Prada Meta glasses are coming too, along with the present Ray-Ban Meta glasses and soon-to-launch Oakley Meta glasses, CNBC stories.
In case you missed the information earlier this week, Meta and Oakley are teasing a joint announcement for Friday, strongly suggesting that Oakley Meta glasses are set to launch. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has reported that Oakley Meta glasses can have a digicam within the middle for higher first-person footage seize than the Ray-Ban Meta glasses, and be marketed in direction of athletes like cyclists.
Now, CNBC stories that the Oakley Meta glasses can have improved water resistance in comparison with Ray-Ban Meta, and will begin at $360, in comparison with $300.
The outlet additionally stories that Prada Meta glasses are within the works.
Meta Extends Its Ray-Ban Partnership Into The 2030s
Meta and Ray-Ban’s proprietor have prolonged their partnership “into the subsequent decade” to develop “multi-generational sensible eyewear merchandise”.
Ray-Ban and Oakley are each owned by EssilorLuxottica, the eyewear large with which Meta final 12 months secured an settlement extending their partnership “into the subsequent decade”. Meta additionally took a 5% stake within the firm.
Whereas not owned by EssilorLuxottica, Prada licenses its model to the corporate for eyewear, primarily sun shades, and final 12 months signed a renewal of this licensing till a minimum of 2036.
Non-smart Prada sun shades.
Prada sun shades usually have deliberately thick frames and, as a luxurious model, command a better value. At minimal, Meta may leverage this to deal with a bigger battery. Nevertheless it’s additionally doable Meta may use the Prada model to introduce new options to designer sensible glasses.
For instance, Meta plans to launch its personal glasses later this 12 months with a heads-up show, as a substitute of underneath the Ray-Ban model, as EssilorLuxottica reportedly “balked” on the thickness of the body wanted for the waveguide projector. However may Prada be the primary EssilorLuxottica-made glasses to get a HUD?
Oakley Meta Glasses Appear To Be Launching On Friday
Oakley Meta sensible glasses appear to be launching on Friday, as the 2 corporations are each teasing a joint June 20 launch.
CNBC’s report would not point out any particular options for the Prada Meta glasses, nor a timeline for launch. For now, Meta and EssilorLuxottica are seemingly centered on the upcoming launch of the Oakley Meta glasses, teased for Friday.
What Are Ray-Ban Meta Glasses?
Ray-Ban Meta glasses are sensible glasses with a digicam, microphones, and audio system. They don’t have a show.
You should use them to seize photographs and movies, hearken to music/podcasts/audiobooks, make and obtain calls, share your first-person view on WhatsApp/Messenger/Instagram video calls, translate speech, scan QR codes, and question Meta AI, the corporate’s LLM-based assistant that may see through the digicam while you ask about one thing in view. It will additionally learn out some telephone notifications, if you need.
Ray-Ban Meta glasses are available three types: Wayfarer, Headliner, and Skyler. These types are supplied with 4 kinds of lenses: Clear, Solar, Polarized, and Transitions, and are available a wide range of colours, for each the body and the lenses.
At any time when the digicam is in use, be it for seize or for Meta AI, a white LED on the entrance of the glasses will pulse to make others close by conscious.
