[Software] 4 key changes Meta is making with its Oakley smart glasses to make them stand out from the Ray-Ban AI specs

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Meta is soon set to go from having just one pair of current-gen smart glasses to two as it adds Oakley specs to sit alongside its Ray-Bans.

The Oakley smart glasses have yet to launch, but Meta has already shared several details about the glasses, which suggest they’re more than a fresh coat of paint. Some proper hardware upgrades are present, too.

We won’t know their full impact until the Oakley specs launch, but here’s the key differences so you can decide if you want to grab some Ray-Bans now or wait a month or so for the Oakleys to launch – or hope you can snatch up the limited edition pair going up for preorder on July 11.

Of course, the most obvious difference between these glasses is their design.

Instead of the iconic Wayfarer Ray-Ban design – or the Headliner and Skyler alternative designs Ray-Ban offers – the Oakley is serving us its HSTN glasses (pronounced how-stuhn).

At a glance, they do look fairly similar, but the HSTN design is more angular overall.

Oakley’s glasses also feature different lenses. You can, of course, pick up a pair with clear, shaded, or transition lenses like you can with the Ray-Bans, or you can snag a pair with Oakley’s special PRIZM lenses.

These specially tuned lenses are designed to increase the contrast of your natural vision to help with different sporting endeavors based on the type and color of PRIZM used. This makes it both a fashionable and functional choice.

Just like with Meta’s Ray-Bans, however, we expect the premium PRIZM and Transition lenses will increase the cost of Oakley’s smart glasses, more on that below.

Link: https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmented-reality/4-key-changes-meta-is-making-with-its-oakley-smart-glasses-to-make-them-stand-out-from-the-ray-ban-ai-specs