Meta Ray-Ban Display won’t challenge Apple’s eventual smart glasses

Syndication September 18, 2025

Meta Ray-Ban Display won’t challenge Apple’s eventual smart glasses

Meta showed off its new smart glasses with a built-in display, and while everyone is rushing to say these beat Apple to the punch or compete with visionOS, neither assertion is accurate.

Sleek black-framed smart glasses with blue-tinted lenses and a black smart wristband featuring a modern, minimalist design on a gradient background.

Meta Ray-Ban Display. Image source: Meta

Apple Vision Pro debuted during WWDC 2023 as a mixed reality device, something Apple dubbed “spatial computing.” It projects software into your environment by feeding multiple camera feeds into two tiny displays.

Eventually, Apple Vision Pro and visionOS will give way to Apple Glasses with transparent lenses — true AR. What Meta revealed on Wednesday isn’t that.

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