Meta’s Very Own Smart Glasses Go on Sale Today for $299
Key takeaways
- To reach “good enough,” Meta is making its smart glasses more accessible, more customizable, and comfier to wear.
- On Tuesday, the company revealed three new pairs of smart glasses: Adventurer, Fury, and Starfire.
- It’s a big step for Meta as it tries to establish its own brand as the de facto name in smart glasses.
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Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Smart glasses are like public transportation, according to Peter Bristol, Meta's vice president of industrial design. “People will use it when it's good enough.”
To reach “good enough,” Meta is making its smart glasses more accessible, more customizable, and comfier to wear.
On Tuesday, the company revealed three new pairs of smart glasses: Adventurer, Fury, and Starfire. The price starts at just $299, and while that matches the original price of Meta’s first-gen smart glasses, the price is markedly cheaper than the Ray-Ban Gen 2 glasses Meta launched last year. How did it get the price so low? Well, instead of Ray-Ban or Oakley branding to entice customers, these are just called Meta Glasses.