Meta VR Glasses, Ray-Ban Meta Audio, Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3: Specs, Features, Prices
At its Meta Connect event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a handful of new smart glasses, including a slimmed-down VR headset and the company’s first camera-free glasses.
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Meta announced three new smart glasses products at its Meta Connect event. The company introduced a lightweight VR headset designed like goggles rather than a heavy helmet, a camera-free pair of smart glasses called Ray-Ban Meta Audio in response to privacy controversies, and a third generation of its Ray-Ban Meta glasses with improved camera and audio features. Meta also previewed a new AI agent charm device and updated its Ray-Ban Display glasses with hologram capabilities. This announcement comes after months of controversy about privacy concerns related to cameras in Meta's smart glasses products.
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