Today also brings a new version of the Ray-Ban Meta glasses. These are more of a head-mounted camera and AI assistant, unlike the Orion. Meta AI is now smarter and you only need to summon it once with “Hey Meta”, you don’t have to say it for every question. The glasses can also help you remember things – they can remember where you parked your car, for example. You can also use voice prompts to set reminders or to send voice messages to WhatsApp and Messenger users.
Meta has partnered with Be My Eyes, a free
app that connects sighted volunteers who want to help blind or low-vision
people. The glasses will stream a POV video and the volunteer can help guide
the user. Meta has partnered with Audible and iHeart to give you more things to
listen to while using the glasses. Also, it has improved the existing
integration with Spotify and Amazon Music.
If you want something more exclusive, Meta
is launching the Shiny Transparent Wayfarer frames. Additionally, it has
brought over Luxottica’s new UltraTransitions GEN S lenses, which adapt to
varying lighting conditions.
The new Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer glasses
start at US$ 300 and go up to US$ 430 for the Shiny Transparent edition with
UltraTransitions lenses.
