As expected, Meta introduced new smart glasses at her Connect conference today. The announcements included a “Gen 2” of Ray-Ban meta-lunes, which is sold from $ 379.
There are a lot of upgrades on the $ 299 Radius -ray meat Define that the duo was released in 2023. Meta highlighted improvements to the life of the battery, which, according to him, now lasts up to eight hours with “typical use”. The charging box included now offers 48 overtime juice hours, compared to 32 hours for the current one. Glasses can also be loaded at 50% battery in 20 minutes.
Second generation glasses are equipped with a 12 megapixel camera and offer a 3K Ultra HD video capture, with “up to 60 frames per second” and HDR support. Meta says he will publish updates that add a hyperlapse video capture and slow down to all his glasses AI later in the fall. The second generation meta-ban meta has 32 GB of storage and is classified IPX-4 for water resistance.
On stage at Meta Connect, Mark Zuckerberg spoke of “Focus Conversation”, a new feature that will help you hear voices in live environments. This feature will also arrive on first generation Ray-Ban meta-lunes. There was also a demo of “Live Ai” which … did not go well. He was supposed to show Meta AI looking at the ingredients on a table and helping to prepare a dish, but he seemed to jump forward and the demo ended with a “bad Wi-Fi” excuse.
On the style side, the Gen 2 rays are available with the same three basic images as the originals: Wayfarer, Skyler and Headliner. The three will be available with a range of objectives, including regular, polarized and prescription transitions. Polarized lenses will cost an additional $ 30, while transitions add $ 80 to the bill. There is no price set for prescription lenses due to the countless ways that our eyes can suck.
Second-generation Ray-Ban meta-lunes are available to the purchase currently in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Mexico, India and Brazil will have access to the new glasses “soon”. At least for the moment, it seems that Ray-Ban and Meta will continue to sell his Laptop Gen 1 at the same price of $ 299 alongside the new model.
