Meta Connect 2025 Live Updates: Ray-bans 3, Hypernova Smart Glasses, Meta Ai, More

By Cesar Cadenas, Writer / Sept. 16 astatine 8:10 p.m. ET

Meta Connect 2025 won't beryllium wholly devoted to Hypernova, arsenic a caller leak has revealed that location will beryllium astatine slightest 1 different product. Earlier this week, Meta accidentally uploaded a teaser trailer for a caller brace of smart glasses that could beryllium called the Meta Ray Ban Display.

As nan sanction suggests, these wearables will "feature a monocular HUD that projects navigation pathways [via a representation app], translations, messages, and speech pinch nan Meta AI assistant." Text boxes, maps, and nan for illustration seemingly enactment static. They won't latch onto objects successful beforehand of you for illustration an AR (augmented reality) headset would.

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Compared to existent Meta Ray Ban models, nan Ray Ban Display is importantly bulkier, particularly astir nan corners. The other size is astir apt a consequence of each nan further tech needed to support integer displays. 

I should mention that Meta could besides denote caller smart glasses pinch its different partner, Oakley. Another leak spilled nan beans connected nan "rumoured Oakley Meta Sphaera," which will person a camera lens successful nan halfway for capturing footage. 

By Jason Howell, Contributor / Sept. 16 astatine 8:05 p.m. ET

For nan event, it appears nan tech elephantine is going large arsenic Meta will reportedly unveil a caller brace of high-end smart glasses, codenamed Hypernova, tin of displaying a graphical interface and search manus gestures, among different things. Much of nan accusation surrounding Hypernova comes from unnamed sources who said to manufacture insider Mark Gurman of Bloomberg.

According to this report, nan smart glasses could costs astir $800 (and arsenic overmuch arsenic $1,400.) For comparison, nan Oakley HSTN are presently Meta's astir costly wearables, and they only costs $479. The monolithic value quality is owed to a "monocular panel" located successful nan bottommost right-hand area of nan correct lens. Because of nan panel's location, on-screen accusation will only beryllium displayed complete your correct eye, and you'll person to look down to spot a location screen.

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This location surface will dwell of preinstalled apps, which see a camera, image gallery, and map. Additionally, Hypernova could perchance link to smartphones to show texts and notifications connected nan integer screen. A due sanction has yet to beryllium revealed aliases leaked; however, rumors declare that nan $800 smart glasses whitethorn beryllium called Meta Celeste.

By Cesar Cadenas, Writer / Sept. 16 astatine 7:50 p.m. ET

Gurman's study mentions that Meta will "begin offering a alleged neural wristband [codenamed Ceres] for nan first time." This will beryllium an accompanying accessory to Hypernova that converts electrical signals from wrist muscles into motion controls. For example, rotating your hands will fto you scroll done apps, and a digit pinch will let users to prime circumstantial items.

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Not overmuch is known astir Ceres; however, early renders and images of nan accessory person leaked. These renders show Ceres could beryllium a bracelet of sorts made chiefly retired of gray, elastic textile cloth, pinch nan soul broadside holding a bid of "high-performance EMG sensors." 

These sensors seizure nan electrical signals mentioned earlier, which are past sent to an soul processor to "produce input events" connected nan smart glasses. It moreover has a haptic motor delivering tactile feedback to nan user.

By Cesar Cadenas, Writer / Sept. 16 astatine 7:31 p.m. ET

Meta whitethorn unveil nan caller Asus ROG Tarius, a VR headset that will beryllium nan first third-party instrumentality to tally connected Horizon OS, connected Wednesday. Meta opened its operating strategy to third-party companies in April 2024. It's taken a small while, but nan fruits of these collaborations are base fruit.

Considering that it'll beryllium nether nan Asus ROG umbrella, Tarius is apt to beryllium a gaming-centric device. Very small is known astir nan headset. Much of nan accusation that we presently person comes from a single leak that surfaced successful January of this year. 

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It claims Tarius will support some oculus and look tracking. The surface wrong nan visor will either beryllium micro-OLED aliases QD-LED pinch section dimming. Assuming this is each true, nan QD-LED screens could beryllium utilized to execute precocious amounts of contrast.

Sadly, that's beautiful overmuch each we know. No connection connected what it'll look for illustration aliases what kinds of games it'll support. We don't moreover cognize what chipset it'll run. Could it eschew much towards the Meta Quest 3 and present a top-notch performance, aliases will it beryllium for illustration the Quest 3S and beryllium little powerful successful favour of having a little value tag? It's difficult to opportunity astatine nan moment.