Meta’s good glasses plans had been already one of many worst stored secrets and techniques, as there have been greater than a 12 months of leaks and stories about its work so as to add a heads-up show to the product. Now, simply days earlier than their unveiling at Join, a promotional video of the brand new frames appears to have leaked.
The video, reported and reposted by UploadVR, reveals the brand new “Meta Ray-Ban Show” frames in addition to a brand new mannequin of camera-enabled Oakley sun shades. The clip primarily options the brand new Ray-Ban glasses, and reveals a pair of black frames with clear lenses that look much like the corporate’s earlier Wayfarer frames.
Meta is including two new pairs of glasses to its lineup.
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The glasses additionally embody a small show that is in a position to present information like a map preview, chats with mates and data associated to what you are taking a look at. As reported, it additionally reveals a devoted wristband for the gadget. The video briefly reveals somebody swiping with their fingers with a purpose to kind out a reply to a message in a chat app.
The clip additionally reveals a brand new pair of Oakley frames that do not have a show. The sun shades appear to be primarily based on the corporate’s wraparound Sphaera frames and present a digital camera within the heart immediately over the nosepiece. That will line up with prior reporting concerning the glasses that instructed Meta deliberate to market the glasses to cyclists and different athletes.
The newest Oakley Meta glasses can have a unique digital camera placement.
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A separate promotional video of the Sphaera sun shades additionally cropped up on Monday. That video extra clearly reveals the position of the digital camera within the heart of the glasses, however doesn’t reveal what, if any, new options is likely to be arriving with the gadget.
UploadVR stories that each movies briefly appeared on Meta’s official YouTube channel as unlisted clips however had been later eliminated. We have reached out to the corporate for remark.In the meantime, you possibly can learn extra concerning the firm’s new good glasses lineup and what to anticipate at Join right here. Engadget will likely be reporting stay from the occasion starting September 17.
Replace, September 15, 2025, 2:56PM PT: Added information a couple of second video exhibiting the Oakley sun shades.
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