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Meta launched its first augmented reality (AR) glasses at its Connect 2025 event. The company unveiled the Meta Ray-Ban Display, featuring a built-in display, yesterday. Apple and Samsung are also working on similar glasses with built-in heads-up displays. However, both those brands are at least two years behind Meta.
The Meta Ray-Ban Display are the first AR glasses from a reputed brand. They cost $799 and will go on sale on September 30 in the USA and some other markets in black and sand colours. They have transition lenses, so no matter where you are (indoors or outdoors), you won't face issues in using them.
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They feature a thicker design than the company's Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses. These new glasses can actually display a user interface (UI) on their right lens. Its full-color heads-up display has a resolution of 600 x 600 pixels, offering ‘Hi-Res' visuals, and up to 5,000 nits peak brightness and up to 90Hz refresh rate. They also have a 12MP ultrawide camera (with 3x digital zoom), six microphones, and stereo speakers. The camera can record Full HD+ videos (1,440 x 1,920 pixels) at 30fps.
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The glasses run a lightweight version of Meta Horizon OS. It allows you to see notifications, camera viewfinder, navigation, visual responses from the Meta AI assistant, music controls, live translation text, audio and video calls, and more. The glasses are compatible with Android and iOS phones.
You can control the glasses using your finger and hand gestures that are sensed by the bundled ‘Neural Band' that you need to wear on your wrist.
They have 2GB RAM, 32GB storage, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, and the charging case has a USB Type-C port. The glasses have an IPx4 rating, while the Neural Band has an IPx7 rating for water resistance.
Meta claims that its AR glasses can last up to six hours with mixed usage. Combined with the included charging case, they can last up to 30 hours. The band can last up to 18 hours on a single charge.
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If you are intrigued by these AR glasses, you can check them out at stores like Best Buy, LensCrafters, Ray-Ban, and Sunglass Hut. Select Verizon stores will start stocking them soon. You can't buy them online, as Meta says they have restricted their availability so that customers can get the glasses and band in sizes that are perfect for them.
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Several reports claim that Samsung will launch its first smart glasses sometime in 2026. These would be similar to Meta Ray-Ban AI glasses, featuring a camera, speakers, and microphones, but they will not have a heads-up display. The South Korean firm's first glasses with a built-in display will reportedly launch in 2027.
Samsung's AR glasses will likely use a Qualcomm chip and the Android XR operating system. Apparently, Apple will launch its first AR glasses with a built-in display in 2028, while Amazon will launch a similar product in 2027. So, Amazon, Apple, and Samsung are at least two years late compared to Meta.
Those brands will have the advantage of seeing how Meta's AR displays perform and then making changes to their products accordingly.
Apple and Samsung have a huge advantage over Meta Ray-Ban Display, as they both already have an ecosystem of devices, including phones, smartwatches, tablets, and laptops, that can integrate with the AR glasses. Samsung's AR glasses will likely have always-on accessible Gemini, which is arguably currently the world's best multimodal AI assistant.
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Meta Ray-Ban Display are AR glasses with a built-in heads-up display
The Meta Ray-Ban Display are the first AR glasses from a reputed brand. They cost $799 and will go on sale on September 30 in the USA and some other markets in black and sand colours. They have transition lenses, so no matter where you are (indoors or outdoors), you won't face issues in using them.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Meta-Ray-Ban-Display-AR-Display.jpg
They feature a thicker design than the company's Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses. These new glasses can actually display a user interface (UI) on their right lens. Its full-color heads-up display has a resolution of 600 x 600 pixels, offering ‘Hi-Res' visuals, and up to 5,000 nits peak brightness and up to 90Hz refresh rate. They also have a 12MP ultrawide camera (with 3x digital zoom), six microphones, and stereo speakers. The camera can record Full HD+ videos (1,440 x 1,920 pixels) at 30fps.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Meta-Ray-Ban-Display-AR-Glasses-Front-Design-Neural-Band.png
The glasses run a lightweight version of Meta Horizon OS. It allows you to see notifications, camera viewfinder, navigation, visual responses from the Meta AI assistant, music controls, live translation text, audio and video calls, and more. The glasses are compatible with Android and iOS phones.
You can control the glasses using your finger and hand gestures that are sensed by the bundled ‘Neural Band' that you need to wear on your wrist.
They have 2GB RAM, 32GB storage, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, and the charging case has a USB Type-C port. The glasses have an IPx4 rating, while the Neural Band has an IPx7 rating for water resistance.
Meta claims that its AR glasses can last up to six hours with mixed usage. Combined with the included charging case, they can last up to 30 hours. The band can last up to 18 hours on a single charge.
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Meta-Ray-Ban-Display-AR-Glasses-With-Neural-Band.jpg
When and where can you buy Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses?
If you are intrigued by these AR glasses, you can check them out at stores like Best Buy, LensCrafters, Ray-Ban, and Sunglass Hut. Select Verizon stores will start stocking them soon. You can't buy them online, as Meta says they have restricted their availability so that customers can get the glasses and band in sizes that are perfect for them.
What to expect from Samsung's AR glasses and when could they launch?
https://www.imeisource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Android-XR-Device-Types-Headsets-Glasses-Google-IO-2025.jpg
Several reports claim that Samsung will launch its first smart glasses sometime in 2026. These would be similar to Meta Ray-Ban AI glasses, featuring a camera, speakers, and microphones, but they will not have a heads-up display. The South Korean firm's first glasses with a built-in display will reportedly launch in 2027.
Samsung's AR glasses will likely use a Qualcomm chip and the Android XR operating system. Apparently, Apple will launch its first AR glasses with a built-in display in 2028, while Amazon will launch a similar product in 2027. So, Amazon, Apple, and Samsung are at least two years late compared to Meta.
Those brands will have the advantage of seeing how Meta's AR displays perform and then making changes to their products accordingly.
Apple and Samsung have a huge advantage over Meta Ray-Ban Display, as they both already have an ecosystem of devices, including phones, smartwatches, tablets, and laptops, that can integrate with the AR glasses. Samsung's AR glasses will likely have always-on accessible Gemini, which is arguably currently the world's best multimodal AI assistant.
The post With its first AR glasses, Meta is at least two years ahead of Samsung appeared first on imeisource.