If you’ve been wanting to get your hands on the much-hyped Meta AI glasses with Ray-Ban and Oakley designs, then you’d be happy to hear that they are hitting the stores in Singapore in about a week’s time.
Yes, they have been sold in the United States since last year, but even if you managed to a pair of these smart glasses, you’d still struggle to get the AI features running in Singapore, since they are only available overseas.
Now with these second-generation AI glasses officially sold here, you’d be able to make use of Meta AI to do a lot more, like translating a sign you see in another language or analysing the amount of calories on your breakfast plate.
To do that, you’d have to connect up to Meta’s services, which means giving access to the data you collect every day as you roam around with the glasses.
The Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta glasses, which come in a wide variety of options from the two famous lifestyle brands, are made in collaboration with eyewear company EssilorLuxottica.
This means they are not dorky glasses that appear clumsy but rather sleek eyewear you won’t mind putting on, at least going by what I saw at a demo in Singapore last year.
Actually, despite all the sensors like a camera, a touch panel by the side and a battery pack that promises eight hours of usage, the Meta AI glasses don’t look or feel like they are much bulkier than the average pair of glasses.
With the Ray-Ban Meta glasses, you get three styles that that should fit most potential buyers. Whether you’d looking for a pair of sunglasses or regular glasses, there’s a nice variety of frames to choose from.
There’s a 12-megapixel ultrawide camera here capable of capturing 3K images, as well as audio provided by speakers integrated into the sides of the frame.
Then there is the more sports-oriented Oakley Meta. Here, you get the HSTN, which offers similar cameras on the Ray-Bans but better IPX4 water resistance.
There is also the Oakley Meta Vanguard style. These are the wraparound-type of glasses with Oakley’s Prizm lenses.
The camera is in the middle instead of the side so it captures all the adrenalin-filled shots of you cycling, skiing or maybe even parachuting down from the sky.
The camera offers a wider 122-degree field of view as well, so if you’re keen to capture a good first-person view during your extreme sports activities, it should be handy. Plus, the IP67 rating should keep out water and dust well.
As we’ve known earlier, the Meta AI glasses aren’t “spy glasses”, at least not out of the box. A light on the frame gets turned on when you capture a photo or video, for example. So, yes, despite looking like regular glasses, the camera should alert others you are recording them.
Will we see a lot of people talking to themselves with these glasses on? Well, seven million of them were sold last year – a big increase from the two million sold in 2023 and 2026 combined.
Mark Zuckerberg may have fumbled these Meta AI glasses’ launch demo, and even lost billions on a failed metaverse venture, but these AI glasses are gaining traction.
No prices yet for Singapore for now, but look out for an update soon, along with a review of the Meta AI glasses here soon.
