Meta plans to unveil two new Ray-Ban AI glasses models tailored for prescription lens users next week. The glasses, available in rectangular and rounded styles, will be sold through traditional eyewear channels. Bloomberg reports this marks the first time Meta and Ray-Ban target this group specifically with such designs.
Meta is developing two new models of its Ray-Ban AI glasses aimed at people who need prescription lenses. According to Bloomberg, an announcement is expected next week, though these will not represent a new generation of the smart glasses line. Current Ray-Ban AI glasses already support prescription lens additions, but the upcoming versions are the first designed from the outset for this demographic and will be distributed via conventional prescription eyewear retailers. The models come in rectangular and rounded frame styles, with details on other differences remaining unclear. These align with codenamed products Scriber and Blazer, identified by The Verge in Federal Communications Commission filings. Those documents described the devices as production units, suggesting a launch is imminent. The filings indicate the glasses likely lack a display, unlike the Meta Ray-Ban Displays. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has previously emphasized the potential market, stating in an earnings call that billions of people wear glasses or contacts for vision correction. He added, it's hard to imagine a world in several years where most glasses that people wear aren't AI glasses. This move expands access to Meta's AI eyewear for the large population requiring corrective lenses.
