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Meta to launch AI glasses for prescription wearers
Meta Platforms plans to unveil two new Ray-Ban smart glasses models next week for prescription wearers, according to people familiar with the matter.
The glasses, to be sold in tandem with EssilorLuxottica, will be the first Ray-Ban smart models designed specifically for prescription buyers, the people said.
The rectangular and rounded versions are expected to be sold mainly through prescription eyewear retailers and are not a new generation of Meta’s smart glasses, the people said.
The devices, codenamed Scriber and Blazer, were previously spotted in US Federal Communications Commission filings. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said adoption of AI-enabled glasses is likely to grow among users who require vision correction.
🔗 Source: Bloomberg
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Implications, context, and why it matters.
This launch shifts focus from a struggling VR plan
- The prescription versions arrive after AI glasses sales rose to over 7 million in 2025, up from 2 million across 2023 and 2024 combined 1.
- CEO Mark Zuckerberg then steered most Reality Labs spending toward smart glasses plus other wearables. Reality Labs is Meta’s division that builds VR and AR products 2.
- Reality Labs has spent more than $60 billion since 2020. It also cut over 1,000 roles from the unit 3.
Smart glasses could reshape personal computing and raise privacy questions
- Meta and EssilorLuxottica are baking AI into standard-looking frames. They call the category a possible “next computing platform” that could pull daily tasks away from phones 4.
- Broad uptake could spark a new market for apps plus services built around glasses, which may push rivals to speed up wearable plans.
- Privacy concerns may grow as these devices spread. Meta faces a class-action lawsuit that says contractors watched sensitive user videos to train AI models 5.
