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How to buy (and try) the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses
How to buy (and try) the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses

Meta's Ray-Ban Display glasses are now on sale, but actually buying a pair will be a bit more complicated than ordering a pair of Meta's other smart glasses. That's because Meta isn't allowing online sales of its display glasses. Instead, they are only available by reservation at a handful of physical retail stores.
For now, the $799 Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses are available at select Ray-Ban, Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters and Best Buy locations in the United States. Verizon will also start carrying the glasses sometime "soon," according to Meta. The company will also allow people to demo and buy a pair at its own Meta Lab locations. These include the Burlingame, California space that opened as the "Meta Store" in 2022, as well as pop-ups in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and New York opening in the coming weeks. 
In order to actually get your hands on a pair, though, you'll need to book an appointment for a demo at one of these stores through Meta's website. According to Meta, this is "to make sure customers get the glasses and band that’s perfect for them." (In my own experience with both the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses and the Orion prototype, the neural wristband requires a snug fit to function properly.) An appointment will also give shoppers the opportunity to order prescription lenses for the glasses. The glasses only support a prescription range of -4.00 to +4.00, though, so they won't be compatible with all prescriptions.
The company recently said it's seen "strong" demand for demos and it looks like most locations are already booked out for several weeks, judging by Meta's scheduling website. It will also be difficult if you don't live near a major city. For example, Sunglass Hut's website currently lists just seven locations where demos will be available. 
The good news is that Meta does plan to eventually increase availability. The company has said the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses will be available in Canada, France, Italy and the UK beginning in "early 2026" and that it expects buying options will "expand" the longer they're on sale. 
Sales of the glasses, which are Meta's first to incorporate a heads-up display, will be closely watched. At $799, the glasses are significantly more expensive than the rest of the frames in Meta's expanding lineup of "AI glasses." But, as I wrote after my recent demo at Meta Connect, the display also enables wearers to do much more than what's currently possible with the existing Ray-Ban or Oakley models.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/how-to-buy-and-try-the-meta-ray-ban-display-glasses-121500138.html?src=rss

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