Rowan Cheung / @rowancheung: Meta just unveiled AI glasses with a built-in display, controlled by a band that reads muscle signals. I sat down with Mark Zuckerberg to cover how these glasses could replace your phone, superintelligence, the metaverse, and more. 0:00 Intro 1:07 Meta's new glasses revealed [video]Ben Bajarin / @benbajarin: Aggressive entry price. Probably losing money but this is the price to try and go mainstream in AR smart glasses. [image]Hugo Barra / @hbarra: I tried the new Meta Ray-Ban Display “Hypernova” glasses that Meta just announced (thanks for the demo @ahimel !) TL;DR it's a really well-executed take on a simple idea: a crisp heads-up display with precise micro-gesture control of mini apps My quick takeaways from the demo I got: 1/ The monocular heads-up display (yup, Google Glass vibes!) is surprisingly usable despite “only” 20 deg FOV; pretty crisp and bright enough even in broad daylight; with enough space for fully functional widgets that are much bigger than anything you could fit on a watch display...@testingcatalog: ...Did Zuck just kill the phone industry? 👀 Honestly, a wristband is a HUGE enabler, but there are significant questions about its quality.Ben Bajarin / @benbajarin: I imagine a lot of interest in this. First wave will be the early adopters (which is me) but I think these flesh out the new use cases that build the foundation for this category.Heshie Brody / @heshiebee: The new meta AI glasses (Meta Ray Ban Display) is the full circle moment for Zuck's Oculus's acquisition [image]Gene Munster / @munster_gene: Ray-Ban Display is $799. It's the best bang for the buck in the Meta glasses lineup. Even though it's $200 more than the Oakley's, the Display's tech chops are 3x better.Sheel Mohnot / @pitdesi: Rayban Meta Displays are fulfilling the original promise of Google Glass Society wasn't really ready for Google Glass tbh... now phones are out recording stuff all the time. $800, can do prescriptions too. Out Sept 30. I will buy them. [image]Ben Geskin / @bengeskin: Meta Ray-Ban Display with Neural Band are just INSANE 🤯 Future is here!Near / @nearcyan: everything from apple vision pro to google bard to meta horizon*+wristband are hugely positive from my pov; that every tech mega-incumbent aggressively tries such new products to find the next era of product market fit just like a new YC startup is the sign of a healthy ecosystemMark Gurman / @markgurman: I have a strong feeling these will be popular. I wonder if this will cause Apple to speed up its timeline. Right now, I'm not anticipating Apple glasses with displays for a few more years. Their first non-display model is likely being announced in late 26/early 27.David Barnard / @drbarnard: Insta-buy@bozoid: Zuck really wants everyone looking like a nerd with nervous fingers tbh, I really think this is way better than the AI glasses they've shown so far if you have deep pockets and go into trips often, this Ray-Ban glasses is a great companion with live translation, focus and allBen Thompson / @benthompson: $799: my jaw literally droppedLauren Goode / @laurengoode: I first wrote about a prototype version of the “neural band” 4 years ago for @WIRED (print!) after it mysteriously appeared in @boztank's timeline. At the time Meta said it might be 5 to 10 yrs before it was widely available. Meta has beat that timeline https://www.wired.com/...Drew Olanoff / @yoda: i can't believe meta beat apple to these glasses. kudos to them.Kyle Russell / @kylebrussell: Think I'm gonna upgrade these and not my phone this yearTobi Lutke / @tobi: The Meta Ray-Ban Displays are absolutely amazing. I used them. You have to try them out. https://www.meta.com/...Chris / @chatgpt21: Glasses with Video display, AI, and a state of the art wrist tracker that you can you message people without speaking or barely moving your finger! Are you not entertained?!? I am once again reminding everyone if you were following me. You would have known about the wrist tracker and heads up display coming at the beginning of this year! 😌Sheel Mohnot / @pitdesi: Rayban Meta Displays are fulfilling the original promise of Google Glass Society wasn't ready for Glass tbh... now phones are out recording stuff all the time, Meta has done a better job of it, they look normal. $800, can do prescriptions too. Out Sept 30. I will buy them. [image]@swyx: big reveal. the new AR glasses and wristbands are just $799 and ship this month! [image]Joanna Stern / @joannastern: Wow, $799 for Meta's new screen-equipped Ray Bans AND the neural wrist band. That's way less than I expected. Can't wait to test these. [image], SoftBank's plans to set up a joint venture with OpenAI to bring artificial intelligence services to corporate customers in Japan are significantly behind schedule, according to a source familiar , The venture, first announced in February by SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, was scheduled to launch in summer 2025..