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2025-09-19 Science & Technology
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Marques Brownlee
Marques Brownlee
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Meta Ray-Ban Display: The Shocking Evolution from 10-Month Prototype.

Discover how Meta leapfrogged from a cumbersome, $10k AR prototype to a refined consumer product in under a year. Learn the specific advanced features now available in the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses.

Short Summary

  • Meta’s new glasses feature a sharp monocular display viewable clearly outdoors, achieving 5,000 nits brightness.
  • The integrated wrist-worn neural band executes precise text input via mid-air drawing gestures using surface EMG.
  • The product ships self-contained in a stylish, folding, multi-charge charging case for $800.

This review compares the new Meta Ray-Ban Display against the previous Orion AR prototype, emphasizing the incredible speed of technological iteration displayed in the final product features and daily usability improvements, despite platform limitations.

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Trying the Meta Rayban Display glasses Trying the Orion prototypes: https://youtu.be/G0eKzU_fV00 MKBHD Merch: http://shop.MKBHD.com Playlist of MKBHD Intro music: https://goo.gl/B3AWV5 ~ http://twitter.com/MKBHD http://instagram.com/MKBHD http://facebook.com/MKBHD

Top Comments (10)

@Ikan3103 2025-09-19

In a few years, we will have ads and sponsored posts right in front of our eyes.

23.6k 302 replies
@FuriousLightskin 2025-09-19

Only thing holding these things back is the fact they are tied to Meta. They are so close.

20.1k 112 replies
@Wingspan_5 2025-09-19

This is incredible! Now Meta can get data on everything in your entire house and then directly serve you ads for paper towels when they see you are out.

18.9k 100 replies
@yeoungbraxx 2025-09-20

I would've been so excited about this 15 years ago. Now it seems dystopian as hell.

18.5k 102 replies
@Dionduvincimus 2025-09-23

As a member of the deaf community I would've never thought there would be a time where I can have in real life captions for conversations. Spent 28 years reading lips and hitting folks with the "yeah thats crazy"

7.8k 83 replies
@casadogaspar 2025-09-19

The accessibility it will bring for deaf people is incredible. And I'm really hyped for a new generation of wearables that will come in the next years.

6.2k 29 replies
@Steve_MP5 2025-09-19

This will be a hit for the ASL community for the subtitles.

6.1k 26 replies
@ErikHitoshi 2025-09-20

Sometimes I think these tech innovators watched 10 minutes of a Black Mirror episode and never saw how it ended

4.2k 36 replies
@alexflosho 2025-10-10

Now I just need these to be made by anyone but Meta

1.3k 32 replies
@DrawryArts 2025-10-13

This was a childhood dream, now we need an option to display the opponent's strength number.

417 9 replies

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