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Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 Launches at $449 — Is It Worth $70 More Than Gen 2?
Meta unveiled the Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 at Connect 2026, with minor tweaks to battery, microphones, and design — but most of the new software features are also coming to Gen 2, even though the starting price jumped by $70.
Meta VR Glasses Arriving Next Spring: $1,300, Five Times Lighter Than Quest 3
At Meta Connect 2026, the company unveiled its first tethered VR glasses—just 100 grams and starting at $1,300—alongside the audio-only Ray-Ban Meta Audio, third-gen camera glasses, and a new hearing enhancement feature.
Meta Files New Patent: Glasses That Don't Just Record You—They'll Know Your Name
From the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses mockingly dubbed "pervert glasses" to a patented system that can automatically tag faces and generate behavior logs, Meta's lenses are evolving from "seeing what's there" to "knowing who it is and what they did."
Meta Donates 15,000 AI Glasses to Ireland's Visually Impaired—Same Model Under Fire for Spy-Cam Concerns
Meta is giving away 15,000 pairs of Ray-Ban Meta glasses for free to Vision Ireland, enough to cover every adult member of the visually impaired services organization. But this same eyewear has recently come under fire after its recording light was found to be hackable and traces of facial recognition testing surfaced.
Ray-Ban Meta's Privacy Maze: Photos Stay Local, But Ask AI a Question and It's Uploaded
Photos don't upload, but AI queries get saved. Voice can't be turned off in the US. And that LED light? It can be physically disabled. Ray-Ban Meta's privacy situation isn't one simple toggle—it's four completely different sets of rules.