As Meta continues to double down on smart glasses, the company is apparently set to launch a pair of Ray-Ban smart glasses designed specifically for prescription wearers.
Bloomberg reports that Meta plans to launch two new pairs of AI smart glasses in “rectangular and round styles” specifically designed for those who need prescription lenses.
You can already add prescription lenses to existing Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, but these new models appear to be designed specifically for that use. It’s unclear how they might differ, but we’re guessing battery life and frame thickness/weight can be part of the equation. Again, this is just a guess.
These new models will likely be sold through “traditional prescription eyewear channels.”
The Verge reports that these two new models, the “Scriber” and “Blazer,” have hit FCC filings stating that they are production models, indicating that the launch will be sooner rather than later. These documents also indicate that the Blazer will be larger in size and that the glasses will support the Wi-Fi 6 UNII-4 band, which current models do not. It offers under-the-hood improvements, and this band is particularly good at high-speed data transfers, perhaps used for live streaming.
mentioned later by Bloomberg Mark Zuckerberg said during a Meta earnings call that “billions of people wear glasses or contacts for vision correction” and that “it’s hard to imagine a world in a few years where the majority of glasses people wear are not artificial intelligence glasses.”
There is no sign of a screen on these glasses, which is not expected.
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