities for research in contextual AI and robotics.

Eye Tracking

Aria Gen 2 also boasts an advanced camera-based eye tracking system that tracks the wearer’s gaze with unparalleled accuracy. This system provides a wealth of information, including: gaze per eye, vergence point, blink detection, pupil center estimation, pupil diameter, corneal center, etc.

These advanced signals enable a deeper understanding of the wearer’s visual attention and intentions, unlocking new possibilities for human-computer interaction.

Hand Tracking

Aria Gen 2 also features a hand tracking solution that tracks the wearer’s hand in 3D space. This produces articulated hand-joint poses in the device frame of reference, facilitating accurate hand annotations for datasets and enabling applications such as dexterous robot hand manipulation that require high precision.

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Demonstration of Aria Gen 2’s sensors and machine perception capabilities, as well as off-device algorithms built on them.

The Future of Aria Is Here: Stay Informed

Aria Gen 2 glasses pave the way for future innovations that will define the next computing platform. Applications to work with Aria Gen 2 will open later this year, and researchers who are interested in staying informed can join the Aria Gen 2 interest list. Meanwhile, applications for Aria Research Kit with Aria Gen 1 glasses are still being accepted on a rolling basis—apply now to get started immediately.

Join us at CVPR 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee, this June, where the team will showcase Aria Gen 2 glasses through interactive demos. Visit the Meta booth to experience the latest advancements and learn more about the innovative features of Aria Gen 2.

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Can I add prescription lenses to my existing AI glasses?

Ray-Ban Meta glasses are prescription lens compatible. You can get your Ray-Ban Meta glasses with prescription by ordering prescription lenses during your purchase at Ray-Ban.comRay-Ban veikals or at certified physical retailers. The manufacturer’s warranty will only remain intact if you get prescription lenses in one of these points of sales.