Rivals worry that Meta will broaden its lead in non-visual AI glasses like Ray-Ban Meta glasses after which leverage that lead into AR glasses.
Meta is reportedly engaged on a number of good glasses with shows built-in into the lenses. One, code-named “Hypernova,” is anticipated to be a complicated model of the present Ray-Ban Meta glasses, that includes a display screen in the correct lens, particularly within the lower-right quadrant. This show will present a house display screen just like the Meta Quest interface, permitting for apps and notifications. These glasses may value between $1,000 and $1,400 and will launch within the latter half of 2025. They’re anticipated to incorporate an upgraded digicam and can nearly definitely supply voice and multimodal entry to Meta’s AI assistant.
Along with voice instructions, customers may be capable of management the glasses by way of capacitive contact sensors on the edges and a “neural wristband” for hand gestures. A second-generation mannequin, code-named “Hypernova 2” is deliberate for launch round 2027, with shows in each lenses. Meta can be growing Oakley-branded good glasses designed for athletic use, which could embody a show.
