Meta and Oakley Announce New Smart Glasses Collaboration, Launch Set for June 20

Meta on Monday introduced a partnership with sports activities efficiency gear manufacturing firm Oakley. The collaboration, merely dubbed as Oakley Meta, will end result within the growth of a brand new technology of sensible glasses that are imagined to be geared toward cyclists and different athletes. The Oakley Meta sensible glasses will almost definitely be the third product developed between Meta and a subsidiary of the Italian eyewear firm Luxottica, following the introduction of Ray-Ban Stories and Ray-Ban Meta Glasses in 2021 and 2023, respectively.

Meta introduced the Oakley partnership in a put up on Instagram through a brand new deal with, “Oakleymeta”. However, the corporate didn’t delve into any particulars, with the put up merely captioned as “The next evolution is coming on June 20.”

While info stays below wraps, that is almost definitely a nod to the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses successor which was rumoured to be in growth earlier this yr. In January, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman acknowledged that the corporate was increasing its sensible glasses expertise to different manufacturers below the umbrella of Luxottica Group SA.

The subsequent technology of sensible glasses is reportedly dubbed “Supernova 2”. It is alleged to be primarily based on the design of Oakley Sphaera, a multi-sport utilization sun shades from the corporate. As such, Meta might intention its upcoming sensible glasses in direction of cyclists and different athletes, in contrast to the present Ray-Ban Meta Glasses that are universally designed for all use instances.

A notable change is predicted to be by way of the position of the digital camera. While the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses sport a digital camera on the left aspect of the body, the Oakley Meta glasses will reportedly have a lens positioned on the centre of the glasses body, which might have an effect on the point-of-view (PoV) seen within the footage captured with the sensible glasses.

Meta is but to disclose different particulars, such because the design of the sensible glasses, renders, and specs. We can count on extra particulars to floor on June 20.