Oakley Meta Glasses Announced With Longer Battery Life, Improved Cameras, and More

[MacRumors]

Meta today announced new smart glasses in collaboration with Oakley, featuring improved battery life, upgraded video capabilities, and more.

The glasses feature a maximum battery life of up to eight hours on a single charge, which is double the runtime of the previous generation Ray-Ban Meta glasses. The included charging case extends usage time by offering up to 48 additional hours of recharging on the go. The charging case supports rapid charging functionality, enabling the glasses to reach 50% charge in approximately 20 minutes.

The Oakley Meta glasses also increase the recording resolution from 1080p on the Ray-Ban model to 3K. The device retains the core features of the Ray-Ban Meta glasses, such as integrated open-ear speakers, dual built-in microphones, and Meta AI for voice-activated assistance for tasks such as initiating video recording, streaming music, checking environmental conditions, and answering questions.

The glasses are designed with sport and outdoor use in mind. They are rated IPX4 for water resistance, meaning they are protected against sweat and light splashes. Oakley's wraparound frame design is retained to provide a secure fit during physical activity.

At launch, five frame and lens configurations will be available, including colorways such as black, brown smoke, clear, and warm grey. All variants will be prescription-ready for an additional fee. The limited-edition launch model, priced at $499, includes gold detailing and Oakley's proprietary PRIZM gold lenses. Other styles in the lineup will start at $399 and are expected to roll out later in the summer.

The glasses will be available for preorder beginning July 11 in 15 markets: the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Australia, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark. Meta added that it is working to expand availability to Mexico, India, and the United Arab Emirates before the end of the year.

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[ryanasimov]

I suspect the majority of comments here will be people tumbling over each other to lambaste the 8-hour battery life.

 

[Dulcimer]

Yeah if anyone I know starts wearing smart glasses with a camera pointed at my face the entire time during convos and private moments, I’ll just stop hanging out with them.

Smartphones have already ruined us with doomscrolling, social media, short form videos, and countless other ways to keep us addicted and disengaged from the real world while seriously harming our mental health. Now imagine that but jacked up to 100 with smart glasses taking over your vision 24/7 and a camera always running.

Nope, I’m checking out.

 

[BruiserB]

Just realized Ray-Ban and Oakley are owned by the same parent company. I was going to compliment Meta signing deals with different companies, thinking maybe they were trying to lock Apple, Google, etc. out of making a similar product. Is there another trendy sunglasses brand that is independent?

 

[ThisIsMike]

“improved battery life, upgraded video capabilities, and more.”

If by “more,” you mean zero privacy and full beaming of video and audio to the mothership, then yes, I’m all in baby!

(See, I DIDN’T complain about the eight hour battery life!)

 

[MrENGLISH]

Just realized Ray-Ban and Oakley are owned by the same parent company. I was going to compliment Meta signing deals with different companies, thinking maybe they were trying to lock Apple, Google, etc. out of making a similar product. Is there another trendy sunglasses brand that is independent?

Ready to jump down the glasses rabbit hole? Take 5 mins and watch this

 

[fatTribble]

Just realized Ray-Ban and Oakley are owned by the same parent company. I was going to compliment Meta signing deals with different companies, thinking maybe they were trying to lock Apple, Google, etc. out of making a similar product. Is there another trendy sunglasses brand that is independent?

Warby Parker is the only one not owned by Luxotica

 

[thiscatisfat]

5 people will buy this.

 

[BruiserB]

Ready to jump down the glasses rabbit hole? Take 5 mins and watch this

Halfway through watching it, I was wondering if they also owned my eye "insurance" company, EyeMed, since the chains they showed they own are all the ones EyeMed makes you go to. I always felt like it wasn't true insurance....more of a discount plan that you pay to join. Sure enough..... As much as the government steps in to stop monopolies, I wonder how this was allowed to happen. I just buy generic readers now on e-bay and have one pair of prescription Zenni glasses (which I just checked to make sure weren't also owned by them).

Thanks for the video.

 

[terminator-jq]

It will be interesting to see when Apple jumps into the ring. Obviously the ultimate dream is to have a full Vision OS experience in this form factor but we have a ways to go.

Will they come in with basic audio, AI and camera functions or will they compete with Google and also add in basic display functions? Hopefully the latter.

 

[sunapple]

Was going to be critical but now I want to look as cool as this guy:

 

[cjsuk]

Was going to be critical but now I want to look as cool as this guy:

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He looks like an alien wearing a skin suit who’s trying to hide his beady black eyes from you.

 

[CharlesShaw]

I think all Oakley frames are ugly, but wear a prescription pair for cycling. I just looked at the HSTN line that the Meta frames are based on and the originals with those chunky angles are not that much better looking without the added bulk in the Meta version to accommodate the technology.

Sorry, but to me, the design resembles something you might find in the toy aisle at Target.

 

[Dan From Canada]

I suspect the majority of comments here will be people tumbling over each other to lambaste the 8-hour battery life.

Au contrare.
I Suspect that most of the comments will be related to Facebooks security.

 

[sunapple]

He looks like an alien wearing a skin suit who’s trying to hide his beady black eyes from you.

He looks like he just captured a fly from 2 feet away with his tongue.

 

[noannualfee]

Majority of the comments will be made by people who’s activity levels don’t need this type of data, or by commenters who barely have any activity level.

 

[votdfak]

I am getting these.

 

[Mega ST]

If you want to use these glasses, okay.
But they will constantly stare at other people and record, possibly identify, them and monitor and report everybody's locations and movements whether they want to participate or not. I could imagine that this will create a lot of opposition by others, unfriendly behavior towards the wearer and maybe people masquerading in public to not be trackable?
How do you get everybody's agreement before you start to record everything anywhere?

 

[salz4life]

Was going to be critical but now I want to look as cool as this guy:

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My first thought was the glasses themselves look weird. This confirms it. LOL

 

[zemaker]

Man these are hideous.

 

[hieranonymous]

Hoping the upgraded tech makes its way to the Ray-Ban line soon, because these Oakley frames are objectively fugly. It’s like they went out of their way to design something no sane person would wear. They’re not even douchey “sleek” the way a lot of Oakley frames are. They look like eccentric cyberpunk grandma glasses.

 

[HighwaySnowman]

Halfway through watching it, I was wondering if they also owned my eye "insurance" company, EyeMed, since the chains they showed they own are all the ones EyeMed makes you go to. I always felt like it wasn't true insurance....more of a discount plan that you pay to join. Sure enough..... As much as the government steps in to stop monopolies, I wonder how this was allowed to happen. I just buy generic readers now on e-bay and have one pair of prescription Zenni glasses (which I just checked to make sure weren't also owned by them).

Thanks for the video.

The answer is yes, Luxottica also owns EyeMed.

 

[hokuspokus]

They're not very good looking but that seems to be Oakley's thing.

Plus the temples look like smooth plastic so they may slip off when you're sweating and moving around even if the temples are curved inwards to rely on friction (like Holbrooks). Maybe these work okay playing golf on a cool day?

 

[Shalev Lazarof]

they don't have the philosophy

 

[Hastings101]

I hate that these are becoming a thing, such a privacy violation. Don't quote me with a "you have no right to privacy in public blah blah blah" reply, #1 that is only true in the US and #2 at least with phones you could be aware with the ridiculous recording angle people blatantly use.