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Meta and its AI glasses {hardware} associate EssilorLuxottica are on the point of launch the subsequent technology of their Ray-Ban AI glasses. That’s based on a sequence of FCC filings for 2 new Meta Ray-Ban fashions that had been revealed by the company earlier this month.
The filings describe the examined units as manufacturing models, suggesting that Meta might launch them quickly. When the corporate unveiled its second-generation Ray-Bans in late 2023, it did so somewhat over a month after the units handed by means of the FCC.
Meta didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
As is customary, the FCC filings are closely redacted, so we don’t know but precisely what the 2 fashions will appear to be, or what new options they may provide. Nonetheless, the filings did reveal a number of attention-grabbing particulars: A number of the included paperwork establish the advertising names for the brand new fashions as “RayBan Meta Scriber” and “RayBan Meta Blazer,” whereas additionally noting that the “Blazer” mannequin shall be out there in an everyday and a big dimension.
The paperwork do point out a charging case as being a part of the exams, suggesting that the brand new Ray-Bans will as soon as once more characteristic a case you should use to cost them on the go.
The mannequin numbers for Meta’s Blazer and Scriber glasses are RW7001 and RW7002, respectively. That in itself is noteworthy, as presently out there first- and second-gen Meta Ray-Ban mannequin numbers vary from RW4002 to RW4014. The large leap within the mannequin quantity might recommend a major {hardware} improve, maybe together with a more recent chipset.
One other distinction between current-gen Ray-Bans and the 2 new fashions revealed in these FCC filings: The brand new fashions make use of the Wi-Fi 6 UNII-4 band, which might add reliability to high-speed knowledge transfers — a characteristic that might come in useful for each livestreaming and any AI options that require reside video transmission.
Ray-Ban AI glasses have confirmed to be a success for Meta and EssilorLuxottica: The 2 corporations bought greater than seven million pairs final 12 months, based on EssilorLuxottica’s most up-to-date earnings report. Gross sales for 2023 and 2024 mixed amounted to 2 million models. The corporate is trying to ramp up manufacturing capability to twenty–30 million models yearly by the top of this 12 months, Bloomberg reported in January.
Meta additionally expanded its partnership with EssilorLuxottica in 2025, launching a primary pair of Oakley-branded AI glasses, in addition to a primary pair of Ray-Ban Show glasses with an built-in monocular show.
“Gross sales of our glasses greater than tripled final 12 months, and we expect that they’re a number of the quickest rising client electronics in historical past,” stated Mark Zuckerberg throughout the firm’s most up-to-date earnings name, including: “For Actuality Labs, we’re directing most of our funding in the direction of glasses and wearables going ahead.”
As a part of this shift in priorities, Meta has been considerably decreasing its VR investments. The corporate laid off 1,000 Actuality Labs workers earlier this 12 months, shuttered a number of VR sport studios, and adopted up with extra job cuts Wednesday. As a part of these cutbacks, Meta additionally deliberate to close down its Horizon Worlds metaverse challenge in VR. Nonetheless, the corporate reversed this choice final week in response to pleas from VR customers.
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