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How-tos, explainers and buying advice for smart glasses and wearables, written to stay useful long after the news cycle.
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Meta and EssilorLuxottica now sell three generations of Ray-Ban Meta camera glasses, prescription-first Optics frames and a camera-free Audio line. Here's what each one costs, does and lasts, and how they compare with Oakley Meta and Meta Ray-Ban Display.
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Oakley's AI glasses come in two models: the everyday HSTN, from $399, and the wraparound Vanguard for high-intensity sport, at $499. They differ in battery life, water resistance, lenses and prescription support.
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Meta Ray-Ban Display puts a small full-color screen in a pair of Ray-Bans and pairs it with a wristband that reads finger movements. It costs $799 in the US and is now sold online and in five more countries.
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Meta's own line of AI glasses starts at $249 and now includes designs with Kylie Jenner and LISA. Here is every model, what it costs, how long it lasts, which prescriptions it takes and where to buy it.
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Meta AI is the assistant inside Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta, Meta Glasses and Meta Ray-Ban Display. Here is what it does on each model, which languages and countries get which features, the privacy settings worth knowing, and what changes when Muse arrives.
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Snap's first AR glasses for consumers cost $2,195 and are due to ship this fall in the US, the UK and France. They fit a 51-degree display, two Snapdragon chips and the battery into a frame of 132 to 136 grams, after a decade of Spectacles.
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XREAL Aura is the first pair of see-through glasses to run Google's Android XR. Orders opened Oct. 28 in the US, Canada and South Korea at a launch price from $1,099, with shipments starting in mid-November. The glasses weigh under 95 grams and connect to a pocket puck that runs the apps.
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VITURE's display glasses plug into a USB-C device with DisplayPort video. The Pro 2 costs $299, the Beast starts at $549 and a $99 dock connects a Nintendo Switch 2. Here are the models, specs, accessories and what VITURE hasn't published.
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